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  • Unforgettable

    The Loston Harris Trio will perform the music of Nat King Cole at the Peddie School. By: Susan Van Dongen    Pianist and vocalist Lostin Harris certainly sounds like he’s been living a charmed life. While a percussion student at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, he was discovered by the legendary Ellis Marsalis.    The patriarch of…

  • Parrot has big debut for North

    New running back optimistic about Knights football By: Bob Nuse    Darren Parrot saw an opportunity and he wasn’t going to let it slip away.    With Ray Sanchez and Mike DeGoria having graduated, there was an opening for a running back at West Windsor-Plainsboro North. Parrot wasn’t about to let that chance to be the Knights’…

  • For Cineastes Who Think

    The New Jersey Film Festival offers films open to interpretation. By: Anthony Stoeckert    Autumn is here, and it’s time to get serious about movies. No more pirates, mutants, snake-infested planes, and, best of all, not an Adam Sandler movie in sight. But even as mainstream movies start to get serious, true film devotees seek out…

  • Special interest rates attract buyers to Hallmark Homes communities

    Hallmark Homes is offering attractive solutions in response to today’s higher mortgage interest rates    From a carefree home on the water to an amenities-filled luxury single-family home, Hallmark Homes is offering attractive solutions in response to today’s higher mortgage interest rates. The builder, known for its planned neighborhoods in Central New Jersey for nearly 50…

  • Township mayor ‘grateful’ for reaction from Indian community

    By: Dick Brinster    EAST WINDSOR — Mayor Janice Mironov says she knew her decision to oppose the plan for the Indian American Cultural Complex would disappoint a segment of the community, but adds that she’s gratified she’s heard no groundswell of opposition.    The mayor — accused by Twin Rivers board President Scott Pohl of being…

  • Peddie boys’ soccer has talented returnees

    By: Sean Moylan    Last year the Peddie boys’ varsity soccer team posted an 8-10-1 record and finished second in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League Division (2-2-1). But this season things are looking even brighter for the Falcons, who are returning last year’s Player of the Year, Billy Schuler.    "In Billy Schuler we have one of the…

  • Relief from the Multiplex

    New Jersey’s film festivals offer moviegoers something different. By:    New Jersey’s film festivals and programs feature everything from rarely seen shorts to the opportunity to experience some of the year’s most anticipated movies, while also meeting the filmmakers.    The Last Picture Show 2006 Film Festival will feature screenings of award-winning shorts from all over the…

  • HHS boys’ soccer shows ‘Worth’ in opening week

    By: Sean Moylan    There’s a reason why Dominic Mastroianni has been able to coach sports for decades instead of a just few years like many coaches.    It’s because he doesn’t overreact to success or failure, he simply assesses his teams by using his own measuring stick and that formula has worked out well for him.…

  • Iran policy focus of Sunday talk

       Melissa Van, who was a member of an interfaith delegation that visited Iran in May, will make a presentation, "Should We Bomb Iran?" 7 p.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton.    The talk, sponsored by Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action, is free and open to the public.    Ms.…