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  • School contract awarded

    Bordentown Regional School District awards contract for contruction work to begin on new high school this summer. By: Eve Collins    BORDENTOWN CITY — After a third round of bids, Bordentown Regional School District officials have awarded an $18.8 million contract for the construction work on the new high school and expect contractors to start this…

  • LETTER: Tupe has experience

    To the editor:    On April 20, South Brunswick voters will be electing new Board of Education members. As South Brunswick continues to grow and our schools continue to change, it is important to have experienced, knowledgeable and dedicated leaders.    I fully support Anna Tupe in her bid for re-election. Anna has been a Board of…

  • LETTER: Correct missteps with board vote

    To the editor:     Let’s not forget the Board of Education’s mega missteps when we go to the polls to vote this month. I’m tired of seeing bad publicity, time after time, in newspapers headlines across the region. I’m tired of our schools always operating in crisis mode. I’m tired of the climate of hostility.…

  • LETTER: Re-elect Prodromo

    To the editor:    We would like to encourage the residents of South Brunswick to vote in the upcoming school board elections. They influence you as taxpayers and our children’s educational future.    We were drawn to South Brunswick because of its desirable educational system, and we see the need to keep it great for future generations.…

  • Athletic Hall of Fame inductees

    Dinner was held Saturday to honor 2004 picks. On Saturday night at Angeloni’s Cedar Gardens in Hamilton, these individuals, and others (see Sports this week) were inducted into the Central High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Shown are: (front from left) Tom VanHise, Shelley Pennington, Colleen Farrell (Kamrad), and Dave Ryan; (back from left) Jack…

  • EDITORIAL: Verdict tells officials to pay attention

    School officials can stop player-coach conflicts.    When we first heard about the 25-year-old woman who was taking her high school basketball coach to court, claiming she suffers from an eating disorder caused by the coach’s abusive behavior nine years earlier, we had what we assume was a typical reaction:    Ho hum. Another frivolous lawsuit. Another…

  • ‘A Connecticut Yankee’

    Playful Theatre Productions offers this rarely revived Rodgers and Hart musical. By: Stuart Duncan    In 1986, just a few weeks before his death, lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (of Lerner and Loewe fame) authored a book celebrating musical theater in America. In it he commented: "With all the fresh, innovative and remarkable music that emerged from…

  • Municipal budget hearing set for April 7

    Council meeting moved to Wednesday for holiday. By: Lea Kahn    Lawrence Township’s beginning-of-the-month meeting schedule for Township Council and the Planning Board has been modified — partly because of the Passover holiday and partly because of a lack of agenda items.    The Planning Board will not meet Monday night because there are no applications scheduled…

  • Red Raiders focused on improving during year

    Pennington Baseball By: Mike Molaro    Veteran baseball coach Jerry Russo isn’t big on setting team goals regarding wins and losses.    He’s more concerned on how well his Pennington School team progresses through the season and what kind of effort his guys display between the white lines.    "Every team’s goal is to win the state championship,"…