Category: archives

  • ‘Zizek!’

    It doesn’t take a philosophy degree to appreciate or enjoy Astra Taylor’s film profiling the ‘Elvis of Cultural Theory,’ Slavoj Zizek. By: Josh Appelbaum    Thousands are packed into an auditorium at a university in Buenos Aires, Argentina, most sitting on a bare floor, while others crane their necks from open windows to gain a view…

  • Senior Menus-Feb. 23, 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, Feb. 23 — Apple juice, eggplant rollatini,…

  • Opponets appeal Thompson Park deal

    Say the Department of Environmental Protection ignored deficiencies in the county and township’s application for the land swap when it granted conditional approval to the application on Dec. 29. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Opponents of the Thompson Park land swap are appealing the Statehouse Commission’s Jan. 5 decision to approve the controversial plan.    The…

  • ‘In One Bed and Out the Other’

    Somerset Valley Playhouse takes on this French bedroom farce. By: Stuart Duncan    In One Bed and Out The Other, which has opened at Somerset Valley Playhouse, is a French bedroom farce. In truth, there’s not much difference between a British bedroom farce, such as those written by Ray Cooney, and a French bedroom farce, as…

  • Tax hike looming

    Debt payments drive Cranbury budget By: Jessica Beym    Repayment of debt associated with the purchase and preservation of farmland and open space over the past three years could result in an 8.4 percent increase in municipal spending in 2006.    The $12.5 million budget introduced by the Township Committee on Monday includes an increase of $972,000…

  • ‘The Odd Couple’

    Actors’ NET of Bucks County presents both the male and female versions of Neil Simon’s comedy as part of its 10th anniversary season. By: Stuart Duncan    Last Saturday, on the coldest, windiest evening of the winter, Actors’ NET of Bucks County had a sell-out, overflow crowd at its theater in Morrisville, Pa., once the site…

  • Dressing up the language

    Poet gives Barclay Brook students a literary lesson. By: Marisa Maldonado    MONROE — Lamont Dixon likes to dress for the occasion — like when he wore a button-down shirt the color of a school bus, gray slacks and a court-jester hat.    The poet spent the last two weeks teaching second-grade students at Barclay Brook School,…

  • Voters OK budget, fire truck

    Robert "Peachy" Hayes and Nate Waldron were elected to two three-year terms on the Lambertville Board of Fire Commissioners. By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Less than 10 percent of the city’s registered voters turned out for the fire commission election on Saturday, but those who did overwhelmingly approved the purchase of a new ladder truck…

  • Gennady Spirin art show slated at Present Day Club

       The Present Day Club in Princeton will present an art exhibit of works by master illustrator Gennady Spirin beginning March 1 and running for two months. There will be a book signing at the club on Wednesday, March 1, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.    A resident of Princeton, Mr. Spirin has created more than 40…