Category: archives
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Moving on up the stairs
MY TAKE by Rose McGlew Moving should be left to the professionals. That’s my new opinion after helping my cousin move into her new apartment. I have moved countless times in my life and have only used professional movers twice: First when we moved to Florida and I was 10 years old and second when…
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Cellphone ban will result in clogged courts
EDITORIAL Cellphone ban may reduce someaccidents but it’s certain to clog courts By: In two weeks, the law banning the use of hand-held cellphones while driving goes into effect, and it’s clear what the first impact will be: we’re going to need more judges. A lot more. The law was designed to require drivers…
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Helen Kulina
By: HILLSBOROUGH – Helen M. Kulina died June 7 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 89. Born in Clifton, she was raised in East Millstone and lived in Manville for a short time before living in Hillsborough for 55 years. She moved to Autumn Woods Assisted Living in Bridgewater. Mrs. Kulina was a…
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Timberlane Middle School mural: a cooperative masterpiece
Teacher Borden, artist Landoldt and children work together to create huge objet d’art. By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta In late 2003 when Timberlane Middle School Principal Steve Cochrane decided the lobby walls looked too barren, he couldn’t have envisioned the completed mural that was placed in the lobby Saturday and unveiled Tuesday. "A school should be…
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Eighth-graders leave their mark on new Washington high school
Members of the Washington Township High School Class of 2008 autograph a steel beam that will be a part of their future high school. By: Lauren Burgoon WASHINGTON In the midst of end-of-the-year rituals and preparation for middle school graduation, 150 township eighth-graders turned their focus to the future as they gathered to mark…
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Lawrence High School students plot their futures
Seventy percent of graduating class will head to college. By: Lea Kahn Echoing the immortal words of Dr. Seuss "Congratulations, seniors. Today is your day. You’re off to great places. You’re off and away" Lawrence High School’s Class of 2004 is getting ready to spread its wings. Of the 342 members of the…
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Mustangs extended post-season qualifying streak
Team went 8-6 in rain-ravaged campaign By: Rudy Brandl Although an 8-6 record looks rather modest on paper, Manville High baseball fans should feel like their team accomplished more than that in 2004. The only thing that ledger really reflects is the fact that the team only played 14 games due to an unusually…
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High school name may honor Reagan
Washington Township Committeeman Mark Tobias pushes for Robbinsville High School to be renamed Ronald Wilson Reagan High School. By: Lauren Burgoon WASHINGTON Should Washington Township students graduate from Ronald Wilson Reagan High School? Committeeman Mark Tobias thinks so and he plans to push for a name change for Robbinsville High School, which is scheduled…
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PERCEPTIONS: Decade-old thoughts fuel Father’s Day
It’s rare to share a first experience with parents. By: Steve Feitl It’s hard to believe it was a decade ago because the memories are still so fresh in my mind. There was the roar of the crowd when the public address announcer boomed, "Last minute of play in the period." There was the tension…
