Category: archives
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Gateway to Sculpture
It took five years and 40 tons of stone for sculptor Harry Gordon to complete the arch he’s installed in New Hope, Pa.’s Union Square. By:Megan Sullivan Sometimes bigger is better. In sculptor Harry Gordon’s case, creating a gargantuan piece of art is more fun, especially when it comes time for transporting and installing it.…
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Ruth W. Alampi
Ruth W. Alampi, 86, of Newtown, Pa., died March 16 at Pennswood Village. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she lived for more than 40 years in the Hopewell Valley area. Ms. Alampi graduated from Temple University with a bachelor’s degree in education. She and her late husband, former state Secretary of Agriculture Phil Alampi, produced and…
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Eva Ann Lauter
Eva Ann Lauter, 86, of Hopewell Township died March 16 at St. Mary’s Medical Center, Middletown, Pa. Born and raised in Trenton, she had resided in the Washington Crossing section of Hopewell Township since 1950 with her family. Ms. Lauter had been a member of St. George’s Church in Washington Crossing for over 55 years,…
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Going for Baroque
The Princeton Early Keyboard Center offers a kaleidoscope of sonorities in 18th-century music. By:Susan Van Dongen Some children are intrigued by their parents’ or grandparents’ records from the 1960s and ’70s and grow up wanting to play like Jimi Hendrix. But even as a youngster, Gavin Black had his ear tuned and his…
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MHS takes out champs
Cougars advance to state hockey final By: Justin Feil Montgomery High’s third line has always gotten credit for helping the ice hockey team win games. Saturday, in the Cougars’ biggest game to date, the third line did more than just help. Mike Papsin scored the go-ahead goal with 8:19 left in the third period and…
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Beyond Rangoon
A Burmese art symposium and photography exhibit will help provide education to people of Myanmar. By:Hilary Parker Since its establishment in 1993, the Cetana Educational Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Princeton with members throughout the world, has been dedicated to education and to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. For over a decade, Cetana’s focus…
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March, rally on Saturday to mark anniversary of invasion
The Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action and its chapters in New Jersey and Pennsylvania are sponsoring a regional march and rallies in Trenton and Morrisville, Pa., on Saturday in conjunction with the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The event will begin with a gathering in the parking lot of the Hughes Justice…
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Montgomery school board updated on district goals
By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY Assistant Superintendent Jane Plenge presented an updated account of the township school district’s 2006-2007 goals Tuesday, which she said would aid in making students more complete and higher-performing. Ms. Plenge stressed systematic use of student performance data, high school technology infusion, teacher collaboration and social and emotional student learning as…
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Montgomery officials brace to deal with road repairs ‘head-on’
Budget session also touches on NPDC infrastructure needs and police spending By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY The Township Committee’s budget meeting Wednesday touched on the need to repair deteriorating roads, the infrastructure requirements at the former North Princeton Developmental Center and cost-cutting within the police department. The major point of discussion between Township Engineer Gail…
