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Maurer Productions Onstage will take audiences back to a time when beautiful music, colorful costumes and screwball comedy were the height of entertainment with the “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Dates and times for this Tony Award-winning show are: Fridays, June 8 and 15 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, June 9 and 16 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, June 10 and 17 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on MCCC's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on June 8.

West Windsor, N.J. – Local actors will put on a show of Broadway proportions when Playful Theatre Productions presents “A Chorus Line” at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Dates and times for this musical sensation are Fridays, April 27 and May 4 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, April 28 and May 5 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, April 29 and May 6 at 2 p.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on Mercer's West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. A reception with the cast and crew follows the opening night performance on April 27.

It’s official: Princeton Regional Schools is no more. Don’t get too panicked - only the name was traded in.

The Board of Education, at their meeting on February 7,  traded in PRS for the much more stylish PPS, which stands for Princeton Public Schools.

Wheelchair rugby and basketball teams will take center court during the February 25, 2012, “Walk n’ Roll with Enable” at Rider University’s Student Recreation Center. This indoor walk will feature athletes with disabilities demonstrating their skills and challenging spectators in a fun competition to raise support for programs helping persons with disabilities live full and independent lives. Persons of all ages and abilities are encouraged to participate in this fun-filled day of movement, entertainment and motivational speakers.

West Windsor, N.J. – Rejoice in a pirate’s life when Gilbert & Sullivan’s classic musical “The Pirates of Penzance” sails into Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre in January. Show times for this renowned operetta are: Fridays, Jan. 13 and 20 at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Jan. 14 and 21 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, Jan. 15 and 22 at 2 p.m. A special daytime performance will be held Friday, Jan. 20 at 10 a.m. Kelsey Theatre is located on the college’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

by Prof. Lisa Traynor, Department of Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
 
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by Prof. Nergis Mavalvala, Dept. of Physics, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
 
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by Dr. Michael Norman, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.
 
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by Prof. Gyan Bhanot, Department of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Physics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.
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The Raritan River runs through the center of New Jersey, with upper reaches that are incredibly beautiful, providing a valuable source of water for more than a million people. But industry took hold of the lower Raritan early on and left its mark.

by Prof. Adam Cohen, Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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by Prof. Udo Schwarz, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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by Prof. David Goldberg, Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia
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by Prof. Ernest Davis, Computer Science Department, New York University, New York
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Exciting photographic images by local photographers Deborah Land and Jeff Currie will be exhibited at ART WAY GALLERY in Plainsboro, New Jersey. “SEEN & UNSEEN” expresses the artists’ spiritual journeys and explores innovative techniques of fine art photography. Art Way Gallery is located at Princeton Alliance Church, Schalks Crossing Road at Wyndhurst Rd, Plainsboro, NJ 08536. The show runs from December 18 – January 21. Reception for the artists will be held Friday, January 6, 2012 from 5pm – 8pm with a snow date of Friday, January 13. Gallery Hours: M-F 9-9, Sat 3-8, Sun 8:30-1.

The YWCA Princeton invites the public to attend the opening of the portrait exhibit, “Women Changing Lives,” on Thursday, May 19th from 6:00-8:00pm. Opening festivities will be held at Cranbury Station Gallery located at 28 Palmer Square East in the heart of Princeton. There will be an opportunity to meet the women featured in the exhibit and light refreshments will be available.

Emotions ran high at a packed Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing last night on the proposed location of a Chinese immersion charter school on Perrine Road in South Brunswick.

(Image courtesy of the D&R Canal Commission)