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  • ’16 Blocks’

    A waste of natural resources, this film finds Bruce Willis and Mos Def using movie-star charm to bring an anorexic script to life. By:Elise Nakhnikian    "That Mos Def is doing really well for himself: first a rap star, now a movie star…" The man behind me on the way out of a 16 Blocks screening…

  • Editorial-March 2, 2006

    Accord over schedule helps repair process By: Mae Rhine    Officials of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission and Stockton as well as residents seem to be on the same page — almost — on when repairs should begin on the Centre Bridge-Stockton bridge.    That’s a good sign.    Stockton prefers the option of having repairs…

  • Two contests shape up in school election

    There will be four candidates vying for three three-year terms in West Amwell and Lambertville. By: Mae Rhine    There will be two contests for seats on local boards of education in the school election April 18.    Four candidates are vying for three three-year terms in both West Amwell and Lambertville.    In West Amwell, incumbent Cindy…

  • ‘Running Scared’

    This is one of the most violent, foul-mouthed, sexually gamey films you’re likely to see. By:Bob Brown    Writer-director Wayne Kramer loves his sex and violence. In The Cooler, he served it up stylishly in a classic plot set in Las Vegas’s gambling underworld. There were some great performances, too, from William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin…

  • From Russia With Love

    Princeton University Art Museum is the sole East Coast venue for an exhibit on Russia’s Age of Elegance. By:Ilene Dube    Forget the Russia depicted in news magazines, where corruption and spiritual impoverishment prevail; where everything is broken, and large numbers of people are piled into cramped apartments; food is sparse and of poor quality; and…

  • Stockton wants bridge work delayed until 2007

    The Borough Council liked one of six options that would mean work won’t begin on the span until Jan. 2, 2007, and would keep it open weekends throughout the repairs. By: Linda Seida    STOCKTON — The Borough Council approved a resolution Monday asking that the Centre Bridge-Stockton bridge be kept open weekends with repairs beginning…

  • Senior Menus-March 2, 2006

       All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville.    The value of each meal is $4.60. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine.    The sodium-controlled menu is the same unless otherwise noted.    Thursday March 2 — Lentil soup, Salisbury steak…

  • ‘Fences’

    Theatre Intime and Black Arts Company present a revival of the August Wilson masterpiece. By: Stuart Duncan    Among theater scholars you can probably get a good argument going by asking whether August Wilson or Eugene O’Neill is America’s finest playwright; and for those choosing Wilson, whether or not Fences is his best play. Wilson, who…

  • Harmony in Wood

    Pebble Hill Gallery offers up a medley of songs and turned bowls. By: Megan Sullivan    Pebble Hill Church in Doylestown, Pa., isn’t just a meeting place for its interfaith community — it’s also a gallery for local artists. "The gallery is actually physically inside the surrounding walls of the church sanctuary," says Gretchen Altabef, gallery…