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  • LETTERS

    From the issue of Nov. 24, 2005. Save historic Vandike property To the editor:    Named after the family that owned the land for nearly three centuries, the Vandike Historical Park needs to become a reality. A large portion of rapidly dwindling open farmland , the hallowed burial grounds of early Americans, the buildings that have…

  • Officials welcome new state testing system

    New standardized tests will be implented for fifth, sixth, and seventh grades By: William Wichert    The state’s standardized testing system is changing, but the feeling among local school officials is not all fanfare and fireworks.    Some have said the proposed changes will give districts the useful information they need to improve instruction, but others are…

  • Reworked salary schedule up for Borough Council approval

    Ordinance would replace draft vetoed by mayor in August. By: Melissa Edmond    True to Mayor Angelo Corradino’s promise, a new salary ordinance was unanimously introduced at the council’s Nov. 14 meeting.    At the Oct. 11 meeting, Councilwoman Sue Asher demanded Mayor Corradino rework the salary ordinance he vetoed in August and he vowed to have…

  • Florence football playing for title again

    By: Kyle Moylan    Years from now, the Florence High football players and coaches will sit back and think about what they have accomplished.    Right now, Florence is too busy thinking about ways to create that next future memory.    With its 38-7 win over South River at home this past Saturday, Florence picked up two more…

  • Life-saving demolition

    Rescue Squad demonstrates techniques to driver ed classes By:Donna Lukiw    Unsafe driving can have many devastating consequences including being trapped in a car with a broken leg or neck or even death.    As 600 driver education students from Hillsborough High School gathered in the high school parking lot Monday members of the Hillsborough Rescue Squad…

  • Cardinals looking for redemption

    Lawrence football By: Jim Green    The tougher the loss, the longer it takes to recover.    So it’s probably a good thing that the Lawrence High School football team had this past weekend off following its devastating 28-25 loss to Ocean Township on Nov. 12 in the first round of the Central Jersey Group III state…

  • Bernard Tomaszfski

       WHITE HAVEN, Pa. — Bernard F. Tomaszfski died Nov. 13 at home.    Mr. Tomaszfski worked for Johns-Manville Corp. in Manville for 35 years before retiring. He was a member of the J.M. Quarter Century Club in Bound Brook.    Surviving are his wife, Sophia (Blanyar) Tomaszfski; one son, Bernard J.; a daughter, Sandra Pizzolli of Manville;…

  • District mulling change to algebra course

    Allentown High School teachers say eight-graders are entering high school unprepared for advanced math studies (Nov. 24) By: Lauren Burgoon    UPPER FREEHOLD — Parents anxious over the availability of Algebra I for eighth-graders will have to wait until at least January to hear recommendations for the course’s future.    The district’s Curriculum Committee, a group of…

  • A lesson in good taste

    Bake sale at Weston School teaches more than cooking skills. By: Mary Ellen Zangara    Last week’s bake sale by Weston School’s third-graders may have been the best-tasting math lesson they ever had.    The student ran their own businesses for a few hours Nov. 18 in their classrooms as part of a lesson involving money and…