Category: archives
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About the heart of the matter
This vital organ may be small, but it is incredibly complex. By:Judy Shepps Battle The human heart is a cone- shaped muscle located behind the breastbone and between the lungs. Relatively small, this amazing muscle’s average weight is only nine ounces for a woman and 10.5 ounces for a man. But don’t let its…
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OBITUARIES
Betty Scala Betty (Jones) Scala, 75, died Thursday, June 3, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., she lived there until 1989, when she moved to Monroe. She was a graduate of Curtis High School, Staten Island and Packard Business School, New York City. She worked as a secretary…
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WW-P language program to be model for schools
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District has achieved model status for its world languages program. The district’s program is one of six in the state honored under the Second Language Regional Model Programs Initiative, an outgrowth of the 2002 World Languages Model Program Initiative. The six model programs will serve as a regional resource center…
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MJRC exceeded expectations
Competitive head sparked boys By: Justin Feil The Mercer Junior Rowing Club boys had no idea how their first trip to the USRowing Youth Nationals would go. It’s hard now for them to imagine it going much better. The MJRC boys, who qualified by winning the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional in May, placed fourth out of 14…
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Students explore their roots at annual Heritage Day event
Fifth-graders serve up diverse cultural dishes. By: Jill Mathews MONTGOMERY From samosas to sushi, the Orchard Hill Elementary School cafeteria was filled Thursday with smells, sounds and visual indicators of the various cultural groups that make up the students in the fifth grade. The classes celebrated what has become an annual event marking the…
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Montgomery Democrats host campaign kickoff
MONTGOMERY The Montgomery Democratic Organization will host a Campaign Kickoff Brunch for Township Committee candidates Mayor Louise Wilson and former Mayor John Warms from noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday. The buffet brunch will be held at Mrs. Chows Restaurant on Route 206 in the Village Shopper. Admission is $35 per person, $20 for…
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School opens Latin American Market
Applegarth school hosts educational fair By:Josh Appelbaum For one day last week, the usual surroundings of Jamesburg’s Applegarth Middle School transformed into a bustling, lively and, at times, chaotic street fair reminiscent of Buenos Aires or Mexico City. The reason for the change was the school’s first Un Paseo al Mercado Latinamericano (a stroll through…
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Town moves on buildings
Architect hired for senior center By:Joseph Harvie MONROE The Township Council has found an architect to do preliminary floor plans for a new free standing Senior Center. The council unanimously approved a resolution Wednesday authorizing a $39,000 agreement with M.S. Barone and Associates to aid in the architectural design of the new senior center…
