Category: archives
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State drops language mandate, but students still in classes
By:Sally Goldenberg Although New Jersey education officials lifted the state’s year-old foreign language requirement, Hillsborough and Manville officials do not expect enrollment in the classes to drop in future years. Administrators also said they did not inform parents of the requirement change because it was announced in July, after students’ schedules already were designed for…
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Girls’ tennis team moves closer to states
RAIDER ROUNDUP By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High girls’ tennis team took some big early steps toward achieving its goal of qualifying for the state playoffs with two victories last week. Hillsborough (3-2) will play its share of matches against superior and inferior teams. It’s those toss-up matches that will decide the team’s playoff…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
For the week of Sept. 26. By: Teachers are best resource To the editor: As a retired elementary school teacher, I know first-hand what it means and how it feels to work in a district that appears to have little regard for its most important ingredient for success, the teaching staff. For almost three decades…
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For the week of Sept. 26
Laura M. Ford, Olga Elizabeth Muskewitz, Shirley Ann Laarz, Graham S. Cragg, Frank Blanchard, Stanley J. Boron, Charles Simone, John P. Bernabe, Dorothy M. Tindall, Rocco Calderone, Patricia Serlenga, Monsignor James S. Foley By: Laura M. Ford Laura M. Ford, 91, of Trenton, died Sunday in the Capital Health System at Fuld. Born in Trenton,…
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Short-handed Mustangs swept in tri-meet
One more runner needed to beat North Plainfield By: Rudy Brandl It would have been nice to have just one more Manville runner on the course in last week’s season-opening cross country tri-meet. The Mustangs had to operate with four runners one below the required minimum to compete as a team and…
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POLICE BLOTTER
The Goodyear Eagles RS-A tires on a black 1997 Mitsubishi were slashed outside of a North Seventh Avenue residence between midnight and 6:45 a.m. on Sept. 22. The tires, valued at $225, were cut on the sidewalls and the incident was reported at 3:23 p.m. on Sept. 22. *** A 1985 blue Chevrolet S-10…
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Vidbel’s Olde Tyme Circus is coming to town
Two shows set for Oct. 6 By: Rebecca Tokarz The spectacular, the unusual and the unexpected will invade South Brunswick as the Vidbel’s Olde Tyme Circus comes to town for its last two shows of the season. The event, sponsored by the South Brunswick Lions Club, will take place Oct. 6., with show times set…
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BUZZ IN THE HALLS: Vice principal
News and views from Allentown High School. By: Pam Koharchik At last week’s Board of Education meeting, the approval was made for Brian Myslinski to become the new vice principal at Allentown High School. Mr. Myslinski replaces Rodney Logan, who for the past two years saw many changes occur at AHS, and will leave before…
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Defense leads Hopewell Bulldogs to 2-0 mark
Hopewell Valley Football By: Steve Feitl There were a lot of differences between the Hopewell Valley Central High School football team’s opener two weeks ago and the second game against Trenton this past Friday. Attendance was slightly down from the overflow crowd of 1,200 the first week, but not by all that much. By game’s…
