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Police Blotter-May 25, 2006
New Hope April 29 at 3:49 a.m., Linda Sombat Davis, 38, of Philadelphia was charged with drunken driving. She also was charged with driving with a suspended driver’s license, careless driving and failing to stop for a red light. Police said she was her operating her vehicle in an unlawful manner in the area of…
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Nova Terra
This Latin-themed restaurant tempts the palate with lime-jalapeño-garlic seasonings. By: Kate and Tom O’Neill Hip and fun, Nova Terra offers very good Latin- themed cuisine, music and drinks. It’s located on busy Albany Street across from the Johnson & Johnson Headquarters Tower in New Brunswick, and the entrance opens on the large circular bar that…
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Letters-May 25, 2006
Women’s Crisis thanks sponsors To the editor: Tuesday, May 16, was the second annual Women’s Crisis Services golf outing at Beaver Brook Country Club. More than $17,000 was raised, which will enable our agency to continue to provide children’s services, safe and confidential shelter, legal advocacy and counseling free of charge to victims and their…
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West Amwell OKs $50,000 for wells fix
The capital improvement fund will provide $40,000 for the ongoing remediation of salt-tainted wells; the remainder will be drawn from capital surplus. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL Officials have approved spending $50,000 for the ongoing remediation of private wells on Mt. Airy-Harbourton Road that were tainted by the township’s store of road salt. The…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
