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New Hanover elects three to the school board
Voters elected Roger Smith, 72 votes, Robert Clugsten, 70 votes, and Chris Sirak, 63 votes, were elected to three-year terms on the school board. By: Voters elected Roger Smith, 72 votes, Robert Clugsten, 70 votes, and Chris Sirak, 63 votes, were elected to three-year terms on the school board. Residents also voted on a…
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Fight city hall at ballot box, not in courts
PACKET EDITORIAL, April 15 By: Packet Editorial For more than 200 years in America, disagreements about government policy have been settled at the ballot box. People who have opposed actions taken by government from the XYZ Affair to the Vietnam War have joined forces to find candidates to run against those in power,…
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Experts tackle ‘broken’ tax system
Numerous property-tax reform plans proposed at Princeton forum. By: David Campbell Legislators and state policy experts at a forum Friday at Princeton University called for property-tax reform measures that ranged from the conservative to the radical, but all agreed: The system is broken and needs to be fixed. Keynote speaker Katherine Barrett, project editor and…
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Mail helps troops feel at home from far away
Veterans recall their frontline experiences during school visit. By: Gwen Runkle For Seymour Nussenbaum and Shephard Bell, serving in World War II was no picnic. It was a tough, dirty and dangerous job, one neither man would like to take up again anytime soon. The same goes for Harley Pickens, a veteran of the Korean…
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Plumsted budget defeated by 151 votes
Unchallenged Kathleen Sanford returns to school board. The 2003 Plumsted school budget was defeated in Tuesday’s school elections, receiving 306 ‘no’ votes and 255 ‘yes’ votes. Kathleen Sanford ran unchallenged for the board’s only open seat, which carries a term of three years. She received 437 votes. She was appointed last January to fill the…
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BREAKING NEWS: Lawrence voters approve budget
Incumbents gain re-election to board of education. By: Steve Feitl Lawrence Township voters on Tuesday approved the tax levy for the school district’s $50.6 million operating budget for 2003-04. Also at the polls Tuesday, voters elected incumbents Michael Brindle, Michael Wilson and Michael Winka over newcomer Daniel Surtz in the race for three school board…
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American cheese and darn proud of it
IN THE KITCHEN by Faith Bahadurian: American cheesemakers, many of whom trained in Europe, are flourishing (with a lot of hard work) all over the country. It used to be that the term "American Cheese" conjured up one thought white or yellow? America’s cheese of choice for many years was the floppy processed slices…
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South volleyball on road to recovering
Full-strength Pirates have chance to rebound from 1-3 start By: Justin Feil Michael Adams’ opinion of the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ volleyball team changed quickly once he saw it in action. Initially unsure of how the Pirates would fare this season because of a lack of varsity experience, the WW-PS head coach’s hopes rose…
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Public has its say today on school issues
Polls close at 9 p.m. as residents vote on budgets, candidates. By: Jeff Milgram Now it’s up to the voters. Residents of the Princeton Regional, West Windsor-Plainsboro and Montgomery Township school districts will join those of 547 other districts in the state and go to the polls today to elect school board members and approve…
