Category: archives
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America’s heroes
South Brunswick honors those who died for nation. By: Nick D’Amore This year’s Memorial Day observances remembered fallen veterans of past wars, as well as those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks. The ceremonies began at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9111 on Henderson Road in Kendall Park and then moved to the…
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Champion Andreyko, Gilmore, Cutler advance to state meet
MHS athletes seeking to break school drought at M of C By: Rudy Brandl Franklin Andreyko is learning to juggle multiple track and field events, but he still prefers concentrating on his signature competition. The Manville High sophomore enters this weekend’s State Group 1 Championships as one of the favorites in the long jump and…
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Committee seeks to satisfy COAH obligation
Millstone to purchase land on Pine Drive for affordable housing. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE The Township Committee recently re-introduced an ordinance first moved last year designed to satisfy state requirements to provide land for affordable housing. In September 2001, the committee formally announced plans to purchase an aging Pine Drive house and the property…
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Program teaches studentsto eschew drugs and violence
LIVING IN MANVILLE By:Mary Ellen Zangara The annual Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education (DARE) graduations for students in Manville took place last week in two of the schools. More than 100 fifth-graders in Roosevelt School and 13 students from Christ the King all completed their program in DARE. Sponsored by the Manville Police Department and…
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Dayton-Deans to celebrate tradition
On Saturday, alumni will be returning to the schools, reuniting with old friends and saying goodbye to the schools as they now exist. By: Nick D’Amore The Bellizios are a Dayton-Deans family. Former Mayor Howard Bellizio spoke to Dayton-Deans students in David Malatesa’s fourth-grade class Wednesday about his family’s history at the school and the…
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EDITORIAL
Towns need new weapons in growth war New Jersey residents have been fighting a losing battle over the years. Beginning with the housing boom that followed World War II, and continuing virtually up to the present day, the pattern of development all across New Jersey has been essentially the same: A developer buys a large…
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Teacher attrition is a steady trend
By: Lea Kahn Wanted: Two English teachers, a special education teacher, a music teacher and an industrial arts teacher. Those are among the positions that Lawrence school district officials are seeking to fill in time for classes to start in September because 10 teachers, one principal and three support staff members are retiring. The teacher…
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Hopewell finishes season strong
Baseball By: Mike Molaro It took awhile for the Hopewell Valley Central High School baseball squad to grasp the philosophy of first-year head coach John Costantino. Once the Bulldogs understood the nuances of the new program and the importance of "doing the little things well," they became one of the Colonial Valley Conference’s better teams.…
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Bankrupt company to exit township
Universal Process Equipment owes Washington thousands in taxes, owns more than 72 acres of land. By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON A company owning more than $2.6 million of property in the township declared bankruptcy this month, leaving thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes and possibly abandoning more than 72 acres of land. Universal Process Equipment,…
