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  • Steep toll hikes eyed for bridges for maintenance costs

    The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission wants to place armed guards at the end of each of its seven toll bridges from Trenton-Morrisville to the Delaware Water Gap. By: Carl Reader    Gas prices might be coming down, but it appears as though local bridge tolls will be going up to pay for a massive…

  • The Man from Ipanema

    Luis Simas shares ‘Brazilian ragtime’ with the world. By: Susan Van Dongen ALT="image"> COLOR="black"> COLOR="black"> Luiz Simas will play songs from his album New Chorinhos From Brazil Dec. 9 in Lawrenceville.    Brazilian pianist Luiz Simas puzzles his music distributors, who love his work but don’t know how to classify or promote it.    He specializes in…

  • House of Being

    Bucks County Community College presents a poetry reading with Poet Laureate Allen Hoey. By: Jodi Thompson Dr. Allen Hoey    Dr. Allen Hoey, professor of language and literature at Bucks County Community College, retells a joke he heard from a comic that sums up his beliefs.    A man returning to his car finds an expired parking…

  • Princeton men earn season’s first win

    Tigers put Rider to bed By: Justin Feil After an 0-3 start, there were restless nights in John Thompson’s household, and not just because of his four-month-old son. The Princeton University head men’s basketball coach can rest easier after watching his Tigers put Rider to bed early in a 69-57 win that wasn’t as close…

  • The White Album

    Hamilton music veteran Ernie White plays the Yankee Doodle Tap Room in Princeton Dec. 7. By: Matt Smith ALT="image"> COLOR="black"> COLOR="black"> "It’s a great unit," says Ernie White of his band. "I really enjoy the group environment. I enjoy the solo shows, too, but it gets lonely up there." The Ernie White Band performs at…

  • ‘The Sound of Music’

    Bucks County Playhouse serves up its annual offering of this popular chestnut. By: Stuart Duncan    This is the time of year when casting at Bucks County Playhouse takes on a bit of the surreal. All summer, two companies have crisscrossed from the theater in the Poconos to the venerable old space on the banks of…

  • Be-bop-vel-u-Bop

    A Jazz Nativity visits the War Memorial in Trenton. By: Daniel Shearer    For nearly 20 years, an impressive group of jazz musicians has maintained a Christmas tradition. The idea started as a benefit concert for St. Peter’s Church at 54th and Lexington in Manhattan, eventually attracting the attention of legendary jazzmen Dave Brubeck, Lionel Hampton…

  • OBITUARIES, Nov. 27, 2001

    Robert J. Sullivan, Ann C. Root, Elizabeth E. Kacher, Libby L. Salkin, William H. Weathersby Robert J. Sullivan Retired Lenox executive    Robert J. Sullivan of Princeton and Vero Beach, Fla., died Wednesday at The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 84.    Mr. Sullivan was retired from Lenox Inc. after a 45-year career and was a…

  • Marguerite Holch

       Marguerite M. Holch, 99, of St. Mary’s Hall, died Sunday, Nov. 25, at The Medical Center at Princeton.    Born in Van Buren, Maine, she was a longtime Newark resident before moving to Lawrence five years ago.    She was a practical nurse in the Newark area and volunteered at the Eye Institute of New Jersey in…