Category: archives
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‘The Miracle Worker’
Actors’ NET of Bucks County puts on William Gibson’s poignant drama about Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan. By: Stuart Duncan She’s like a little safe, locked, that no one can open," a country doctor tells the Kellers, referring to the couple’s 7-year-old daughter, Helen, left deaf and speechless by a vicious attack of scarlet fever.…
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Letters
Due to the number of letters this week, The Beacon is unable to post opinions from our readers. Please see this week’s issue, Sept. 20.
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City man gets Scout Wood Badge
By: Cynthia Williamson LAMBERTVILLE Scouting is a pursuit Lambertville Troop 49 Scout Master Thomas Sheppard said he could really dig his teeth into. His 19-year journey through Boy Scouts began when he joined Cub Scouts at age 7. Mr. Sheppard, 29, was presented with the distinguished Wood Badge when the Lambertville troop held its…
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‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
A botched sex-change operation sets the stage for this rock ‘n’ roll musical. [R] By: Kam Williams What would you do if a botched sex-change operation left you angry and short of your goal? If you’re Hansel, a handsome German homosexual, you’d change your name to Hedwig, run off to Kansas with an infatuated G.I. to…
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Editorial: Ask questions before voting on questions
Voters in the South Hunterdon Regional High School district need to make sure all their questions are answered before voting on the $18.8 million bond referendum Sept. 25. The school says its 42-year-old boiler could go any time. Narrow spaces are being used for offices, classrooms and computers. The library, dating from the ’50s, has…
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City gets $335,000 state grant
Money to be used to improve bicycle and pedestrian safety in Lambertville. By: Cynthia Williamson LAMBERTVILLE Cindy Ege remembers the recent August day she received a call on her cellphone from fellow City Council member Steve Stegman that almost "knocked me over." He called to tell Ms. Ege the $335,000 state grant she applied…
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Eyewitness to history:A journalist grapples with her mixed emotions
OP-ED, Sept. 18 By: Helen Pettigrew I woke up Tuesday morning to an eerie sound outside my Manhattan apartment window silence. And then came the sirens. They began their wailing just after 9 a.m. and streamed south through my neighborhood for more than 12 hours. I had been listening drowsily to National Public Radio…
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Pulitizer Prize-winning author James McPherson to give talk
James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Princeton University professor, will give a talk titled "The American Civil War: Its Meaning for the New Millennium," Friday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m., in Nassau Presbyterian Church. A buffet dinner for individual patrons and corporate sponsors will be held at the Nassau Club at 5:45 p.m. Seating is…
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From senior to freshman
Students urged to consider taking an ‘interim’ year off By: Kara Alaimo Last week, 1,185 Princeton University students joined the 43,000 teenagers across New Jersey who entered their freshman year of college. There’s a question being raised. Are they ready to make the most of their college experiences and thrive in the "real world" that…
