Category: archives
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NBC girls’ tennis team battles back to improve to 4-4 on year
Veteran squad knew its strengths and weaknesses — and that it could win a lot of matches. By:Sean Moylan Even after the Northern Burlington County Regional High School girl’ varsity tennis team started the season 1-3, it never panicked or looked for excuses. That’s because Megan Levine’s squad is a veteran group that knows what…
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LETTERS: Don’t end SRO program
To the editor: It has recently come to our attention that our national award-winning School Resource Officer program has been eliminated from our elementary schools. Last year, the SRO program in South Brunswick was chosen as the "model agency" out of all the SRO programs in the country. We find it unacceptable that this…
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Glenn Avenue resident appointed to Board of Education
Robin Bridges Johnson will fill the remainder of former school board member Michael Wilson, who resigned last month. The seat’s term expires in April 2006. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Robin Bridges Johnson, a former school board member who served in the early 1990s, has been appointed to fill an unexpired term on the Lawrence Township…
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Residents want a trustworthy schools chief with good communication skills
The school district held a community forum Monday to find out what qualities residents want in the new superintendent of schools. By:Aleen Crispino Special Writer The most important qualities the next superintendent of schools must have are good communication skills and the ability to inspire trust, according to a group of residents at a school…
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LETTER
Thanks for donating for soldiers To the editor: On behalf of Operation Shoebox, we would like to thank everyone who visited our table at the Manville Street Fair. We were able to collect $333 that will be used to send needed items to our New Jersey soldiers over in Iraq. We passed along 500 flyers…
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Tully’s tally is a big splash against Riverside
Florence High School’s varsity field hockey senior star seems to have a knack for coming up big when her team needs her most. By: Sean Moylan The Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity field hockey squad needed some late-game heroics by Nicole Tully to come away with a 3-2 home win over Riverside last…
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Township seeks grant for Lawrence Road improvements
The grant would help the township plan for improvements and beautification on Lawrence Road between Review and Meadowbrook avenues. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Seeking to encourage a neighborhood atmosphere along a portion of Lawrence Road, between Review Avenue and Meadowbrook Avenue, township officials are applying for a $40,000 grant through the state’s Smart Future 2006…
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Dawgs stay unbeaten with hard-fought draw
Hopewell Valley boys soccer By: Jim Green All things considered, this was an encouraging result for the Hopewell Valley Central High School boys soccer team. The Bulldogs, who opened the year with four straight wins, remained undefeated with a 2-2 tie on the road against a tough Hightstown team Tuesday night. "They’re for real," Hopewell…
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Local community gathers supplies for hurricane-hit town
Clifton Mills residents help with neighboring town’s relief efforts By: William Wichert BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Jodi Stephens, one of the organizers of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort in Washington Township (Mercer County), could not believe what she was seeing last Friday night. Washington residents had already collected loads of supplies to send to their "adopted"…
