Category: archives

  • ‘Side By Side By Sondheim’

    Off-Broadstreet Theatre stages a musical revue of favorites from ‘Company,’ ‘Follies,’ ‘A Little Night Music’ and more. By: Stuart Duncan    Whenever Hopewell’s Off-Broadstreet Theatre stages a musical revue, we can count on a great evening. But the current offering, Side By Side By Sondheim, has exceeded all expectations. I am no particular fan of Sondheim’s…

  • ‘2046’

    Feeling is everything in this film about a writer who learns how clinging to the memory of an old love can keep you from finding a new one. By: Elise Nakhnikian    It’s taken Wong Kar-Wai’s latest movie almost as long to get here as it did for the notoriously meticulous writer-director to finish making it,…

  • Journey Back in Time

    Historic house tours, a pig roast and pasta dinner are just some of the enticements to the Crossroads Celebration of the Battle of Bound Brook. By: Jillian Kalonick    With 500 American soldiers facing 4,000 British Crown troops, the odds didn’t look very good for the small Colonial garrison.    It was Palm Sunday, April 13, 1777,…

  • Strong support is shown for Lawrence Hopewell Trail

    About 65 people were on hand for March 29 hearing By John Tredrea    Strong support for the partially complete Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) was voiced by most of the residents and officials who spoke during a well-attended public meeting on the trail at the Hopewell Township municipal building March 29.    About 65 people were on…

  • Web only: Party guest revived at restaurant

    Police used a defibrillator to save a woman after she was in cardiac arrest. By: Joseph Harvie    South Brunswick police officers revived a 49-year-old South Plainfield woman with a defibrillator after she went into cardiac arrest during a U.S. Postal Service retirement party at Pierre’s of South Brunswick on Georges Road on Saturday night.    Police…

  • Pennington council introduces $3M budget

    Tax rate extimated at 34.6 cents per $100 of assessed valuation By John Tredrea    A proposed 2006 Pennington Borough budget that would increase the municipal property tax rate an estimated 3.03 cents as a result of new property valuations was introduced by a 5-0 Borough Council vote Monday night.    Voting in favor were Eileen Heinzel,…

  • BOE candidates disagree with suggestion to merge school districts

    Candidates want more rigorous academic standards but are not supportive of Gov. Jon Corzine’s suggestion for the merging of school districts. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer    Increasing the number of Advanced Placement courses offered at Lawrence High School and maintaining rigorous academic standards in the schools are among the priorities of the three candidates for three…

  • ‘Ice Age: The Meltdown’

    Computer-generated animation doesn’t kill old-fashioned fun in this sequel about a band of mismatched but inseparable ice age survivors. By: Bob Brown    The handwriting was finally on (or should we say off) the wall when Disney Studios announced recently that they would phase out drawn animation. That’s like saying Hershey would no longer make Kisses.…

  • County money will pay for work on soccer fields

    A $500,000 grant from Middlesex County will help the township complete Harvest Woods Park on Culver Road. By: Joseph Harvie    The township will receive a $500,000 grant from Middlesex County to help with the completion of Harvest Woods Park on Culver Road.    The township received a similar grant in August for $500,000 to help with…