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  • West Amwell budget nixed by voters

    The other three budgets for South Hunterdon, Lambertville and Stockton were approved by voters. By: Linda Seida    Voters approved three of four local school budgets Tuesday, shooting down West Amwell Elementary School’s proposed $3.67 million budget 195-78.    The defeated budget would have raised taxes in the township by about $200 for the owner of a…

  • ‘Romeo & Juliet’

    Jed Peterson directs Shakespeare’s star-crossed tragedy at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre. By: Stuart Duncan    It is rare these days for a director of a Shakespeare play to leave the setting where the playwright intended to keep the year of the action more or less as written. No bizarre costuming or embarrassing stage tricks to excite modern…

  • Underground Café

    Your mother would be proud, because here, you will eat all your vegetables – and desserts, too. By: Kate and Tom O’Neill Underground Café 4 Hulfish St. Princeton (609) 924-0666 Food: Average to good; excellent desserts Service: Attentive, agreeable Prices: Appetizers: $9.50-$13.75; soups and salads: $5.75-$11.50; risotto/pasta: $8.50-$10.50; entrées: $15.50-$27.25; desserts $6 range Cuisine: Eclectic…

  • The Cossacks Are Coming!

    The Russian Cossack State Dance Company will make its U.S. debut at the StateTheatre. By: Josh Appelbaum    Leo Tolstoy once wrote that "All Russia is made by Cossacks." Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians have been reconnecting with the culture of the steppe people, who have been fighting to protect their borderlands since…

  • New Hope shuts off meters earlier

    The meters in the borough now do not have to be fed after 9 p.m. By: Linda Seida    NEW HOPE — Customers now are able to eat a late dinner at a borough restaurant or listen to a band at a local bar without having to run outside to feed the meter.    The cutoff time…

  • Obituaries-April 20, 2006

    Barbara Caracio    SOLEBURY — Barbara Ann Bergmann Caracio, 61, of Solebury died April 14.    She was born in Dover, N.J., to Charles G. and Ethel May Woolf Bergmann.    She graduated from Montclair University with a degree in fine arts and went on to teach first grade.    She was a member of Solebury United Methodist Church,…

  • Pet Talk-April 20, 2006

    Dog sits, stays and comes, but vet fetches! By: Dr. Daniel Eubanks    Have you ever stood at the street corner trying to hold a conversation with a neighbor while your dog is exercising pirouettes at the end of his leash and then proceeds to dance on the neighbor’s clean clothes with his muddy feet?    It’s…

  • Editorial-April 20, 2006

    Keep past preserved in Lambertville By:Mae Rhine    It’s sad Lambertville again will lose a little piece of its architectural history.    Members of the Fleetwing Fire Company sold its circa 1867 building recently to a Lambertville woman who designs clothing. But she has promised to restore it to its "original grandeur," according to real estate agent…

  • Galindo to join Millstone school board

    Budget proposal voted down. By: Purvi Desai    MILLSTONE — Voters rejected Tuesday night the district’s proposed $28.8 million budget by a vote of 552-348 but re-elected two incumbents and added a newcomer to the Board of Education.    There were three seats up for election on the school board. Incumbents Tom Foley and Laura Dreifus retained…