Category: archives
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U.S. Surgeon General to speak on obesity
U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher will come to Princeton University on Thursday to speak out against obesity, a problem he said "may soon cause as much preventable disease and death as cigarette smoking." His lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be on "Preventing and Decreasing Overweight and Obesity: Opportunities and Challenges…
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Employment: Tools and Links
Tools and links Locate A Job The Resume Job Offers Search Classifieds —> Locating A Job Research Employers Employment Trends Online Job Search Self-Assessment Writing Your Resume Sample Resumes Cover Letters Sample Cover Letter Evaluation Factors Negotiating Tips Salary Comparison Salary Calculator City Reports The Interview Career Planning Shop Online Art of the Interview Types…
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Singley sprints to record
MHS junior sets 55-mater hurdle mark at Meet of Champions By: Justin Feil Catherine Singley runs the 4×400, the 100 hurdles and the 400 hurdles for spring track. For the past two fall seasons, she has run cross country. But Singley has always considered herself a sprinter. "I just think it’s more fun," she…
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Gallery on Wheels
The Bucks County Community College Artmobile is on its way to a school near you. By: Jodi Thompson The Bucks County Community College Artmobile began during the energy crisis of 1976, when schools were cutting back on class trips, as a way for a museum to come to a school. The gallery is bright, despite…
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Captivating Wilderness
Lower Makefield, Pa., artist Silvère Boureau has a wilderness painting exhibit in Yardley, Pa. By: Jodi Thompson "Painting landscape is really a oneness," says Silvère Boureau, whose subjects include the wilds of Maine, the New Jersey Pine Barrens and areas around Bucks County. Above, "Flooded Lands." It is the dream of many American artists to…
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Montgomery schools alter approach to science
Full-year courses to join ‘Physics First’ program. By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY – The evolution of the district’s science curriculum reached a new plateau last month. Having radically changed the science program in 1999 in favor of a "Physics First" approach that replaced the ninth-grade physical science course with physics, the board approved a new set…
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Connie Ellis
Connie Marie Ellis, 51, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Lewes, Del., she lived in Kendall Park since 1981. She was a unit clerk at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for 20 years. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens,…
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Mary Schroeder
Maria "Mary" T. Schroeder, 90, of Jamesburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Niederlutzinger, Germany, she came to the United States in 1954 and lived in Edison, Somerset and Highland Park before moving to Jamesburg one year ago. She was a housekeeper in the child-care business,…
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New retail area to replace Blawenburg restaurant
Retail space and apartments to replace what was once a Dairy Queen. By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY The Hilltop Sub Station on the corner of Route 518 and The Great Road in Blawenburg soon will pass into township history. A developer has gained Planning Board approval to demolish the venerable hoagie house, which originally was…
