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  • Holiday Tradition

    American Repertory Ballet gets into the spirit for its 40th production of ‘The Nutcracker.’ By: Matt Smith Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski Above: American Repertory Ballet Nutcracker dancers, front, Li-Chuan Lin and Rose Sue, and, rear, Jennifer Cavanaugh and Christopher Bandy.    You see them lined up along the sidewalk, bundled in their little red coats…

  • Controversial oak trees cut down at LHS

    Board opts to proceed with project as planned. By: Lea Kahn    Three majestic — and controversial — oak trees on the Lawrenceville Elementary School campus were cut down Saturday morning to make way for improvements to the K-3 school.    The oak trees, which were estimated to range in age from 100 to 190 years, were…

  • SBEA, district agree to three-year contract

       The school board and SBEA ended 10 months of negotiations Wednesday morning. By: Rebecca Tokarz    The school board and the South Brunswick Education Association reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract Wednesday morning.    The settlement ends 10 months of negotiating between the two sides, including two sessions with a state-appointed mediator. The previous…

  • Uniszkiewicz, Dennis advance to Meet of Champions

    Hillsborough teams don’t make cut By: Rudy Brandl        HOLMDEL — Ashley Uniszkiewicz knows the end is near, but for Brian Dennis, this is just the beginning.    Hillsborough High’s cross country runners and teams battled competitive fields of 145 runners in last Saturday’s State Group 4 Championships at Holmdel Park. While neither HHS team came…

  • NEHS wins CJ Group I

    By: Kyle Moylan    Henry Hudson goalie Ryann Lynch dropped to a knee to make a save on a shot by Shannon Houston in the final minutes of this past Friday’s Central Jersey Group I field hockey title game.    When the ball bounced back to Houston, however, Lynch didn’t have a prayer.    Houston scored with 2:30…

  • School plan calls for new wing to Monmouth Junction

       Monmouth Junction would get some extra space if voters support a Dec. 9 referendum. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Monmouth Junction Principal Jan Bozowski walked through the main hallway of the Ridge Road facility and opened the doors to the school’s open space classrooms.    The background noise of students and teachers conversing in open area would be…

  • NBC football stopped by Hamilton in playoffs

    By: Sean Moylan    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School football team didn’t go into last Saturday’s Central Jersey Group III playoff game at Hamilton looking to make a good showing – it came there to win.    That made the Hornets 21-14 victory over the Greyhounds even more difficult to swallow.    "It’s (losing a playoff…

  • School projects set for holiday break

    Work includes replacing asbestos floor tiles and installing a new refrigerator By:Beth Kressel    The Manville School District will conduct building repairs at two of its schools over next month’s winter break.    The Board of Education approved the two projects including a refrigerator removal and replacement and asbestos removal at its meeting Tuesday night.    The district…

  • Joy of Color and Form

    Thanks to the efforts of her granddaughter, Sarah Bodine, New Hope Modernist Mary Hood’s paintings are again seeing the light. By: Susan Van Dongen Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski Sarah Bodine with a section of a needlepoint stair runner created by her grandmother, Mary Hood, depicting the history of the New Hope house, Springdale.    In…