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  • ‘Death Sentence’

    ‘Death Sentence’

    The violence begins randomly, and we watch it build to a crescendo that is the inevitable result of a breakdown. By Bob Brown    Australian-trained director James Wan is best remembered for his 2004 film Saw. That work granted him entrée to the unofficial “Splat Pack,” so-called by film historian Alan Jones to describe the new…

  • ‘Death Sentence’

    The violence begins randomly, and we watch it build to a crescendo that is the inevitable result of a breakdown. By: Bob Brown Kevin Bacon seeks revenge in Death Sentence.    Australian-trained director James Wan is best remembered for his 2004 film Saw. That work granted him entrée to the unofficial "Splat Pack," so-called by film…

  • Sens Asian Cuisine

    It’s all about the tofu at this Chinese-Japanese-Thai newcomer in the South Brunswick Square Mall. By: Faith Bahadurian    It seems that every roadside mall has a nail salon, a martial arts school and a Chinese or Asian restaurant. And nearly every one of those restaurants has one or two things it does particularly well, that…

  • GPC Biotech lays off 46 in Plainsboro location

    Latest layoffs come on the heels of other down news from the company By Lauren Otis, Business Editor  GPC Biotech AG recently announced it will lay off 46 employees based at its Plainsboro location, with no reduction in its German staffing in Munich. The layoffs will amount to approximately 15 percent of the company’s 316…

  • Blowing in the Wind

    The Eastern Wind Symphony plays patriotic favorites for Bordentown’s 325th anniversary. By: Susan Van Dongen Eastern Wind Symphony’s William Sylvester conducts the scientists, doctors, businessmen and other musically inclined professionals who make up the group.    How does a busy wind musician unwind?    Getting together with other professionals for practice and concertizing is one way to…

  • State issues report on school violence

    By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer    Some schools in northern Burlington County have seen a slight rise in reported incidents for the 2005-2006 school year, according to a state Department of Education report on violence, vandalism, weapon and substance abuse released last week.    Bordentown Regional School District reported a total of 32 incidents for the 2005-06…

  • At the ‘Cinematheque’

    The New Jersey Film Festival is like an acorn to a large oak tree: concentrated majesty in a small package. By: Elise Nakhnikian    A recently restored print of Killer of Sheep, a beautifully shot, unflinchingly truthful tale of an urban African-American family struggling against suffocating odds to make it into the middle class, will be…

  • Hearing extended for case against city employee

    By Anthony V. Coppola, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN CITY — A disciplinary hearing for Public Works Supervisor Robert Erickson ended without resolution Tuesday after seven hours of deliberation.    A date for the next day of the hearing will be released later this week.    City Attorney Brian M. Guest of the law firm Parker-McCay presented 11 charges…

  • ‘Death Sentence’