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Plumsted eyes lowest tax rate in county
TOWN TALK by Ron Dancer: News and views from the mayor of Plumsted. By: Plumsted eyes lowest tax rate in county For the 13th consecutive year, the Township Committee approved the introduction of a municipal budget that maintains a stable tax rate. Introduced Feb. 11, the 2002 budget is $3.18 million and has a 12-cent…
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Lawrence grapplers upset Hightstown
Wrestling By: Mike Molaro Chris Lynne admits that not much has gone right this season for his Lawrence High School wrestling squad. From injuries to close calls on the mats to officials’ decisions, it seemed that the Cardinals were paying the price for their youth and inexperience. All that changed last Saturday when Lawrence upset…
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SCHOOLS
Students’ work sets the stage for McCarter play By: Stacey Gorski At Crossroads Middle School, three teachers, Dorothy Kohrherr, Lisa Lepore and Sonja Cianci, using a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, have helped students accomplish great personal growth through a recent project concerning the events of Sept. 11. Their students are the first…
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Amsterdam students display peace symbols
Students at Amsterdam School have designed and created versions of different cultures’ visions of peace. By: Krzysztof Scibiorski Amsterdam School students showed off a Peace Museum composed of their takes on peace symbols throughout the world. On the night of Feb. 7, parents, teachers and students crowded the commons area of the elementary school, sharing…
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Fire budgets, commission candidateson Feb. 16 ballots
Polls open from 2-9 p.m. at three voting sites By: John Tredrea On Saturday, voters in Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township and Pennington will go to the polls to say "yes" or "no" to fire district budgets and to pick fire commissioners. Polls will be open from 2 to 9 p.m. at Hopewell Firehouse, South Greenwood…
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District to get help hiring school chief
The Manville school board voted to pay $5,000 to have the New Jersey School Boards Association assist in the search for a new superintendent. By: Krzysztof Scibiorski The Manville Board of Education has gotten the ball rolling in the search for a new superintendent, and hopes to have the right person before the end of…
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Letters to the editor, Feb. 14, 2002
Dublin is only safe route To the editor: I have been a resident of Dublin Road for 26 years. My uncle lived here during much of that time and for over 40 years before that. As a long-time resident I find it difficult to understand the narrow-mindedness of relative newcomers like David Jones and Joanna…
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The Emperor’s New Egg
A father’s work is never done in Betty Tatham’s children’s story. By: Daniel Shearer For two months, the male emperor penguin endures the frigid Antarctic winter, often -40 degrees Fahrenheit or colder, waiting for its mate to return. A single egg lies nestled atop its webbed feet on a "brood patch," the only egg its…
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Hopewell girls lose close games
Girls Basketball By: Matt Nalbone This past week was a light one for high school sports, but the girls basketball team from Hopewell Valley still had two games to play. First up was a match-up against cross-town rival Pennington Prep, who came into the game with a 17-2 record. Given the two team’s records, it…
