Category: archives
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District tries to deliver message to candidates
Assistant superintendent search continues. By: Lea Kahn School district officials have launched a second campaign to find a new assistant superintendent of curriculum and while they are about it, to find a new supervisor of special education. The two jobs have been vacant since Jan. 1, when former Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Bruce McGraw…
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LETTERS: Say a prayer for two teens
To the editor: The news about Joshua Aanestad and Richard VonDeesten in the Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 editions of the South Brunswick Post lies heavy on my heart. I think about them almost every day, hoping that Richard lies in peace, wondering how Joshua is doing, why the police are charging him with the…
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An author with Jersey roots
BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman For those who read contemporary fiction, Diane Chamberlain is an old friend. Her first novel "Private Relations" (1989) won the RITA Award for Best Single Title in Contemporary Novels. Since her debut, she has been awarded Best Contemporary Novel Career Achievement Award twice in 1993 and…
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Princeton PTO holds Valentine food drive
The Parent Teacher Organization of the Princeton Regional Schools has organized a district-wide Valentine’s food drive from Feb. 7 through 14 to benefit the Crisis Ministry of Trenton and Princeton. The Crisis Ministry provides canned goods, dry foods and other staples to those truly in crisis in Mercer County. One valentine gift easily costs $3.99.…
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Lawrence’s Tarrant is teacher first
Longtime coach values students above records By: Jim Green Lawrence High School boys basketball coach Pat Tarrant never seeks the spotlight. Last week, however, it found him. Every winter for the last 15 years, Tarrant quietly has gone about his business of keeping Lawrence competitive in an ultra-competitive state for boys basketball. And while he…
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Titusville woman is state’s first inspector general
Cooper expects to make a Cabinet-level salary, between $137,000 – $141,000 for the year. She hopes to have a staff of 12 and a budget of $3 million. By John Tredrea Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey has named attorney Mary Jane Cooper an expert in complex fraud investigations and a Titusville resident for 26…
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Ebert selected to play in international tourney
HHS soccer standout going to Ireland By: Rudy Brandl Lauren Ebert will take her soccer talents to the international level in late March when she joins the U-17 national team for tournament play in Ireland. The Hillsborough High junior, who has starred on her high school squad for three seasons and various traveling teams…
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EDITORIAL: A question of money
EDITORIAL The township’s goals and the costs of achieving them. The South Brunswick school district was in a tough spot. The district had outgrown its administrative offices, but it knew that building a new central administration building would cost a significant amount of money money taxpayers would not likely approve. So it has decided…
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OBITUARIES: Anthony S. Kulchar
Anthony S. Kulchar Anthony S. Kulchar Sr., 55, of Milltown, died Sunday, Jan. 23. Born in New Brunswick, he has been a resident of Milltown for several years. He worked for the South Brunswick School District for 20 years as head custodian. He had served in the Marine Corps and was a member of American…
