Category: archives
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The Contender
Too much suspension of reality leaves this film dull and unbelievable. [R] By: Kam Williams I hate being set up. The actual premise in The Contender is different from the one implied by the trailer. I wouldn’t quibble about the discrepancy if the substituted storyline had been well executed. From the commercials, I expected the film…
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EDITORIAL: Bus proposal should work for everyone
By: The Mercer County Workforce Investment Board wants to help low-wage workers get to work. It is planning to kick off a trial bus service next month that would run north along Route 130, linking workers from the Hamilton and Trenton areas with warehouse jobs in Cranbury, Monroe and South Brunswick. The program has identified…
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Column: Justin Time
Does PU have a Pipp of its own? By: Justin Feil On June 3, 1925, first baseman Wally Pipp didn’t start for the New York Yankees because of a headache. In his place, Lou Gehrig smacked three hits. Gehrig started the next 2,129 games for the Yankees. Pipp never started again for the Bronx Bombers.…
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TANGENTS: The therapapeutic nature of scary things
By:John Saccenti It may be the way the sun sets during this time of year. Or maybe it’s the sound of dead, dry leaves crunching underfoot, or the very idea that behind a tree, bush or down some lonely, unlit street there could lurk something from our darkest nightmares. Something that could scare us beyond…
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Indoor pool on a school bond ‘wish list’
Laptops for all students among other ideas for Princeton referendum By: Jeff Milgram Picture Princeton High School with an indoor swimming pool. Picture the pool linked to the campus of John Witherspoon School in a scheme that would close Walnut Lane. Then picture every student in the district with a school-supplied laptop computer. These are…
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Wright tract open space purchase near
The purchase of two open-space parcels on the edge of Cranbury may be completed. By: Brian Shappell The purchase of two open-space parcels on the edge of Cranbury’s historic village may be completed as early as today (Friday). The committee voted unanimously to borrow up to $2.65 million to buy the Wright properties adjacent to…
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OBITUARIES, Oct. 20, 2000
Frank J. Boccanfuso, Eleanor Lippincott, Elizabeth Lowthian, Elizabeth Q. Nicol, Pauline S. Conover, Carl M. deGrazia, Daniel C. Dillion Jr. Frank J. Boccanfuso Retired police officer LAWRENCE – Frank J. Boccanfuso died Tuesday at Capital Health System Fuld Campus in Trenton. He was 71. Born in Princeton, he was a longtime Princeton resident and a…
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Haunted Trail and Bizarre set for Woodlot Park
Two nights of spooky revelry, Oct. 27 and 28 By: Sara Peters As Halloween draws closer, a bright, familiar place for picnics and dog-walking will transform into a dark, eerie territory where ghosts dwell and ghouls lurk in the shadows. Halloween enthusiasts can look forward to two nights of spooky revelry when the 2000 Annual…
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Frank W. Grzenda
MARIENVILLE, Pa. – Frank W. Grzenda, 83, died Saturday at Jefferson Manor, Brookville. Born in Trenton, he lived in Lawrenceville before moving to Marienville. Mr. Grzenda retired from U.S. Steel Co., Trenton. He was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and the Faith Lutheran Church, Venus, Pa. He enjoyed fishing and woodworking. Son of…
