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  • Circus hits Jamesburg

    On Sunday, the Jamesburg Civic Association is bringing Vidbel’s Old Tyme Circus to town. By:Craig Sernotti    Residents both young and old can look forward to fun, rides and animals because the circus is coming.    On Sunday, the Jamesburg Civic Association is bringing Vidbel’s Old Tyme Circus to town. Taking place at John F. Kennedy Elementary…

  • Surviving the summer doldrums

    Thought you could take the summer off? The hottest months of the year is the time that business owners should reassess their business goals and reorganize their companies to compete as markets accelerate in the fall, according to a panel of business experts assembled by Plainsboro-based financial services industry titan Merrill Lynch. By: Susan Briggs…

  • Allentown’s park place

    Borough officials are trying to make residents more aware of a park that’s beginning to see some changes. By:    ALLENTOWN — Borough officials are trying to make residents more aware of a park that’s beginning to see some changes.    The borough will sponsor a Fun Day at Heritage Park from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday,…

  • B-MS donates $30,900 for fire prevention trailer

    The Hopewell Township Board of Fire Commissioners will use a $30,900 donation from Bristol-Myers Squibb (B-MS) to buy a 1½-story fire safety trailer By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Board of Fire Commissioners will use a $30,900 donation from Bristol-Myers Squibb (B-MS) to buy a 1½-story fire safety trailer.    The trailer will be used in…

  • St. Michael’s plan gets airing before packed house

    Borough officials ask diocese attorney David Roskos to encourage a meeting of township and borough officials with the diocese for further dialogue By: Catherine P. Moscarello    Facing a packed house Monday, Hopewell Borough Mayor George Padgett waited to open the regular Hopewell Borough Council meeting until after the standing-room-only audience — some with lawn chairs…

  • For the week of July 5

    By: Robert Louis Bertothy Sr.    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — Robert Louis "Bomber" Bertothy Sr., 58, died Wednesday, June 27, at home.    Born in Trenton and a lifelong area resident, he graduated in 1961 from William McFarland High School, where he was a pitcher with the baseball team.    Mr. Bertothy worked more than 20 years with Yardville…

  • She Talks to Angels

    Wings of Desire: Lambertville sculptor Susanne Pitak Davis heals loved ones with winged creations. Her angel art reflects an array of influences and personal nuances. By: Susan Van Dongen    On the wall of her Hobbit-like home in Lambertville, sculptor Susanne Pitak Davis has an original work called "The Pond of Mother Hall." Based on a…

  • ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’

    The Princeton Summer Theater puts on the bible-based Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical. By: Stuart Duncan    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat began as a 15-minute divertissement presented at a London primary school in 1968. The reaction was so exciting that composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his writing partner, lyricist Tim Rice, expanded…

  • Toes of Steel

    A behind-the-scenes look at the Newtown School of Dance. By: Jodi Thompson    Young Angelina Marinucci sits on the carpet with her back against the lavender walls of the Newtown School of Dance at the Summit Square Shopping Center, Langhorne. The 10-year-old Langhorne resident awaits her first Master Class with her older classmates. Angie, as they…