Category: archives
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State to study impact of regionalization
South Hunterdon and its three sending districts want to know what regionalization would mean financially to taxpayers. By: Linda Seida WEST AMWELL Local school officials recently authorized the state Department of Education to conduct an impact study to determine the financial effects of regionalization. Superintendents, administrators and board of education members from South Hunterdon…
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LETTERS: Candidate offers thanks
To the editor: I would like to thank all of my supporters and the residents of South Brunswick for helping to make my first run for an elected office memorable. It was both a humbling and an enlightening experience that I will cherish for many years. Special thanks are offered to Dawn Smith, chairwoman…
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LETTERS: Haunted trail was a success
To the editor: From ticket takers to undertakers and everyone in between, we are the Skull Crew and each of us has a very specific job to do. We haunt the woods of Woodlot Park two evenings in October and every year the community comes back for more. We all take pride in our…
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‘Oliver!’
Kelsey Theatre hosts this musical based on the Charles Dickens novel ‘Oliver Twist.’ By: Stuart Duncan When Oliver! first opened in New York in early January 1963, the program stated boldly that playwright Lionel Bart had "freely adapted" the musical from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. It wasn’t really true; he had kept the basic plot,…
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Mixed Nuts
‘Tis the season: The Roxey, ARB, Princeton Dance and Theater Studio and other ballet companies are ready to delight children of all ages with ‘The Nutcracker.’ By: Jillian Kalonick TIMEOFF PHOTOS/PHIL MCAULIFFE Audra Johnson and Kevin Byrne dance in the dress rehearsal for the Spanish Dance in American Repertory Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ at McCarter Theatre in…
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Mayor second VP of state group
David Del Vecchio is now in line to become president of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities in two years. By: Linda Seida Mayor David Del Vecchio has been sworn in as the second vice president of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Traditionally the post leads to the position of first vice…
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Nov. 24, 4:52 p.m.: It’s not just abortion that’s the issue
Federal and state governments’ regulatory powers could be endangered by a Bush court. By: Hank Kalet E.J. Dionne Jr., one of America’s finest newspaper columnists, offers this reminder why it was so important to prevent a second Bush term the courts. And not because of the abortion issue. "The new conservative judicial activism is…
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Plainsboro police slate session for businesses
PLAINSBORO The Plainsboro Police Department will hold its next Plainsboro Business Partnership group meeting 9 a.m. Tuesday in the municipal courtroom. All local businesses are invited to attend. The meeting is a follow-up to its "Business Survivability" seminar, which provided local businesses with the tools to evaluate their risks and a template to plan…
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Community Calendar
Class reunion Saturday, Nov. 27 Florence Township Memorial High School Class of 1979 reunion is slated. Contact Lisa Mazar McCarthy at 499-2645 for details. Fruit sale Sunday, Nov. 28 Deadline for accepting orders for the annual fund-raising fruit sale sponsored by Shiloh Baptist Church, 104 ½ Elizabeth St., Bordentown. Call 298-0574 to order.…
