Category: archives
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Raiders earn another hoop date with Bridgewater
Team starts winning at right time By: Rudy Brandl The Hillsborough High boys picked the perfect time to start playing good basketball again. Mired in a five-game slump that included some internal adversity, the Raiders regrouped and found the winning touch as Somerset County Tournament action began. After halting their five-game losing streak with a…
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A place for all
Allentown preschool accepts students regardless of any special needs. By: Mark Moffa ALLENTOWN Upper Freehold resident Jennifer DeMauro knows what it is like to raise a child with special needs. Her daughter, 3-year-old Alaina, has Down syndrome. So who better than Ms. DeMauro to help run a preschool designed to accept all children, regardless…
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Making History
The Lawrence Historical Society has sworn in its youngest Board of Trustees member. By: Lea Kahn Ask Caryn Goldenberg to name her favorite school subject and she is quick to say history. The 15-year-old never thought that she would make history as the youngest member to serve on the Lawrence Historical Society’s board of…
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Commissioners, budgets on ballot
By: Brian Shappell Township residents in three fire districts will have a chance to vote on tax rates and several open Board of Commissioners positions in South Brunswick’s annual fire district elections Saturday. In District 1 and District 3, representing Kendall Park and Kingston respectively, voters will have a chance to back budgets that include…
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Nancy DiLallo
MANVILLE Nancy DiLallo died Friday, Feb. 8, in Somerset Medical Center. She was 71. Mrs. Dilallo worked at Medtech Plastics for 14 years, retiring as supervisor. She was predeceased by a daughter, Louise DiLallo; and three brothers, Peter, Anthony and Joseph DiRito. Survivors include her husband, Alexander DiLallo; three sons, Anthony of Manville, Alexander…
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Presenting a modest budget proposal
TANGENTS By: John Saccenti Dealing with numbers has never been my strong point. It’s something I’ve always had to work hard at if I wanted to get it right. Nevertheless, I don’t remember ever having bounced a check, or a time when I didn’t have enough money to pay bills, buy food and have a…
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NBC boys’ bowling advances to state finals
NBC advances to finals By:Sean Moylan Billy Ferenc has had some good moments for the Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ varsity bowling team this year. But nothing has even come close to approaching what he did in Saturday’s NJSIAA Sectional Tournament held at the Maple Bowl. Ferenc rolled a career best 696 series,…
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Mock trial team’s winning streak ends
By: Lea Kahn The Lawrence High School Mock Trial Team’s nine-year grip on the Mercer County mock trial championship was broken last week by another team of student attorneys from Steinert High School in Hamilton Township. The Steinert team was judged to be the best in Mercer County at the annual county finals competition to…
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‘Die is cast’ for school plan
The Redistricting Committee has recommended establishing a grades 5-6 intermediate school at Auten Road, and a K-4 enrollment at the six elementary schools. By: Krzysztof Scibiorski The intermediate school plan can only be "tweaked," not seriously altered, district Superintendent Robert Gulick told parents at a Board of Education meeting Monday. "Now the die is cast;…
