• ‘A Serious Man’

    ‘A Serious Man’

    Elise Nakhnikian EVEN the worst movies of the Coen brothers, some of the most distinctive filmmakers working today, burn images into your brain forever, and their best are minor masterpieces. (Read more about the Coen brothers at Girls Can Play.)    But their perpetually bemused tone and the Olympian distance from which they view their characters…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: District sheds light on solar panel question

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — While the regional school district’s Dec. 8 referendum includes two projects totaling nearly $8.5 million, it will not raise school taxes, officials said.    ”The way it works is, we’re going to borrow money, and there will be debt service to be repaid, but repayment will be made…

  • Corboy gets answer

    Hal Shute, West Amwell     I’m responding to West Amwell Mayor Bill Corboy’s letter in the Oct. 15 issue of your paper. In that letter, he includes me as a member of the “Fulper, Shute, Molnar, Fisher interest group,” whose only solution to the lawsuit is to “pay $4.8 million for a property whose certified…

  • COLUMBUS NEWS: From the Oct. 29 edition

    Peg Traino Tel: 298-7476     [email protected]    The Youth of the Wesley United Methodist Church are requesting help from the community. They are scheduled to visit Mifflinburg, Pa., in July to help repair, paint, and rebuild homes for the less fortunate. They are selling pies from Market Day for the holidays. These delicious pies come frozen.…

  • CHESTERFIELD: Day brings children in touch with agriculture

    CHESTERFIELD: Day brings children in touch with agriculture

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    CHESTERFIELD — Students had the chance to learn about the area’s agricultural roots last week at Chesterfield Elementary School’s second Farm Heritage Day.    The school’s nearly 500 students spent part of the day exploring the 10 stations set up for the program with themes such as corn planting “then and…

  • Openness, transparency important to voter

    Regina Snedeker of Lawrence Republican Candidates Rick Miller and Ginny Bigley have pledged “New openness in town hall” and “Full and immediate disclosure” of every campaign funding source within 48 hours. The names of all Miller and Bigley contributors are posted on their campaign Web site at http://www.millerandbigley.com.     Miller and Bigley are the candidates…

  • Cardinals football defense continues to excel

    FOOTBALL By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor    Through all the ups and downs in recent weeks for the Lawrence High School football team, one thing that has been fairly steady is the Cardinals defense.    That was the case again during Saturday’s 14-7 win over Ewing, when Lawrence got two second-quarter touchdowns as a result of special…

  • Resident supports Puliti, Kownacki

    Gloria Hawkes of Lawrence I’m sick of the partisan attacks I’ve seen in the papers for the last few weeks. Not only are they about issues the average voter doesn’t care about, they seem to be a distorted version of the truth. Here’s what I’ve seen.     In the 14 years Rick Miller has sat…

  • PHOTO FEATURE: Halloween in and around Princeton

    PHOTO FEATURE: Halloween in and around Princeton

    CATHERINE ZHANG HELPING HER MOM AMY MAKE A SCARECROW DURING THE HALLOWEEN FEST HELD AT THE PRINCETON SHOPPING MALL. PHOTO JOHN KEATING.

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