Category: archives
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Special education programs help save money
Manville School District creates own programs to cut costs. By: Emily Craighead To save money while providing those students with the best education possible, Manville School District has created its own special education programs additions and improvements to the district’s special services program officials say will save Manville nearly $100,000 this year. The federal…
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NBC tennis players work hard to create new lineup
By: Sean Moylan The Northern Burlington County Regional High School girls’ varsity tennis team may have graduated its entire singles lineup last spring, yet the four remaining varsity players all have made great strides toward perfecting their games in the off-season. "They all went to camps," said Megan Levine, who took the Greyhounds to a…
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Unity Day 2005 around the corner
16th annual community day bring people to Woodlot Park By:Matthew Kirdahy During its 16-year history, the Charlene J. Austin Community Unity Day has earned a reputation as a time when residents can have fun while enjoying each other’s company. "People need to come together as a community," event chairman Art Roedel said. "They need to…
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Growing up, together
MY TAKE by Rose McGlew This summer saw a good number of milestones in our family: my oldest son went to sleep-away camp for the first time, our Fourth of July get-together topped the 60-person attendance mark, and Paul and I made it through 15 years of marriage. All this is pretty impressive, but it…
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For the Aug. 26 issue
Joseph A. Price Jr., Edwin D. Maguire, George C. D’Andrade, Daniel Isaacson. Joseph A. Price Jr. UPPER FREEHOLD Joseph A. Price Jr., 86, died Aug. 17 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Born In Indianapolis, Ind., Mr. Price was a resident of Cream Ridge for the past 30 years. He was the former district…
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Open Space preserves farmland
To the editor: As a member of South Brunswick Township’s Open Space Advisory Committee, but more as a parent interested in preserving our agricultural and natural heritage for our children, I’d like to thank the Middlesex County Farmland Preservation Program for its recent action preserving a 53-acre farm on Dey Road. This purchase is one…
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For the Aug. 26 issue
Dora L. Wilcox, Leo E. Reed Jr., Norman Goldman, Norman H. Smith, Stephen Draovitch, John M. Homa Jr. Dora L. Wilcox Dora L. Wilcox (nee Brindley), 81, of Bordentown Township, died Aug. 22 at Hamilton Hospital. Born and raised in Yardley, Pa., Mrs. Wilcox lived most of her life in Bordentown Township. Mrs. Wilcox was…
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Lobster Roll, Please
Maine, aka Vacationland, U.S.A., offers a bounty of things to do – or not do. By: Matt Smith TIMEOFF PHOTOS/MATT SMITH A spectacular view of the Maine coastline from Acadia National Park. In the darkest days of winter, when work and weather have me down, I invariably mutter the following words: "I can’t wait until…
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Toward the Devil’s Half Acre, Part 4 of 4
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING Another chapter from Henry Charlton Beck’s 1939 "Fare to Midlands," subtitled as above and titled "Town Aliases Again," remembers the changing names of local families and recites rhymes from the headstones of those dearly departed. It finishes with reminisces of old railroads, especially our own Union Transportation Company, or U.T. This final installment…
