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  • LAWRENCE: Solar facility temporarily closed

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer EPV Solar Inc., which has its headquarters on Bakers Basin Road, closed its manufacturing and research facilities in Lawrence and Hamilton for two weeks for preventative maintenance, beginning Dec. 22.     The shutdown also is part of a cost-cutting measure because of the tight credit market, but about 75 percent…

  • ’70s Icons

    ’70s Icons

    Frank Langella channels Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon.

  • PARENTING PEARLS: Rescue puppy may have family’s name on it

    By Mae Sakharov, Special Writer    Barack Obama is about to be inaugurated as president of the United States this Jan. 20.    As many are aware, he promised his daughters a puppy that will arrive this spring after they are settled in their new home.    Discussions about what kind of a puppy and where to get…

  • ’70s Icons

    ’70s Icons

    ‘Gran Torino’ and ‘Frost/Nixon’ offer insight and entertainment, but not the truth By Elise Nakhnikian “ARE you really saying the president can do something illegal?” David Frost (Michael Sheen) asks Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) in Frost/Nixon.    ”I’m saying that when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal!” says Nixon.    Spoken like…

  • Three schools fail to meet NCLB standards

    By Jessica Ercolino    Three local schools did not make the grade under federal No Child Left Behind Act standards, according to a recently released state report.    Pond Road Middle School in Robbinsville did not meet NCLB standards because not enough students classified by the state as disabled improved standardized test scores for mathematics, said state…

  • KINGSTON: A ballet boutique relocates from Princeton

    By Lauren Otis, The Packet Group    After six years on Nassau Street in Princeton, ballet boutique Giselle has executed a commercial glissade, moving its shop to nearby Kingston.    Increasing rent and the difficulty customers had in finding parking in downtown Princeton contributed to the move, but ultimately it came about because she found a space…

  • Josephine Miller

       LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Josephine Rose Miller, 80, died Dec. 23, in Las Vegas, Nev.    Mrs. Miller was born in on Feb. 27, 1928. She was a resident of the Bordentown area for many years. She was a retired receptionist for Bayer Aspirin in Trenton. Survivors include her son, Glen Miller (Elizabeth) of North Las…

  • ‘Doubt’

    ‘Doubt’

    The film expands the play’s characters in order to open a wider vista By Bob Brown THIS is such a loaded theater piece, only the playwright, John Patrick Shanley, could do it justice on screen. Shanley, who also directed, has a lot more tools at his disposal than a stage would allow. While this opens…

  • FLORENCE: Grant will help fix Roebling sidewalk

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    FLORENCE — In an effort to increase pedestrian safety, the state Department of Transportation has awarded the township a $115,000 grant.    The DOT announced last week that as part of $2 million in grants through its Safe Streets to Transit program, the township will receive money to work on the…