Category: archives
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Waters re-elected BOE president
The township Board of Education selected officers and set the meeting dates for the 2006-07 school year. By:Cara Latham Special Writer The Lawrence Township Board of Education unanimously voted to re-elect Laura Waters to serve as president for 2006-07 at the board’s April 26 reorganization meeting. William Michaelson was also chosen unanimously as the vice…
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‘Of Mice and Men’
The Villagers stages the popular adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel. By: Stuart Duncan In 1940, John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath, which almost instantly became his "breakthrough novel" and won the Pulitzer Prize for literature. Later it became a major motion picture, cementing Henry Fonda’s career. But three years earlier Steinbeck had written…
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South business administrator resigns
The position will be filled by an interim administrator while the board seeks a replacement. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL South Hunterdon Regional High School’s business administrator has resigned, and the district intends to fill the position with an interim administrator. The Board of Education last week accepted the resignation tendered April 20 by…
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Festival Guide
See related story: In Trenton for Reel More than 100 films will be screened at four venues in Trenton May 5 to 7 as part of the third annual Trenton Film Festival. The event celebrates narrative, documentary and experimental films, in both feature and short forms. In addition to the wealth of new films by…
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Letters-May 4, 2006
Sculpture show had lots of help To the editor: New Hope Arts Inc. would like to thank all the wonderful contributors who have worked so hard to make the fourth annual "Sculpture New Hope" exhibition such a successful event. Huge kudos go to Tom Scannapieco of Scannapieco Development Corporation, who has donated his space at…
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‘United 93’
This re-construction of what happened aboard United Flight 93 is a nail-biter, depicting the passengers who would first experience a new and terrifying post-9/11 world. By: Bob Brown The heartbreaking outcome is never in doubt. But this re-construction of what happened aboard United Flight 93 and in traffic control rooms Sept. 11, 2001, is still…
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In Trenton for Reel
The capital city hosts a burgeoning film festival. See related story: Festival Guide By: Josh Appelbaum Film audiences seeking festivals no longer have to travel to New York, Cannes or Park City. In 2002, the Trenton Film Society formed to bring films back to New Jersey’s capital, and began screening Academy Award-nominated documentaries and animated…
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South’s Jefferis steps down
By: John E. Powers WEST AMWELL Sam Jefferis laughed when asked how much he’d be missed after 40 years as head coach of the South Hunterdon Regional High School football team. Jefferis never minced words. He was a football coach. He wasn’t one to wonder how much he’d be missed, what his legacy would…
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Story of a Face
Joseph Shannon’s multi-dimensional portraits go beyond physical reality. By: Susan Van Dongen Picasso’s painted wives and lovers could look serene, neurotic or grotesque, depending on what stage their relationship was in when the work was done. At least that’s what artist Joseph Shannon believes. He imagines Picasso’s more serene portraits of his women were done…
