Category: archives

  • Residents protest tree cutting

    West Amwell citizens are upset over the PSE&G practice of clear-cutting trees beneath power lines on Alexauken Creek Road. By: Linda Seida    WEST AMWELL — The 20 or so adults had no trouble articulating their position against the PSE&G practice of clear-cutting trees that stand beneath power lines along Alexauken Creek Road.    But it was…

  • An Inconvenient Truth

    Al Gore and Davis Guggenheim’s film gives audiences a methodical, concise and reasonable assessment of why reversing global warming is necessary. By: Josh Appelbaum    Even with a remake of The Omen coming to multiplexes June 6, Al Gore and Davis Guggenheim’s wake-up-call of a documentary on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, might still be the…

  • Holt announces re-election campaign in cyberspace

    Rep. Holt used the Internet to field questions from three sites, including the Lambertville Public Library. By: Audrey Levine    LAWRENCEVILLE — Rep. Rush Holt (D-12), an advocate for using the latest technology, took his own advice when he used the Internet to announce his reelection campaign with a live announcement and online question-and-answer session May…

  • Witherspoon Grill

    It’s back to basics at the library plaza chophouse, open only a few months and already a big hit. By: Faith Bahadurian Witherspoon Grill 57 Witherspoon St. Princeton (609) 924-601 Food: Good to very good Service: Very good Prices: Moderate to expensive; appetizers/soups/salads $8-$12, entrées $16-$39. Cuisine: Contemporary steakhouse Vegetarian Options: Salads, sides and some…

  • Parenting Pearls-June 1, 2006

    Interests develop from passion, not prodding By: Dr. Mae Sakharov    One morning last April, the same time of year high school seniors were heading back from colleges, a segment about the increasing number of outstanding students that had been rejected or put on waiting lists by colleges was scheduled for "The Today Show."    After repeated…

  • Lady Vengeance

    This last and best part of director Park Chan-Wook’s revenge trilogy makes ‘Kill Bill’ look like child’s play. By: Elise Nakhnikian (   Lee Yeong-ae is the delicate-looking beauty with a spine of steel in Lady Vengeance.)    Director Park Chan- Wook is a celebrity in South Korea. He’s also a star of the international film festival circuit,…

  • ‘Into the Woods’

    Bucks County Playhouse has a revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairy tale musical. By: Stuart Duncan    Into the Woods was controversial almost from the moment composer Stephen Sondheim and writer James Lapine began to talk about the show. Lapine, who had loved fairy tales when growing up, at first conceived of a musical…

  • ‘A Stone Carver’

    Dan Lauria stars in William Mastrosimone’s drama at Passage Theatre. By: Stuart Duncan    Twenty years ago, Passage Theatre in Trenton began its hilly career with a mounting of William Mastrosimone’s fine play The Undoing. It was a superb choice for a fledgling company — the story of a family that ran a poultry retail shop…

  • ‘Out of Order’

    Off-Broadstreet Theatre takes on this Ray Cooney favorite. By: Stuart Duncan    Ray Cooney is often called England’s Neil Simon. He began as a child actor and appeared with various repertory companies in the 1950s, and in 1961 began his writing career. Since then he has had 18 plays produced in London’s West End, including Run…