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  • ‘Excess Hollywood’

    Princeton Triangle Club presents an original musical for its yearly show. By: Stuart Duncan    Each year creators of the Princeton Triangle Club show face the question — a book musical or a revue? And almost every year the answer comes back — a revue is much easier.    Of course a revue is apt to be…

  • ‘Sophie Scholl – The Final Days’

    This story about a modern-day German martyr is based on recently released transcripts of the Gestapo interrogation. By: Josh Appelbaum    In a brutal dictatorship, sometimes the most mundane act can prove heroic. Sophie Scholl (1921-1943) didn’t resist the Third Reich by sabotaging rail supply lines or by any other such heroics, but was martyred thanks…

  • Art of the Horse

    See related story: Horse Power By: Susan Van Dongen    The equine-oriented events in Central New Jersey extend to the visual arts, when the New Jersey Equine Artists Association presents the Art of the Horse at the Somerset Art Association’s Johnson Gallery in Bedminster through June 24.    The group’s third national juried and eighth annual show…

  • Mayor candidates want less ‘conflict,’ more ‘civility’

    Nicolo Messina is challenging Mayor Gregg Rackin for the Republican nod in the primary. The winner will face Stephen Giocondo in November. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — Two members of the Borough Council are trying to unseat Gregg Rackin to become Stockton’s next mayor.    One challenger, Nicolo Messina, said the town’s government is in need…

  • Leonard Travagline Sr.

       Leonard "Butch" Travagline Sr., 82, of Hamilton Township, died Monday at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital at Hamilton.    Born and raised in West Trenton, he later moved to a farm in Hopewell Township.    A World War II veteran, he served with the Merchant Marines. He was a member of the West Trenton Elks 105 and the…

  • ‘Over the Hedge’

    While this film is no ‘Finding Nemo’ classic, the jokes often work, such as a running gag about a reptile who’s called an amphibian. By: Jay Boyar Over the Hedge is another animated cartoon about a diverse group of creatures who embark on a mission together.    I say "another" because such recent offerings as Chicken…

  • Stockton approves $544,783 budget

    The budget for 2006 is lower than what the borough spent last year because of flood-related expenses. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The Borough Council has approved a 2006 budget of $544,783, which includes an increase of almost $18,000 over last year’s anticipated budget, but is less than what the borough actually spent in 2005…

  • Poor turnout lamented at alcohol forum

    Only about 25 people showed up for a South County Municipal Alliance meeting on the problem of underage drinking. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Where were you?    The odds are your child is facing peer pressure to drink alcohol or even drinking already, but you missed the forum presented by local officials and experts last…

  • Senior Menus-May 25, 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, May 25 — Minestrone soup, honey lemon…