Category: archives
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High school students trying to help tsunami victims
Students collect clothing, supplies and funds. By: Melissa Hayes Boxes of clothes, shoes, glasses and medical supplies filled the lobby and lined the halls of South Brunswick High School. A table covered with jugs of loose change took up space in the main entranceway. That was last week. This week, those donations made by students…
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Mayor: Garbage will be picked up by week’s end
Trash left uncollected in Washington Township due to a strike by garbage collectors should be removed by the end of this week. By: Lauren Burgoon WASHINGTON Piles of curbside trash left uncollected in the wake of a strike by local garbage collectors should be gone by the end of this week, Mayor Doug Tindall…
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ABIS principal proposes doubling up on language
Dr. James Brunn says move could improve test scores By:Emily Craighead Alexander Batcho Intermediate School (ABIS) students will get a double dose of reading and writing every day, starting next school year. By doubling the amount of language arts instruction ABIS students receive, Principal Jim Brunn plans to turn out students better prepared for high…
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Florence Niemiec
By: HILLSBOROUGH Florence C. Niemiec died Jan. 13 at home. She was 85. She served in the Army Nurse Corps as a lieutenant in the Philippines during World War II. Mrs. Niemiec her career in nursing, eventually retiring after 25 years of service as a school nurse in the Somerville Public Schools. She was…
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Hopewell Valley school board OKs sale of 30 acres to SB-MWA
If deal goes through, Back Timberlane athletic fields effort would be beneficiary. By John Tredrea An impending deal that could generate over $500,000 for development of the Back Timberlane athletic fields was endorsed by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education Tuesday. The board agreed to sell the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SB-MWA) a vacant…
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Letters to the Herald
For the Jan. 21 issue. Bush has courage, wisdom to address Social Security To the editor: Regarding the letters from Sheila and Howard Schneider, Delia Pitts and Bernard Wright ("Social Security plan means benefit cuts for everyone," "Bush begins to attack retirees’ benefits," and "Bush’s Social Security will hurt ballooning deficit," all from Jan. 14),…
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HHS boys swim big at Pirate Invitational
Ippolito, Kuehne star By: John E. Powers The Hillsborough High School boys’ swimming team may have had its biggest regular-season outing ever this past Sunday at the 26th Annual Pirate Invitational at The Bubble in Princeton Junction. The Raiders finished third in the 13-school field behind New Jersey giants St. Joseph of Metuchen and…
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For the Jan. 20 issue
John D. Shea. John D. Shea MILLSTONE John D. Shea, 67, died Jan. 14 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton. Born in Rockville, Conn., he had been a resident of Clarksburg for the past 27 years. He was a self-employed truck driver. Mr. Shea was a member of Fossil’s Antique Car Club…
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Tickets still available for educational concert
Project Graduation to be a night of drug and alcohol-free fun. By: Melissa Hayes Ticket sales for the upcoming South Brunswick High School Project Graduation fund-raising event are picking up, though there are still more than 600 seats available. The Jan. 29 event at the high school features Mr. Ray, a musician who plays educational…
