Category: archives
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Woman returns home to open electrolysis shop
Cranbury resident starts a new business. By: Al Wicklund JAMESBURG Josephine LaGola, the owner of Electrolysis by Josephine, loves her work because it makes people look better and feel better about themselves and she gets to meet so many nice people. "I work with men and women of all ages and from all…
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County to help pay for bridge
Plans for new bridge construction are under way. By:Rebecca Tokarz Construction on a new bridge that would carry trucks to the industrial district of Cranbury could begin as early as the summer. Monday, the Township Committee adopted a resolution executing an interlocal agreement between the township and Middlesex County for the construction of the proposed…
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Parents get their say on school organization plan
Mulling over SBHS continues. By: Rebecca Tokarz Parents expressed mixed feelings about possible changes in the way the high school students are internally structured. About 150 parents of middle and high school students attended a two-hour meeting Tuesday, where members of the school district’s Steering Committee presented three proposed reorganizational plans for the high school,…
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Plazma lab offers free Saturday science lectures
The Princeton Plasma Physics Lab’s annual "Science-on-Saturday" lecture series, with topics ranging from cryptography to climate change, begins Saturday. The seven talks, which run through March 15, are geared toward high school students, but are open to anyone. The lectures begin at 9:30 a.m. and are usually finished by 11:15 a.m. There is no preregistration.…
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Ari Gabinet leaves Valley school post
An attorney, Mr. Gabinet took a full-time job with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). By John Tredrea Arthur "Ari" Gabinet, one of Pennington Borough’s two members on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education, has resigned. David Goldschmidt is the second Pennington Borough member. Mr. Gabinet’s resignation was announced at the outset of…
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Lawrence defeats Princeton, Ewing
Wrestling By: Mike Molaro What a difference a couple of days made for coach Chris Lynne and his Lawrence High School wrestling squad. After losing to West Windsor-Plainsboro South 35-27 Jan. 4 a match Lynne felt the Cardinals should have won the veteran coach told his wrestlers it was time for them to…
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District should focus on teachers’ quality
To the editor I hope in their efforts to achieve "a fair ethnic representation" among its teaching staff, Hillsborough’s administrators do not forget that the first and by far the single most important qualification for a teacher is competency and not national origin or skin color. A good teacher is a good role model regardless…
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Three school board seats will be filled in April
Two seats are open in Hopewell Township and just one in Pennington Borough, which loses a seat this year, because of population changes within the school district. By Ruth Luse On April 15 income tax day some Hopewell Valley voters will pick members of the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education and voters…
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Water/sewer rates may rise
Ordinance introduced this week. By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi Township water and sewer customers may be facing an increase in rates to help offset shrinking revenues. The Township Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would raise the water rates in 2003 from $1.75 per 1,000 gallons to $1.91 per 1,000 gallons. Water rates would increase to…
