Category: archives
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Brotherly Love
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s ‘The Brothers Size’ is the centerpiece of McCarter Theatre’s new IN-Festival. By: Susan Van Dongen Raised in the traditions of the Southern Baptist church, Tarell Alvin McCraney was puzzled when people would come up to him and say, "You’re a child of Yemoja." In Yoruba, the native religion of West Africa, Yemoja…
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Letters-Feb. 1, 2007
Go Red for Women To the editor: Each February, Americans celebrate and observe matters of the heart in many ways, including with chocolate, cards, roses and St. Valentine’s Day. For the American Heart Association, February is American Heart Month, a time to educate Americans about other matters of the heart. First designated in 1963, American…
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Members named to borough panels
Seth Pendleton was named to the Planning Board to the four-year term vacated by the death in December of longtime Chairman Richard Schuck. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON New Mayor Stephen Giocondo made his first appointments to the borough’s Planning Board and Environmental Commission on Monday. Seth Pendleton was appointed to the Planning Board and…
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Water main breaks hitting Hightstown hard
By: Dick Brinster HIGHTSTOWN – The latest of four water main breaks this winter forced the Public Works Department to shut off service to about five homes on Monmouth Street for about four hours Wednesday after workers ran into unexpected problems. The difficulties were more than Supervisor Larry Blake had bargained for after a 6-inch…
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She Had Soul
Bristol Riverside Theatre has ‘Ethel Waters, His Eye Is On The Sparrow.’ By: Stuart Duncan This is the traditional theater season for one-person shows. Historically the months of January, February and even the first half of March find audiences fleeing to warmer climes or staying close to the fireplace at home. It is the season…
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Parenting Pearls-Feb 1, 2007
Twenty colleges are too many to apply to By: Dr. Mae Sakharov The expenses involved in applying to colleges have accelerated along with tuition costs. Sending out college applications costs between $25 and $75 apiece, a rate that goes up every year. The lower cost is for most state colleges while the higher processing fee…
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Senior Menus-Feb. 1, 2007
All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. The value of each meal is $4.60. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted. Thursday, Feb. 1 Vegetable rice soup, meatloaf…
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Cronce is new board chairman
Chester Urbanski was named vice chairman of the West Amwell Zoning Board of Adjustment after a challenge by member Robert Fulper II failed. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL Former Mayor John Cronce was unanimously elected chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, and Chester Urbanski was elected vice chairman after a 3-3 "silent vote"…
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Theater of Rock
The Villagers catches ‘Bat Boy’ By: Stuart Duncan Bat Boy The Musical is clearly not to everyone’s taste. I suspect it may be a generational thing: If you come from a younger generation not yet deaf (tone deaf doesn’t count) from existing rock scores; if you have been nurtured throughout your formative years on…
