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Local runners’ marathon paths will cross in Boston
Gary Verhoorn and Charles Clark to run in Monday’s Boston Marathon By:Kara Alaimo Gary Verhoorn and Charles Clark, both veteran runners and longtime residents of Hillsborough, have never met. But their paths will cross on Monday, when they join thousands of runners competing in this year’s Boston Marathon. For Mr. Verhoorn, 57, of Brookside Lane,…
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Voters say ‘no’ to Washington school budget
Armenti joins Silvestrov, Gange on Board of Education. By: Cynthia Koons WASHINGTON For the second year in a row, Washington Township residents voted decisively against the Washington school board’s budget, with 1,186 voters saying "no" to the proposed $24.1 million spending plan and 896 voting "yes." Incumbents Faith Silvestrov and Florence Gange were re-elected…
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LHS might open half-hour early next year
Board considering new start time due to bus conflict. By: Lea Kahn A proposal to start the school day at 7:30 a.m. for Lawrence High School students next year drew fire from parents at the Lawrence Township Board of Education meeting last week. School district officials, meanwhile, said they have not decided whether to start…
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Problem-solving processworks backwards here
EDITORIAL: Township Committee’s preference for study after action won’t work for public interest Last week’s Township Committee resolution handing control of the township’s Web site to the mayor provided another shocking view of the committee’s new approach to governing. We’re not talking about the fact the committee voted to allow the mayor to have final…
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Ortman, Gryzeski come back with gems
MUSTANG ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl Amy Ortman mowed down 15 straight Roselle batters, including nine by strikeout, in Monday afternoon’s perfect game performance at Manville High. The powerful senior right-hander maintained her scoreless streak and kept her season ERA at 0.00 with a five-inning masterpiece. Ortman also provided some help with the bat, blasting…
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King of Instruments
David Messineo will accompany Princeton Pro Musica in Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem at Princeton University Chapel April 26. Resurrection By: Susan Van Dongen Above, the Mander-Skinner organ at Princeton University Chapel. In an Oct. 2001 TimeOFF interview, David Messineo, principal organist at the Princeton University Chapel, spoke about the chapel’s renovation, which had put the Mander-Skinner…
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Virginia Butch
HILLSBOROUGH Virginia (Smith) Butch died April 11 in JFK Medical Center, Haven Hospice in Edison. She was 72. Born in State College, Pa., she lived in Flagtown since 1942. Mrs. Butch retired from the Hillsborough Board of Education in 1993. Her husband, Joseph P. Butch, died in 1976; and a brother, Sherman D. Smith,…
