Category: archives

  • Quieting the Monkey Mind

    Yoga classes stretch the body, tame the mental chatter and soothe the soul By: Susan Van Dongen    A Shiatsu therapist once told me the secret to health and relaxation — "Watch your cat." Yoga is in vogue among the stars, from supermodel Christy Turlington to Angelina Jolie, Sting and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Above, a class at…

  • Calcagno wins Washington GOP primary

    Incumbent Committeeman Vince Calcagno on Tuesday soundly defeated his challenger, Mark Tobias, in the primary election despite the Mercer County Republican organization’s support for Mr. Tobias. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Incumbent Committeeman Vince Calcagno on Tuesday soundly defeated his challenger, Mark Tobias, in the primary election despite the Mercer County Republican organization’s support for…

  • ‘A.I. Artificial Intelligence’

    Steven Spielberg’s tribute to Stanley Kubrick: Artificial, yes; Intelligent, no.   [PG-13] By: Kam Williams    Stanley Kubrick died with his pet project unfinished.    The legendary director of such classic films as A Clockwork Orange, 2001 and Dr. Strangelove had apparently been obsessed with adapting a short story titled Super-Toys Last All Summer Long to the big screen.…

  • Editorial: Give the river the respect it deserves

       A silent killer lurks nearby the Delaware River towns of Lambertville and Stockton in New Jersey and New Hope in Pennsylvania.    It does not discriminate. It will attack anyone.    It is the river itself, potential deadly to those who do not show it the respect it deserves.    But each year, people disregard reports of drownings…

  • ‘The Sunshine Boys’

    Headley Manor Dinner Theatre puts on Neil Simon’s tribute to vaudeville By:Stuart Duncan    The Sunshine Boys is Neil Simon’s tribute to the vaudeville teams of yesteryear, delivered with humor and surprisingly touching heart. First presented on Broadway in late 1972, it starred Sam Levine and Jack Albertson, two masters of the genre.    Through the years,…

  • Aqua Man

    Searching for sunken treasure might get kids rolling on the path to a marine biology career. By: Jodi Thompson    Evidently, scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) has this effect on people: once introduced, they become entranced. It makes sense, considering nearly three-fourths of the earth’s surface is covered in water, not counting community swimming pools. People…

  • Search and Survive

    Art on the wall at the Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters Gallery in New Brunswick is about faith, juggling and cultural adaptation. By: Susan Van Dongen    The goddess is wearing roller skates.    The sloe-eyed beauty in a gauzy south-Asian costume also has a copy of The New York Times tucked under her arm and is…

  • Collegiate success carries over for MCALL veteran

    Nocar eyes playoffs in final seasonAfter tasting success this past year as a freshman at Elizabethtown College, Mike Nocar is hoping to find that same type of accomplishment this summer in his fourth and final season as a member of Hopewell Post 339 of the Mercer County American Legion League. By: Mike Molaro    The Lambertville…

  • Master of one-liners retires as custodian

    By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — No more windows, no more sills.    No more mopping up the spills.    After 16 years on the job, West Amwell School custodian Jim Fry has retired.    "And ya know it," said Mr. Fry, reiterating a phrase that’s become his trademark response to just about everything. "I had enough pushing brooms…