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  • Spigola

    This is Italian-American cuisine imbued with the spirit of Las Vegas, a place for celebration in a bold, brassy setting. By: Tom and Kate O’Neill    If you enjoy abbodanza and crave hearty Italian food, the time has come to visit Spigola, the big, vibrant, new restaurant in Hamilton. The location, amid Route 130’s commercial sprawl,…

  • ‘Grindhouse’

    Constantly switching gears and creating indelible images, this double-feature schools us in what movies do best. By: Elise Nakhnikian    It was a bit of a shock to see Vanessa Ferlito at the Manhattan theater where I saw Grindhouse. I’d just watched Ferlito play Arlene (aka Butterfly) in Death Proof, writer-director Quentin Tarantino’s segment of this…

  • ‘The Reaping’

    The devil torments us in new ways in this thriller starring Hilary Swank and Stephen Rea. By: Bob Brown    There’s nothing like a good Old Testament plague to get an apostate’s attention. For Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank), signs and wonders lost their potency a few years ago when she was a missionary in Africa. At…

  • Drug-testing policy topic of debate

    South Hunterdon is proposing random drug testing for all students involved in extracurricular activities and those who drive to school. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Parents are invited to share their opinions tonight (April 12) about a proposed plan to begin random drug testing of students at South Hunterdon Regional High School in grades…

  • Calm in Hightstown

    Novelist Paul Watkins takes his inspiration from an Eton education, the fishing life and the UPS man. By: Susan Van Dongen    When the boys at the Dragon School threw young Paul Watkins’ teddy bear out the window, he knew the next few years weren’t going to be like life in America, with the comfort of…

  • Editorial-April 12, 2007

    Make voices heard about drug policy By: Mae Rhine    Parents and students need to attend tonight’s special South Hunterdon meeting about a proposed plan to begin random drug testing.    The school wants all students involved in extracurricular activities or who drive to school to be included in the testing.    Some parents have objected, calling it…

  • V-Day

    Circle Players examine ‘The Vagina Monologues.’ By: Stuart Duncan    In 1996, The Vagina Monologues took off-Broadway by storm. It was the work of Eve Ensler, who also performed all the speeches, shifting characters as needed. The themes changed: sex, love, rape, menstruation, mutilation, masturbation, birth, orgasm, but always relating somehow to the vagina or the…

  • Lady Eagles show promise

    By: John E. Powers    The fortunes of the South Hunterdon Regional High School girls softball team should be much better this year.    The Eagles have shown some promise in the early part of the season.    Saturday afternoon, sophomore Corrine Hart tossed a complete game, seven-inning no-hitter at North Plainfield as the Eagles won 4-0.    The…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    By:    A Toms River resident reported losing his brown wallet, containing his driver’s license, Social Security card and other cards, while shopping at the Wal-Mart store on North Main Street March 27. ***    A South 13th Avenue resident reported someone scratched the passenger side of a red 1992 Honda parked on the street, causing $300…