Category: archives
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An old mistake comes back to help this time
EDITORIAL: State’s miscalulations years ago is insulated Manville schools from problematic cuts By: It’s said that what goes around, comes around and it appears it’s true at least for the Manville school district. When the district was in the midst of a five-year string of budget defeats at the polls a time when…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Covering tragedy
EDITOR’S NOTE By Hank Kalet Discussing readers’ responses and concerns. A reader posted a long response on our Web site to last week’s Page 1 story updating the status of Joshua Aanestad. Joshua is the 16-year-old from South Brunswick High School who faces criminal delinquency charges in connection to the crash that killed his 15-year-old…
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Board aims to fill Reccoppa vacancy
Special meeting set for 7:30 p.m. today (Thursday). By: Lea Kahn A replacement for former school board member Larry Reccoppa is expected to be chosen today (Thursday) at a special meeting of the Lawrence Township Board of Education. At the 7:30 p.m. meeting, which is being held in the Lawrence High School library, the school…
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Bobik’s boys improve to 12-4
By: Sean Moylan "Our schedule is hard . . . we’ll see what we’re made of," said Art Bobik, whose Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity basketball team is right back in the hunt for a Freedom Division title with wins over two league-rivals, New Egypt and Palmyra, this past week. The Flashes were…
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For the Feb. 3 issue
Stephen B. Shimko, David Baird Malseed II, Francis H. Schiffer Jr., Matthew F. Mansfield, Charles R. Happ, Joseph P. Squeri, Peter J. Magee, Louis Scott, Mary K. Erickson. Stephen B. Shimko COLUMBUS Stephen B. Shimko, 66, of The Homestead, Columbus, died Jan. 30 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Manhattan, N.Y.,…
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Healthy hearts
Hoops and Jump Rope for Heart programs raised $8,000 for American Heart Association By: William Wichert Basketball and jump-rope are both part of the typical gym class at Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School, but students were doing these activities for a different reason this week. They’re making money. From the gym and the nurse’s…
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Kingston sets goals
Traffic, Main Street, master plan top list. By: Joseph Harvie Members of the Joint Township Advisory Committee for the Village of Kingston said that in 2005 they plan to seek traffic calming devices for Mapleton Road, continue improvements to Main Street and participate in meetings on the Franklin Township Master Plan. The committee met at…
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South squads are both third at GMC meet
By: Carolyn M. Hartko This winter’s Greater Middlesex Conference Individual Track Championships proved to be a showcase for Red Division teams. In the girls’ team competition, big schools finished in the top five slots, and South Brunswick (46 points) was right there at number three, which makes them third in the overall conference, as well…
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Wouldn’t It Be Lovely
It’s all about love in Roxey Ballet’s ‘An Evening of Romance and Dance.’ By: Mary Jasch Roger Oliveri and Audra Johnson will perform in Roxey Ballet’s An Evening of Romance and Dance at Canal Studio Theater in Lambertville, Feb. 11-13. Five ladies in lingerie sit at backstage dressing tables, smoking and drinking, all except for…
