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High school computer lab wires students to the world
Room allows full classes to join in high-tech lessons By:Sally Goldenberg Manville High School teachers can now conduct entire classes with the aid of wired computers. The school’s Information Technologies (IT) computer lab was wired last week and is now accessible for teachers to use, said Technology Coordinator Karen Bolmarcich. "It has state-of-the-art, brand new…
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For the week of Oct. 3
By: Olin Wright HOLCOMBE, Wis. Olin "Mickey" Wright, 65, died Saturday, Sept. 28, at Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake. Born in Groveville, N.J., he was the son of the late Olin and Mary Stackhouse Wright. He served in the Navy from 1957 to 1961 and married Joanne Herbick in Glen Ellyn, Ill., in…
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Effort is a concern for Cardinal coach
Girls Soccer By: Mike Molaro Dave Boggs can accept losing if his Lawrence High School girls soccer squad puts forth a solid effort. But when the Cardinals (3-4) play like they did in losses at Steinert, 4-0, last Friday, and at Allentown, 5-1, on Monday, the head coach has to wonder why his girls didn’t…
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TOWN TALK: Preserving 4,000 acres
The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders has voted to approve another 400 acres into Plumsted’s Farmland Preservation Program. By: Ron Dancer An estimated 200 acres are located near the Hallock U-Pick Farm on Colliers Mills Road and another 200 acres at the corner of Brindletown Road and Long Swamp Road. The Township Committee voted…
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Vikings’ girls soccer team gives strong effort in loss to unbeaten East Brunswick
By: Carolyn M. Hartko This has been a tough season so far for the South Brunswick High School girls’ soccer team. The Vikings followed Saturday’s 4-2 victory at home over J.P. Stevens with a 5-1 loss to East Brunswick on Monday, also at home. That leaves the Vikings 2-4, while the Bears are on an…
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Law would end possibility of conflicts
EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse The Hopewell Township Committee deserves credit for proposing an ordinance that will do its best to eliminate conflicts of interest with firms serving the township. The proposal, if adopted, will make it almost impossible for a professional business entity that makes political contributions to elected officials to receive a public professional…
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Experts’ views diverge widely at forum on attacking Iraq
Four Princeton University experts on international affairs sound off. By: Jeff Milgram A standing-room-only crowd that came to the Frist Campus Center on Tuesday night looking for food for thought about a possible American attack on Iraq got a lot to chew on from four Princeton University experts on international affairs. The Global Issues Forum,…
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Townships look for ways to save farmland
Upper Freehold, Plumsted try to protect open space. By: Scott Morgan It has been almost a year since the Upper Freehold Planning Board began its re-examination of the township’s Master Plan. Facing the Planning Board is a pair of tasks: keep Upper Freehold in step with the changing times without altering its rural character, and…
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Township mayor backs state truck-check plan
Proposed legislation would create pilot program for infrared inspection of trucks By John Tredrea Hopewell Township Mayor Jon Edwards has voiced support for proposed legislation to create a pilot program for the infrared inspection of trucks on state Route 31, which runs north-south and bisects Hopewell Valley, and on U.S. Routes 1 and 206, which…
