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  • Editorial-June 26, 2008

    Fair committee needs support and volunteers By Mae Rhine, Managing Editor    Appointments and term limits now have been established for West Amwell’s Country Fair Committee.    We supported the idea while, at the same time, insisting there has never been any question of the integrity of the previous members.    We still support the decision.    Now it’s…

  • Obituaries-June 26, 2008

    Robert Nolan Sr.    LAMBERTVILLE — Robert J. Nolan Sr., 87, of Lambertville died Friday, June 20, at Royal Healthgate in Trenton.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime resident of West Amwell.    He was a graduate of Trenton Catholic Boys High School. He joined the Army and served in the Philippines during World War II.…

  • Girls stood out on track, in field

    MHS SPRING SPORTS AWARDS by Rudy Brandl, Sports Editor    The spring athletic season at Manville High featured a mixed bag of highs and lows.    Most of the highlights came from the track and field program, which produced the school’s only varsity victories of the spring. The girls’ track and field team posted Manville’s only .500…

  • ‘The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare’

    ‘The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare’

    Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s stages a comedic evening of the Bard. By Stuart Duncan REDUCED Shakespeare Company began in 1981 with a 25-minute spoof of Hamlet presented at a Renaissance Fair in California. Originally the troupe has three guys and a girl, but when she broke her ankle three weeks into the production, a…

  • Motorcyclist released from hospital

        EAST WINDSOR — A Rahway man was thrown from his motorcycle last week after being rear-ended by a car that failed to completely stop for a red light at Route 33 and Woodside Avenue, according to police.     Jamaal Burden, 31, was taken to Helene Fuld Medical Center on Friday and was released Sunday…

  • James C. McKeever

    Westminister voice professor     MONROE — James C. McKeever died June 13. He was 89.    Born in Easton, Pa., he was a longtime resident of Princeton before moving to Monroe Township.    He was a retired professor of voice at Westminster Choir College in Princeton.    As an undergraduate at Westminster, he was the bass soloist of…

  • ‘Get Smart’

    ‘Get Smart’

    Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway re-create the roles of Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 in Get Smart.

  • ‘The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare’

    ‘The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare’

    David Foubert, Jeffrey M. Bender and Jay Leibowitz star in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Celiac disease is more common than was once recognized

    More than 2 million Americans — 1 in every 133 people — suffer from celiac disease, according to the National Institutes of Health. By Sabina Beesley, MS, RD Princeton HealthCare System     If you have seen food labels advertising gluten-free pasta or gluten-free cake mix, or if you have been to a restaurant that offers…