Category: archives

  • City, DOT compromise on sidewalk width

    The state agreed to narrow the width of the proposed road improvements to allow more sidewalk to remain. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — J. Stacy Rogers, a 57-year-old city homeowner, said he was afraid Monday that no one would listen to his concerns.    He realized he was in danger of losing a foot of sidewalk…

  • ‘The Queen’

    Helen Mirren is a compelling Queen Elizabeth, demonstrating the unshowy virtues that make her a good leader, in this film by Stephen Frears. By: Elise Nakhnikian    The reaction of the British people to their royal family is "very complicated," said director Stephen Frears in the Q&A following The Queen at this year’s New York Film…

  • For his love of children

    Robbinsville resident publishes first book at 84 By: Katrina Lewin    Charles Parker, 84, of Robbinsville, recently published his first book, "Fireside Stories," a collection of four tales.    When he began telling "The Story of Jack" to his adopted son David 10 years ago he had no idea that it would stand the test of time.…

  • ‘Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends’

    Larry Larson and Lee Levi’s play is staged at the Black Box at The Villagers. By: Stuart Duncan    Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends, the latest entry to the Black Box space at The Villagers, has been carefully written so as to offend almost everybody who ever seriously considered a religious…

  • ‘Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends’

    Larry Larson and Lee Levi’s play is staged at the Black Box at The Villagers. By: Stuart Duncan    Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends, the latest entry to the Black Box space at The Villagers, has been carefully written so as to offend almost everybody who ever seriously considered a religious…

  • Book Notes

    Halloween Adventures By: Joan Ruddiman    Halloween has become a big business. Not only do little kids dress up for Halloween parades at school and trick-and-treating in the neighborhood, but adults also dab on the fake blood, don wigs and get into elaborate costumes to go to work on the 31st.    Halloween is ranked sixth in…

  • Child’s diagnosis inspires family to raise $17,000 for diabetes research

    By: Katrina Lewin    Jonah Soos was diagnosed with diabetes when he was only 15 months old, a time his parents, Wendy and Jeffrey Soos, described as "unbelievably scary."    They brought him to the hospital but had no idea that by the time he got there, he was 26 hours away from being in a coma.…

  • Hopefuls gear up for local elections

    By: Scott Morgan    With Election Day closing in, candidates for local government seats are looking to get the word out about their positions.    On Nov. 7, there are contested races for the township committees of Millstone and Plumsted, and two local uncontested races, one for Allentown Borough Council and the other for Upper Freehold Township…

  • ‘Marie Antoinette’

    Nothing really ‘happens’ in Sofia Coppola’s take on the misunderstood French queen, so the right approach is to let yourself go and yield to the infectious fun. By: Bob Brown    "Let them eat cake." You don’t say. And she didn’t. Poor Marie Antoinette — miscast as a monarch in life and misquoted as an insensitive…