Category: archives
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Marian Normart and Helen A. Durling
Jan. 9, 2003 Marian C. Normart Marian C. Normart, 82, died Dec. 27 at the Medical Center at Princeton. Born in Chester, Pa., she was a resident of Hopewell and Norwood, Pa. She worked in the drafting department at General Electric in Philadelphia, Pa., for 10 years. She loved painting, especially watercolors and oils and…
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Speaker urges students to support human rights
Notes governments prefer ‘ignorant populace’ By:Sally Goldenberg A former Nigerian political prisoner who challenged the government in his homeland addressed Hillsborough High School’s social studies students about the importance of human rights in the United States and throughout the world. He ended his speech reprimanding America’s policies toward Iraq, Iran and North Korea as U.S.…
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School district hopes to increase diversity of staff
Hillsborough joins coalition to help attract minority applicants. By:Sally Goldenberg Hillsborough’s administrators say they want a fair ethnic representation of teachers, administrators and support staff in the school system to reflect the increasingly diverse student population, but have been finding little success in attracting minority educators. To help spur more diversity in filling positions, the…
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Optimistic outlook for SBHS girls winter track team
By: Carolyn M. Hartko As the South Brunswick High School girls’ winter track team steps out for the 2002-03 season, there is a talented group of five experienced seniors leading the way. And with four out of the five running sprints, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out where the Vikings will shine.…
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McGreevey opens state Homeland Security Center
Lawrence location replaces Fort Dix. By: Lea Kahn Six months ago, the masonry building across the driveway from the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs offices on Eggert Crossing Road was an empty shell. But hundreds of hours of work and $2.5 million later, the 10,000-square-foot former warehouse in Lawrence has been converted into…
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Mauraya Indian Cuisine
A tasty eggplant dish, traditional flatbreads and other tandoori delicacies are among the Northern Indian offerings at this restaurant in Bensalem, Pa. By: Richard Burns Mauraya Indian Cuisine Bensalem Plaza 2088 Street Road Bensalem, Pa. (215) 633-9141 Food: Good Service: Very good, but not tested on a busy night Prices: Inexpensive to moderate Cuisine: Indian…
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School announces memorial plans
Seeking donations to honor Philip MOnahan and Rosalinde Johnson By:Sally Goldenberg Triangle Elementary School will memorialize the recent deaths of a student and an employee by expanding the school’s library to include items that represent hobbies of the deceased third-grader Philip Monahan and Clerical Assistant Rosalinde Johnson. To honor Philip, who died on Labor…
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Slow down!
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman By: What does an author who wrote a book titled "Chaos" do for an encore? James Gleick, obviously immersed in our compulsive multitasking society, follows with "Faster: The Acceleration of Just about Everything." Consider the moments of impatience we all share, like waiting for the microwave to heat the left-overs,…
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Joseph Perhach
HILLSBOROUGH – Joseph Perhach died Monday, Dec. 30, in Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 78. He was born in Millstone and lived in Manville for many years before moving to Hillsborough 20 years ago. Mr. Perhach is a retired construction worker for local 825 in Somerville. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943…
