Author: Central Jersey
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EDITORIAL: Teachers take their case public
Princeton teachers have taken to the streets — already. Dressed in blue T-shirts and holding hand-made signs, teachers protested along Witherspoon Street on Tuesday, unhappy at the progress, or lack thereof, of their contract negotiations with the Board of Education. Their main bones of contention include a proposed three-year pay freeze and the amount of…
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HILLSBOROUGH: More than 1,000 run in Hop race
It’s township’s largest 5-K race By Bev McCarron, YMCA staff Under bright, sunny skies, more than 1,100 people surged from the starting line Saturday morning in the largest-ever Hillsborough Hop 5K in its 14-year history. The record field of runners took off from outside the Hillsborough branch of the Somerset Valley YMCA, wound through neighborhood…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Station room named for David Knights
Phil McAuliffe Hopewell officials and members of the Knights family gather at the old Hopewell train station to dedicate a community room in the building to their father David H Knights.
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MANVILLE: Rescue squad reaches out for support
Manville First Aid and Rescue Squad has sent letters to borough residences and businesses asking for donations to support operations for 2014. Donations fund training classes, buy live-saving equipment and medical supplies. In 2013 members responded to more than 1,000 emergency calls. The squad staffs its station during major weather emergencies, trains with the police…
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Ban misuse of antibiotics at animal factory farms
Julia Peters, Princeton To the editor: This past weekend I attended my brother’s college graduation; in such a setting, it is impossible to resist thinking about the future. With Princeton’s graduation coming up, I wish to share with my hometown a recent press release from the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO recently warned that…
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Student living the Full life
By Huck Fairman The beautiful name, Eden Full, belongs not to a heroine in a romantic novel, but to a startlingly impressive Princeton University junior majoring in mechanical engineering. Her story might, however, with its many interesting projects, inventions, awards and travels, all achieved by the august age of 22, inspire a novel. Born and…
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MONROE: Students take part in Special Olympics Torch Run
Jenine Clancy photo. Monroe Township Middle School students and high school students participate in the 31st Special Olympics Torch Run May 30.
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MONROE: Students take part in Special Olympics Torch Run
By Jenine Clancy, Special Writer MONROE — The Special Olympics Torch Run made its way through the Monroe Middle School on Friday, where 40 students participated in the quarter-mile course looping down School House Road. Students from the high school and middle school followed behind the New Jersey PBA and local police officers as they…
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Ring The Virtual IPO Bell! STUDIO 777 is Going Public On Second Life’s Capital Exchange
Studio 777 Dance Club And Game Resort In Second Life
