Category: archives
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Elizabeth M. Hobson, 74
LAWRENCE Elizabeth M. Hobson, 74, died Saturday at home. Born in Morrisville, Pa., she was a lifelong Hopewell Township area resident. She was a secretary for Mercer County Technical School 11 years. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Princeton Elks and St. James Roman Catholic Church, Pennington. Daughter of the…
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Festival celebrates local diversity
Auten Road School eventputs cultures on display By:John Patten Is it possible to imagine a room of people from around the world gathering in a peaceful celebration of their diverse nationalities? Are residents of this country as open to learning about others and embracing their cultures as we were before Sept. 11? Answers to those…
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DISPATCHES
A prescription for the environment By: Hank Kalet South Brunswick set a record this month. The 561 bags of litter collected along roads and other areas in the township by the 728 people who participated in the annual Earth Day Cleanup program this year were the most since the program began in 1990. While the…
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MHS long jumpers gain county medal
Track team faces Bound Brook today By: Rudy Brandl The Manville High boys’ track team is expecting a tight battle when it visits Bound Brook’s LaMonte field this afternoon. While most of this year’s regular season meets have been lopsided, this one figures to come down to the wire. Jonathan Dayton Regional joins the competition…
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HHS track athletes thankful for coach
Refi building powerhouse program By: Rudy Brandl Jaci Pfeiffer and Matt Lunemann still remember their first day of track and field practice three years ago. It wasn’t a pretty sight. After nearly quitting as freshmen, Pfeiffer and Lunemann have become two of Hillsborough High’s most prominent athletes. Both Raiders attribute their development to track and…
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Inclusive programmingbenefits all students
To the editor Brown versus the Board of Education established that educational policy based on the idea of separate but equal was unconstitutional when segregation is based on race. This was a powerful and important ruling. But this ruling said nothing about segregating students based on other individual differences. Maybe it’s time for a ruling…
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KIDS AND COMMUNITY
Working together to find ways to fight binge drinking By: Judy Shepps Battle Insanity, as purportedly defined by Sigmund Freud, is when one does the same thing over and over and expects different results. By this definition, prevention efforts with regard to binge drinking among college students have been "insane." For the past decade a…
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Shun vealon Mother’s Day
To the editor Sunday, May 12, is Mother’s Day, a day for honoring our mothers and celebrating the importance of the maternal bond. The dairy cow has come to symbolize motherhood throughout the world. Ironically, her offspring are entirely denied her nurture. Torn from his mother at birth, the male, dairy calf lives a short,…
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Lights … camera… and … eat!
Local movie premiere teamsup with Manville restaurants By:Krzysztof Scibiorski Manville will be joining the likes of Hollywood and New York with several movie premiere parties planned by the producers of independently produced feature film "Lansdown." After being featured and awarded prizes at film festivals around the world, and being praised by film critics around the…
