Category: archives
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Minority students need more than stereotypes
By:To the editor Recently, there have been efforts in the Hillsborough school system and on the national level to end the minority gap. In Hillsborough, there was an attempt to create a minority academic club. The purpose of the club was an attempt to help minorities do better in school, specifically African-American and Hispanic…
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Lottie Mamola
By: MANVILLE Lottie Mamola died June 14 at her son’s home in Manville. She was 92. She was born and raised in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., prior to relocating to Manville a short time ago. Mrs. Mamola was a member of Christ the King Church, Manville, and was an active member of Saints Peter and Paul…
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Schools staffs on the move for summer
Administrators are temporarily forced to relocate as construction continues on school buildings. By: Melissa Hayes As renovations to Greenbrook and Brunswick Acres schools continue, the administrative offices of those schools will move temporarily to the Board of Education office at 4 Executive Drive in Monmouth Junction. The move is expected to be complete by Friday…
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Police Beat
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP Officers responding to a suspicious person call charged a 22-year-old Hamilton man with receiving stolen property and possession of burglary tools at 2:25 a.m., June 13. According to police, someone reported a suspicious man in the front yard of Certified Towing on Burlington Road. At the scene, police said officers found Ernst Delma…
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Y forced to delay carnival
South Brunswick YMCA postpones annual carnival due to scheduling conflict. By: Joseph Harvie Rather than have a carnival with fewer and less exciting rides than in previous years, the South Brunswick Family YMCA has postponed its annual carnival until possibly August. The event originally had been scheduled to begin Tuesday at Crossroads South Middle School…
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Boys State attendees glean lessons from state politcians
A panel of past and present state legislators talk about the political life to more than 900 Boys State participants at Rider University on Monday. By:Kate Herts Staff Writer Hundreds of teenage boys clad in collared shirts and khakis marched into the Bart Luedeke Center at Rider University on Monday to be wooed into the…
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‘Reality’ awaits graduates of Bordentown Regional
Graduation ceremonies for Bordentown Regional High School Class of 2005 were held on June 20 at Gilder Park Stadium. By: William Wichert The blue sky over Gilder Park Stadium got a splash of yellow and white on Monday as the 2005 graduates of Bordentown Regional High School tossed their caps in the air and raised…
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In all but title, Zsenak is Hopewell captain
Post 339 baseball By: John E. Powers Doug Allen, the manager of the Hopewell Valley American Legion Post 339 baseball team, has never been one to name a team captain. "It kind of puts kids on the spot," Allen said. But, Allen adds, this year’s team has a natural for the position, a competitor that…
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Diamond Mill
The Phillips’ Mill Community Association marks 75 years of Bucks County masterworks. By: Matt Smith "Sycamore and Elm" by the late Daniel Garber is on view in the Phillips’ Mill Community Association 75th Anniversary Retrospective Art Exhibition in Solebury, Pa., through July 17. To mark the diamond jubilee of the Phillips’ Mill Art Exhibition, the…
