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  • Mansfield district to lose longtime employee

    Karen Bailey, school business administrator and board secretary, to retire in September. By: David Koch    MANSFIELD — After working in the Mansfield School District for 25 years, Business Administrator and Board Secretary Karen Bailey has decided it’s time to retire. Her last day of work will be Sept. 6.    The Board of Education regretfully accepted…

  • Schools name teachers of the year

    One of the six teachers will be named the district’s Teacher of the Year next month. By: Chris Karmiol    Love, magic and inspiration are three words repeated like a mantra when talking with great teachers about teaching. They talk about how they love their schools and how they love their jobs. They say students are…

  • Vanderbeck attack uncalled for

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    As a local businessman, I usually do not enter into the personality of local politics and the battle of letters to the editor, but I take strong exception to Ms. Amy Hovis Joye’s letter to the editor ("Candidate’s business actions unethical," May 3, 2002, Page 16A) attacking Mike…

  • A test of their future

    Students say that SAT can be daunting, but understand its importance. By: Cahsa Caponegro    The Scholastic Assessment Test can be a harrowing three and a half hours for any high school student.    The test often determines a student’s college career and a good score can sometimes be the ticket into an exclusive university or college.…

  • Monroe mines on the decline

    The township, which had eight mining operations for sand and gravel eight years ago, is down to two open-pit mining sites and only one of those is currently a working mine. By:Al Wicklund    MONROE — Open-pit mining in the township continues to decline.    The township, which had eight mining operations for sand and gravel eight…

  • Cranbury School Wrap-Up

    Vikes track team keeps on winning By: Rich Fisher    The Cranbury School track and field teams continue to roll, as the boys and girls squad each posted victories over Highland Park last Friday.    The Vikings swept all the field events except for high jump, which was not held, and also swept the 100, 200, 400,…

  • Form and Passion

    The Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition celebrates its 10th year. By: Daniel Shearer    Several generations of artists have come to view Phillips’ Mill with a reverence usually reserved for religious shrines. Perched at a tricky bend on Route 32 in Solebury, Pa., the quaint stone structure started life as a water-powered gristmill in 1756, then took…

  • Montgomery planners OK clustering concept

    Proposal designed to encourage preservation of more open space By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — A proposed conservation design ordinance that would allow construction of homes at a higher density in order to preserve open space has received a seal of approval from the Planning Board.    The board unanimously adopted a resolution Monday to recommend the…

  • Stabbing suspect indicted

    Christopher Michael Lennon faces a series of charges, including first-degree attempted murder. By: Chris Karmiol    TRENTON — A man accused of stabbing his estranged wife on Exeter Road in East Windsor in January was indicted Wednesday by a Mercer County grand jury.    Christopher Michael Lennon, 24, was indicted on charges of first-degree attempted murder, two…