Category: archives
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Reflecting on images of disaster
Hopewell Township officers spent 12 days helping Katrina victims By John Tredrea Some things you’ve seen you couldn’t forget if you wanted to like a little Louisiana girl whose doll is the only possession her family has left. "We met one family of four, with two little girls," Chris Vaccarino recalled in Hopewell Township…
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Obituaries for the week of Jan. 12
Gertrude W. Haines, Gloria C. Potts, Pasquale Pat Azzaro, Elizabeth Slahor Elias, Charles G. Papiez Sr., Patricia Ellen Canty, Adelaide Louise Marinari Gertrude W. Haines MANSFIELD Gertrude W. Haines, 96, of Hedding died Jan. 4 at the FountainView Care Center in Toms River. Born in Hedding, she resided all of her life in the…
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WEB ONLY: Passion for truth, a 1991 conversation with Judah Jacobowitz
Judah Jacobowitz, who died in December, spoke to Managing Editor Hank Kalet (then a staff writer) in 1991 for this profile, which ran as part of a series called Portrait of the Artist. See Related Story: The poetry of Judah Jacobowitz By: Hank Kalet Hank KaletManaging Editor Honesty and poetry are one in the same,…
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Elementary school students rack up suspensions
An increase in suspensions leads to discussions on how disruptive students are handled by the district and if in-home suspensions are the appropriate punishment. By: Donna Lukiw The Hillsborough school board wants to know why it’s facing a year of record-breaking rowdiness among elementary students, and the year still has five months to go. By…
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Stockton looks to heal after stressful 2005
Last year, the tiny borough faced the worst flood in recent history and the second in less than eight months. By: Linda Seida STOCKTON The new year will be a time to heal for Stockton after the heavy losses of 2005. The community in December lost one of its beloved members, who was a…
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‘Simpatico’
Circle Players revisits Sam Shepard’s 1994 drama. By: Stuart Duncan The dictionary defines the word "simpatico" as "congenial, likable." The poster for the Circle Playhouse production of Sam Shepard’s 1994 drama Simpatico offers a few more lurid words: "love treachery greed blackmail." If I were you, I’d trust the poster. It’s typical…
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Saturday Night Fever
By: Megan Sullivan Gallery owners in New Hope, Pa., are starting a little fire and hoping it will spread. Beginning Jan. 14, New Hope will ignite Second Saturday, a town celebration of the arts. Brian K. Hanck, owner of ARTisZEN ARTS, says that while New Hope is well-known nationally and internationally as an arts destination,…
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Journey’s End
Gary Griffin directs Andrew McCarthy in ‘Moon for the Misbegotten.’ By:Hilary Parker A production that unites Andrew McCarthy, a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," with Gary Griffin, a director known for his recent accomplishments in musical theater, to perform an emotional play set in the 1920s is quite an undertaking. That the production will…
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Casanova
A splendid cast shines in this period comedy, along with sumptuous costumes, lavish set design and the city of Venice. By:Bob Brown Casanova: the name is synonymous with promiscuous lover. It’s curious that the man’s multi-volume biography, The Story of My Life, was rendered into English only as late as the 1960s by noted translator…
