Category: archives
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Officials debate pay-to-play vote in Lawrence
Some council members argue current law is sufficient. By: Lea Kahn A majority of Township Council, faced with a citizens group’s push to beef up Lawrence Township’s pay-to-play ordinance, is skeptical that a tweaked version of the ordinance is necessary. Councilman Rick Miller, however, thinks otherwise. Mr. Miller, who initiated the call for a pay-to-play…
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Test scores put schools in jeopardy
Officials say improvements implemented to raise special ed math program By:Emily Craighead Special education students at two Hillsborough schools may need extra help with math skills, but the district’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) project director says that’s no reason for the township to worry its schools are failing. "When we see these indicators, it…
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Township adds to ban on Woods Road parking
By:Roger Alvarado The Township Committee unanimously passed an ordinance Tuesday correcting an earlier law limiting stopping or standing on portions of South Woods Road. The ordinance prohibits stopping or standing on the southbound portion of South Woods Road from the northern-most entrance of Woods Road School south to 75 feet north of the north curb…
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Roebling teenager killed in crash
Andrew Golia, 18, was senior at Florence Township Memorial High School. By: Scott Morgan A Roebling teenager died and another remains in critical condition from injuries sustained in a high-speed crash in Springfield on Saturday morning, state police said. Andrew Golia, 18, of Third Avenue died hours after state police say he drove a late-model…
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POLICE BLOTTER
By: Police are continuing to search for a man who they say tried to abduct a 12-year-old township resident in the area of Foster Street. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. Oct. 5 when the man, in an older-model tan vehicle and wearing a ski mask, pulled to the side of the road and reached…
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Teacher changes schools
Crossroads South teacher reassigned to Brooks Crossing after Bush photo incident. By: Melissa Hayes The teacher at the center of a national debate over her posting a photograph of the president in her classroom has been reassigned to a different school. Shiba Pillai-Diaz, who had been a seventh- and eighth-grade language arts teacher at Crossroads…
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Solebury School sports recap
SOLEBURY Solebury School’s cross-country team had one meet Oct. 5 at the Belmont Plateau. Seven teams competed, and Solebury placed second with 50, while the Phelphs won with 49. Solebury freshman Tom Hedges of Lambertville again led the team, placing second with 20:00, and junior Malcolm Ingram of Philadelphia placed fourth with 21:04. Solebury’s…
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South Eagles lose close game
By: John Powers The improvement continues for the South Hunterdon Regional High School football team. Unfortunately, the Eagles still are winless at 0-4. Last Friday night, South led Skyland Conference Raritan Division rival North Warren late, but fell 21-19 at home. South Hunterdon will play another divisional rival, 2-3 Hackettstown, on the road Friday night.…
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‘Hallelujah, Baby!’
George Street Playhouse offers a revised version of this Arthur Laurents musical, a Tony-winner in 1968. By: Stuart Duncan Hallelujah, Baby! is a message musical that relies on a few good songs, blockbuster performances from an extraordinary company and a book that insists on pounding repetitiously how little we have done in this country to…
