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  • Ghosts, Bloodshed and Magic

    Circle Playhouse reigns ‘Macbeth.’ By: Stuart Duncan    A few seasons back the Circle Players of Piscataway decided to grab the theatrical bulls by the horns and stage its first Shakespeare play. The result was tremendous excitement — first from the performers, and then by audiences. Now the group schedules at least one each year. In…

  • Township plans to replace veterans memorial

    The new design will include veterans of all wars. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The Historic Preservation Committee plans to replace the township’s deteriorating veterans memorial, and the new design will make it inclusive of the veterans of all wars for the first time.    The current memorial, a white-painted wooden structure, sits at the…

  • Letters-March 15, 2007

    High cost doesn’t mean good education To the editor:    Every year New Jersey publishes its data about the schools in the Garden State at www.nj.com/news/reportcard.    Every year, South Hunterdon High School shows the highest cost per pupil in the county: $20,337. Delaware Valley spends only $14,241.    The administrative cost per student fell again by a…

  • Smart Theater

    Princeton University Players finds ‘A New Brain.’ By: Stuart Duncan    A New Brain is a "well-off-the-beaten-path" musical by William Finn, who wrote the highly acclaimed Falsettos. It opened off-Broadway in 1998 to enthusiastic reviews, but failed to capture audiences and soon faded. The Princeton University Players — rapidly becoming competition on campus for better-known and…

  • Long Overdue

    Passage Theatre goes ‘Underneath the Lintel.’ By: Stuart Duncan    Underneath The Lintel, which is being revived by Passage Theatre Company in Trenton, is a curious mix of styles, mystery and religion, carefully crafted with intelligence and humor. It bows casually to the modern appetite for works such as The Rule of Four, The Da Vinci…

  • Run With Aimee at finish line after decade

    Polak family thankful for community support By: Justin Feil    The Run With Aimee was started as a way for Joe and Elaine Polak to see the spirit of their daughter carry on even after her death in a car accident April 8, 1996.    It grew from a small race to a local event that attracted…

  • West Windsor moves to free solar installations from property tax

    Legality of an ordinance remains an issue By: Nick Norlen    WEST WINDSOR — Members of the West Windsor Township Council don’t want residents to take the heat for using solar energy.    Citing a case in Hamilton Township in which one resident faced increased property taxes resulting from the installation of solar panels, Councilman Franc Gambatese…

  • Carpools from Princeton to travel to Lambertville peace march

       LAMBERTVILLE — To mark the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, citizen groups from New Jersey and Pennsylvania will co-sponsor a march and rally calling for an end to the U.S. occupation and for bringing the troops home.    The event will begin 2 p.m. Sunday with a rally at Centenary United Methodist Church,…

  • Princeton school board OKs budget

    Spending plan means tax hike in borough and township By: Courtney Gross    The Princeton Regional Board of Education unanimously approved the school preliminary budget Monday that will increase Princeton Borough and Princeton Township’s current school tax rates by 16 cents and 10 cents per $100 of assessed value respectively.    Subject to approval by the Mercer…