Category: archives
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The Science of Suds
Beer historian Rich Wagner will discuss brewing methods of Colonial times at the Mercer Museum’s Brewery Night. By: Jillian Kalonick The coolest possible job for a former high school science teacher? Beer expert. "Brewing touches every branch of science that you can think of biology, chemistry, physics," says Rich Wagner, who has spent more…
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Beat of a Different Drum
Blending Indian tabla with Western music, Advaita will perform at Small World Coffee. By: Josh Appelbaum If the tabla isn’t an instrument you hear often, just wait. The Indian percussive instrument, consisting of a pair of hand drums, is ready to cross over into American mainstream music, thanks to some local musicians who are already…
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‘The Music Man’
Bucks County Playhouse has a revival of Meredith Willson’s classic. By: Stuart Duncan When The Music Man opened on Broadway, a week before Christmas, 1957, it was greeted by uniformly enthusiastic reviews. The plot and atmosphere might have been old-fashioned, but the production, music and tempo were decidedly modern. The show had humor without wisecracks…
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Drainage, bridge work not seen as disruptions
Mayor David Del Vecchio said the two projects, which will be ongoing simultaneously, are merely "an inconvenience." By: Linda Seida LAMBERTVILLE After enduring three major floods and a bridge closing in the last two years, the city now will have to cope with the simultaneous disturbances of a bridge repair and Route 29 drainage…
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Senior Menus-Aug. 17, 2006
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, Aug. 17 Pineapple juice, stuffed cabbage…
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Teifer tops as Mercer wins again
Cranbury resident helps all-star golfers take Challenge Cup By: Justin Feil The last time that Peter Teifer played in the Garden State Challenge Cup, he was a 14-year-old just starting to take golf seriously. Now 17 and heading into his senior year at Princeton High School, the Cranbury resident continues to prove he is among…
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Officials wary of hospital’s traffic impact
Meeting scheduled to discuss options for easing congestion By: Hilary Parker The state Commissioner of Transportation, Kris Kolluri, will meet Monday with a number of stakeholders to discuss the traffic implications of the proposed relocation of Princeton Healthcare System’s University Medical Center at Princeton to the 160-acre FMC Corp. property in Plainsboro. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora…
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Church receives grant to honor Montgomery’s black leaders
Giving due recognition to some often overlooked residents By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY In recognition of its devotion to community service and outreach, the Solid Rock United Pentecostal Church in Hopewell Township was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of State’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission to assist the church’s…
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Aiming to be Simply the best
Local product takes new approach to therapy By: Justin Feil Gia Fruscione DeFranco enjoyed great success in one-on-one situations as a field hockey goalkeeper at Stuart Country Day and then Princeton University. Now, she’s going one-on-one in a different field after opening her own physical therapy practice, Simply Women, in Hamilton. "I did it for…
