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  • May 8: Thoughts on the anthem in Spanish

    The great writer Ariel Dorfman weighs in on the controversy. By: Hank Kalet    Ariel Dorfman is among the greatest writers of this hemisphere and makes a lot of sense here. * * *    Why I’m not planning to vote for Hillary Clinton.

  • Birthday Boy

    Twelve-tone music pioneer and composer Milton Babbitt celebrates his 90th with – what else? – a concert. By: Michael Redmond    As he prepares to celebrate his 90th birthday, Milton Babbitt has become a superstar. Or something like a superstar. Performances celebrating the composer’s birthday are taking place all over the country — the Juilliard School,…

  • Last Holdout

    In William Mastrosimone’s play ‘A Stone Carver,’ a proud Sicilian artisan fights for old country values. By: Susan Van Dongen    In William Mastrosimone’s play A Stone Carver, the tough, big-hearted, Italian- American father character carves statuary for grand old buildings — like Philadelphia’s City Hall — as well as angels and gargoyles for neo-Gothic churches…

  • Cosmic collisions focus of Tuesday lecture

       Professor Michael A’Hearn of the University of Maryland will be the keynote speaker at tonight’s meeting of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton.    The meeting begins promptly at 8 p.m. in the main lecture theater of Peyton Hall on the Princeton University campus. The public is invited.    Professor A’Hearn’s talk on cosmic collisions is titled…

  • Karen Reed

       Karen Reed, 48, of Morrisville, Pa., died on May 3 at home.    Born in Princeton, Miss Reed lived most of her life in the Lambertville area. She had lived in Ewing before moving to Morrisville two years ago.    She worked in the advanced placement program at the Educational Testing Service, Princeton.    Daughter of the late…

  • Recent CHS graduate killed in mower mishap

    Dana Burrell was on break from university studies By Ruth Luse    Dana L. Burrell, 18, of Lambertville-Hopewell Road, Hopewell Township, was killed today (Monday) in an accident on her family’s property.    Ms. Burrell, police Chief George Meyer said, was mowing grass with a John Deere (GT275) lawn tractor at the rear of the property when…

  • Expanded West Windsor farm market to open soon

    West Windsor Arts Council to join in effort By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Set to launch its third season May 20, the West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market is continuing to thrive as it expands a partnership with the West Windsor Arts Council and adds new vendors.    "We’re both West Windsor community groups that are…

  • Rocky Hill Borough Council OKs budget

    Taxes to rise by 4 cents By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council on Monday unanimously adopted a $919,553 municipal budget for 2006.    The budget represents a 1.3 percent increase over last year’s budget, which was $907,965, and brings with it a tax-rate increase of 4 cents per $100 of assessed value.    The…

  • Tung Miao

       Tung Miao, 90, of Monroe Village, died Wednesday, April 26, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.    He was born in Jiangsu, Jiangyin, China. He lived in Bayside, N.Y., Westbury, N.Y. and retired to Melville, Long Island, N.Y., before moving to Monroe in 2002.    He was a diplomat for the Republic of China in South…