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  • Renovations continuing at South

    Students will have a new block schedule this year with classes running 88 minutes instead of 44. By: Mae Rhine    WEST AMWELL — The renovated high school gym will be ready for action when South Hunterdon Regional High School students return to school Tuesday.    A new floor has been put down, and new lockers, bleachers,…

  • Verdigre

    From soup with truffle cloud to minted desserts, this newcomer shows imagination and ambition. By: Kate and Tom O’Neill    Verdigre is stylish, sleek and innovative — a sophisticated addition to New Brunswick’s vibrant dining scene. The range and style of Chef James Corona’s menu is exceptional. The extensive wine list offers approximately 100 vintages as…

  • ‘The Full Monty’

    Bucks County Playhouse presents the musical based on the hit movie. By: Stuart Duncan    The Full Monty has settled in for a month’s stay at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pa. That’s twice the normal run, and a good thing too — the show is the best production in several seasons and will be…

  • Police Blotter-Aug. 31, 2006

    Lambertville    Jeffrey Kane, 18, of Pennington was charged with underage drunken driving and possession of a controlled dangerous substance as a result of a motor vehicle stop Aug. 23.    Police stopped Mr. Kane on Route 29 in the area of Route 202 because he was operating a vehicle with an excessively loud exhaust at 12:10…

  • West Amwell has new principal

    Superintendent Todd Fay is proposing purchasing iPods for grades four through sixth this year. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — Children who love technology will love Todd Fay’s ideas.    The superintendent of West Amwell Elementary School is proposing an iPod for every student in grades four, five and six, approximately 100 in all.    The popular…

  • Heart of Madness

    ‘The Sea,’ a rock song cycle, evokes Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville. See related story: Changing Rhythms By: Ilene Dube    As the cicada winds down its song, one’s thoughts turn to autumn leaves, big yellow school buses… and the Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe! It’s just a hop, skip and jump away to cutting-edge…

  • Stockton School to have artist-in-residence program

    Rebecca Kelly of Ringoes will design book-making projects for each classroom. By: Mae Rhine    STOCKTON — One thing the 48 students at Stockton Public School can look forward to when school reopens Sept. 6 is making their own books.    The school will have an artist-in-residence program, thanks to a $942 grant from the Lambertville Area…

  • PU scientists predict what gives us the yucks

    Interpreting brain activity of test subjects watching "Home Improvment" episodes By: Hilary Parker    It’s no laughing matter that a group of Princeton University professors and students in June were awarded second place in an international competition to predict how test subjects would describe episodes of the "Home Improvement" television show in terms of funniness and…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 29, 2006

    Mary Rose McHugh, Michael K. McCloskey, George H. Brown Jr., Aristotle J. Vazakas, Gertrude G. Lojko Mary Rose McHugh Retired St. Paul’s School teacher     Mary Rose McHugh died Saturday at home following a lengthy illness. She was 86.    Born in Princeton, she was a lifelong Princeton resident.    She retired from St. Paul’s School in…