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UF school district planning curriculum changes
Vice principal and five new classroom teachers among proposals. By: Cynthia Koons UPPER FREEHOLD For Upper Freehold Regional School District officials, their students’ statewide report cards spelled out the need for more teachers and prompted curriculum improvements across the board. In drafting this year’s school budget, the school board took into account the district’s…
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Good showing for Viking girls in GMCT
By: Carolyn M. Hartko EDISON For a team that only had six wins going into this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Girls’ Basketball Tournament, South Brunswick High School put on a good show. The 14th seeded Vikings got by 19th seeded Piscataway 49-37 in the opening round, before falling to third ranked J.P. Stevens in…
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Hopewell Valley 2003-04 school calendar approved
School board OKs plan that would open school Sept. 4 and end it on June 18. By John Tredrea The Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s 2003-2004 academic year will begin Sept. 4 and end June 18, under a calendar approved by the school board Monday night. The school year could end one or two days…
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‘The Life of David Gale’
Even the talents of Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet and Laura Linney can’t save this death-row thriller from coming across as a puff piece. [R] By: Bob Brown One expects a lot more from a cast that has done better with bad scripts, but somehow The Life of David Gale is all puff. The eponymous David Gale…
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Manville resident killed crossing Main Street
By:Sally Goldenberg Manville resident Michael Bickar, 33, died after he was struck by a car while crossing South Main Street Monday night, according to the Manville Police Department. Mr. Bickar, a lifelong borough resident, was walking east at 11:05 p.m. Monday when the driver of a 1996 Honda Civic, 18-year-old Tonya Gonzalez of Hillsborough, hit…
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Special panel to study bus service for seniors
Costs of proving service will be studied by special committee By:Alec Moore The Borough Council on Monday appointed a special committee to look into the costs and need for a borough-run bus service for seniors and disabled residents. Councilman Martin Wierzba made a proposal to provide busing for the borough’s seniors and disabled residents at…
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Board of education races take shape
Voters to elect school board candidates April 15. By: Cynthia Koons and Scott Morgan On April 15, voters will elect candidates to fill open seats on area boards of education and will be asked to approve school board budgets. Following is a rundown of who filed nominating petitions by Monday’s 4 p.m. deadline to seek…
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Hopewell Township woman killed in Route 31 collision
Police say accident occurred at 7:50 a.m. on a rainy Saturday, about a half-mile south of Route 31’s intersection with Delaware Avenue. By John Tredrea Elizabeth Compton, 68, of Crestview Drive, Hopewell Township, died Saturday morning from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle crash on Route 31. Ms. Compton was a 44-year resident of Hopewell Township.…
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Committee tables spending requests
Members ays they need more information before voting By:Alec Moore The Township Committee slammed the brakes on a number of expenditures put before it for approval Tuesday. Deputy Mayor Steven Sireci called for seven resolutions to be removed from the agenda for the night based on his view that the committee had not been provided…
