Category: archives

  • PHASE THREE: Keep the faith because democracy works

    PHASE THREE by Arnold Bornstein: Set the government scandals aside, democracy works    With the stock market seemingly resembling Atlantic City’s odds, the nation’s leading retailers reporting a severe decrease in consumer confidence, the Enron debacle being followed by other massive fiscal fiascos, little girls disappearing or their remains being found in various parts of the…

  • Busing decision ‘attack on parents’

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    The East Windsor Regional Board of Education is acting more like the old Soviet Politburo than a democratically elected body. The approval of cluster stop bus service for parochial students was rendered without listening to, or taking any consideration for, the concerns of the citizens/parents who elected this…

  • Students get back to class

    Main Street was packed on Tuesday as kids made their way back to school By: Casha Caponegro    Main Street was packed with people Tuesday morning, as parents escorted their children to the first day of school.    Parents took pictures and told their children to have a good day as they chatted with neighbors. Younger siblings…

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 6

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Sept. 6 By: Teachers, board both need oversight To the editor:     Charlotte Bialek, the school board and Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn should hang their heads in shame! How could you permit relations with teachers to deteriorate so badly? With only sporadic negotiations during the entire month of August and then…

  • Montgomery opens school doors with ‘everything in place’

    A record 4,300 students attend first day on Thursday. By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Township schools opened with a record 4,300 students Thursday.    District enrollment has been growing rapidly for a decade and this year is no exception. Up from 4,000 last year, enrollment in the high school alone topped 1,100 for the 2002-2003 school…

  • A YEAR OF CHANGE

    The Windsor-Hights Herald presents a special section marking the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Profiles of local victims’ families and friends, an examination of issues arising from the attacks, stories about how the date was observed locally and links to archived articles from September 2001 are included.

  • Board mulls bid for addition

    Possible addition would bring seven new classrooms and a new gym by the fall of 2003 By: Casha Caponegro    Board of Education officials said they are proceeding on schedule with plans to expand the Cranbury School.    At Tuesday’s meeting, board members said they would begin reviewing construction bids this week.    The board then will vote…

  • JAMESBURG: A big day for students

    Teachers and students head back to class By: Al Wicklund    JAMESBURG — A small army of excited little people, accompanied by larger people, called mothers and fathers, gathered on the paved area at the side of the John F. Kennedy School on Front Street Wednesday morning, ready for the 2002-2003 school year to begin.    At…

  • Visiting Sept. 11 one year later

    Locals coping with aftermath By: Rebecca Tokarz    Since the terrorist attacks on America, not a day goes by that Americans are not constantly reminded of the day that put fear into their hearts.    Those events, while terrifying, also gave people a sense of unity and, for some, made them remember the importance of family.    Monroe…