Category: archives

  • Fundraiser like a fairy tale coming true

    A chat with Mary By:Mary Kaempfen    Little girls like Hillsborough’s five-year-old kindergartner Maddie Benoff probably can’t fully appreciate a 12-year-old benefactor’s gift. Especially when it relates to her neuroblastoma.    But 12-year-old Samantha Satnik, of South Brunswick, has organized a special showing of "Cinderella" at the Kelsey Theater in Mercer County Community College with Maddie —…

  • Obituaries-March 1, 2007

    Mildred McGuire    LAMBERTVILLE — Mildred Applegate McGuire, 86, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, at Valley View Health Care Center in Frenchtown.    Born in Bristol, Pa., Mrs. McGuire lived most of her life in Lambertville.    She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Lambertville.    She was the daughter of the late Harrison…

  • No contests for school election

    The election will be held Tuesday, April 17. By: Mae Rhine    There are no contests for any seats on local boards of education for the school election Tuesday, April 17.    At South Hunterdon Regional High School, Gregory Danese, representing Stockton, decided not to run again. In his place, Richard McDaniel filed for the three-year term.…

  • Never Predictable

    Gifted director Abbas Kiarostami, whose best movies seep under your skin, visits Princeton for a screening and discussion. By: Elise Nakhnikian    "I don’t like to engage in telling stories," says Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in an interview packaged on the DVD of his masterful 2000 feature, The Wind Will Carry Us. "I don’t like to…

  • Health board could change to be more ‘responsive’

    With the imminent resignation of Spring Pittore, West Amwell wants to change the requirements for serving on the township Board of Health. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The makeup of the Board of Health could change after a public hearing March 21 on a proposal that would make the board "more responsive" to the…

  • Officials wrangle over who will write farmland retention plan

    West Amwell’s Agriculture Advisory Committee wants the job, but the Township Committee is considering appointing a different group to author the plan. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The state Office of Smart Growth wants township officials to outline how West Amwell plans to achieve its goal of retaining agriculture in the township.    The state…

  • Good Reception

    Crossroads Theatre has a ‘Movin’ Man.’ By: Stuart Duncan    ‘Tis the season for one-man shows and you are not going to find many better than the production at Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick. It’s called Movin’ Man and it stars Glynn Turman, who also conceived it and wrote it. Probably he was the only one…

  • Sweet Nostalgia

    Villagers sings ‘Music From a Sparkling Planet.’ By: Stuart Duncan    Undoubtedly The Villagers, tucked into a corner of the Franklin Township Municipal complex in Somerset, is one of the busiest theatrical spots in the area. Between the main stage, the second stage ("the black box"), between kid’s shows and more adult entertainment, the group stages…

  • Parenting Pearls-March 1, 2007

    Focus on the good people, not the evil By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    So often we pick up the newspaper or turn on the television to read about and see horrific stories of child abuse and the hideous crimes of predators.    These stories revolt us, and our hearts reach out to the innocent victims and their…