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Tree lighting – Bordentown City
Saturday, Nov. 24 — A holiday tree lighting will be held in Bordentown City from 5 to 6 p.m. at the intersection of Crosswicks Street and Farnsworth Avenue featuring Santa, carolers, drum and fife corps and refreshments. Santa will arrive after the lighting of the tree.
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U-Store branch opens on Nassau
A new branch of the Princeton University store, dedicated to Princeton insignia apparel and gifts, opened late in the day Friday. The additional U-Store is located at 116 Nassau St. in the former Micawber’s and Children’s Place locations. Its opening follows the Wednesday opening of Labyrinth Books, the new U-Store’s next-door neighbor. ”We were…
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Removing poster was ‘censorship’
Sara Scully of Lambertville I read The Beacon article, “Election poster strains city library relationship” with great concern — for our city and for the journalistic blinders its writer is wearing. It is an act of censorship for a city to remove items from a library even those of a partisan nature. The Library Bill…
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Left wing, right wing – it’s all good
By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer PLUMSTED — Perennial Township Committee candidate Mitch Geier may be considered “left wing” in the political sense, but for the greater portion of his life, he’s been tending to both wings. Mr. Geier, 53, has spent 30 years working with sick, injured and needy animals — mainly birds — out…
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Book Notes: Surviving those crazy teen years
By Joan Ruddiman For families in the throes of surviving the teenage years, any and all support is welcomed. In the past month, parents, their teens and educators in this area were blessed with appearances by several noted experts who offered practical advice laced with chilling statistics on why we all have to take adolescent…
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LOOKING AHEAD
Check out some notable events happening in the coming weeks in central New Jersey and beyond: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, Princeton, Bronfman Plays Prokofiev, Jan. 4, 8 p.m.; (800) 255-3476; www.njsymphony.org Edward Albee’s Me, Myself and I, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, Jan. 11-Feb. 17
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Holiday stress busting on Tuesday
The National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Mercer will present "Holiday Stress Buster," at 7:20 p.m. Tuesday at the NAMI Center of Mercer County, Lawrence Commons (3371 Brunswick Pike), Suite 124. The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, call (609) 799-8994, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.namimercer.org.
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Movie Times for the Week of Nov.23-29
Movies and times are valid from Nov. 23-29. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. EAST BRUNSWICK MEGA MOVIES AT BRUNSWICK SQUARE (732-651-6342): The Mist (R) Fri.-Sun. 10:40, 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05; Mon.-Thurs. 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 10:05. August Rush (PG) Fri.-Sat. 10:20, 1, 3:35,…
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Train commuters offered ‘early getaway’ Wednesday
NJ Transit will offer “early getaway” rail service on the Northeast Corridor on Wednesday for commuters leaving early for the Thanksgiving holiday. The extra trains will begin running from Penn Station in New York at noon, the agency announced. On Thanksgiving Day, trains will operate on a weekend-major holiday schedule but extra trains will be…
