Category: archives
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Scores on SATS higher this year
AHS seniors outperform their predecessors’ on the SAT (Nov. 24) By: Lauren Burgoon UPPER FREEHOLD No one is sure why SAT scores were down last year at Allentown High School but with early scores in for this year’s tests, administrators are just happy the Class of 2005’s lackluster performance seems to be an aberration.…
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EDITORIAL
Let’s be thankful for good fortune, and say a prayer. This year as Hillsborough families gather around their Thanksgiving dinners, we have much for which to be thankful. First, with many local residents serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan, we are thankful no local servicemen or women have been casualties of the war. Around the…
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Retailers applaud upgrades
Merchants and shoppers say the renovations under way at the Town Place Shopping Center on Route 27 already are making a big difference. By: Chinenye Okparanta Merchants and shoppers at the recently renovated Town Place Shopping Center on Route 27, formerly the Kendall Park Shopping Center, say changes to the strip mall have really helped…
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Inspectors bolster office makeover
Committee hires building inspector, and authorizes new part-time workers By:Melissa Edmond In another step to rebuild the Hillsborough Building Department, the Township Committee filled several inspection positions Tuesday. The committee hired John Fiedler to be the construction official, replacing Ronald E. Estepp, who was charged in October with second-degree official misconduct for allegedly accepting $14,000…
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Offensive woes hurt MHS boys
Soccer team blanked nine times in 2005 By: John E. Powers It was a simple mantra that third-year head soccer coach Jim Chiariello used throughout the season to describe the frustration his Manville High School boys were feeling. "If you can’t score," Chiariello frequently said, ”you can’t win." The Mustangs, 7-10-1 last year, finished…
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Letters to the Editor for the week of Nov. 24
Three-acre zoning was a better plan To the editor: At Springfield Township Planning Board hearing held on Nov. 15, the professional hired planner said, there are 4,400 developable acres left in the township, with 682 acres of farm land waiting for preservation approval. If the approvals were acted upon, there only would be 3,718 acres…
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Lawrence resident named Rhodes Scholar
Hopatcong Drive resident Sasha-Mae Eccleston, who graduated from The Lawrenceville School and now attends Brown University, will pursue a graduate degree at Oxford University in England. By: David Campbell Packet Group A Lawrence resident and a Princeton University English major and novelist are among the 32 Americans selected as Rhodes Scholars this year, the Rhodes…
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Durr projected to win race in Chesterfield’s final tally
Incumbent Larry Durr expected to win race By: Scott Morgan The provisional ballots to decide the outcome of a razor-thin Chesterfield Township Committee race were counted last week, and though the results will not be certified until next week, the final tally is expected to show incumbent Larry Durr to be the victor. The results…
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Addressing Humanity
Race does matter in an exhibit of recent African-American art at Princeton University Art Museum. By: Josh Appelbaum One might ask why it’s important, in 2005, to mount an exhibition comprised exclusively of work done by African-American artists. Between Image and Concept: Recent Acquisitions in African-American Art at Princeton University Art Museum is a show…
