Category: archives
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A Tribute to ‘Rabbie’ Burns
Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout will perform with her trio in Doylestown, Pa., Jan. 25 and in Hightstown Feb. 23. By: Daniel Shearer For a significant portion of the world population, Jan. 25 is a date for celebration. Each year, people of Scottish ancestry salute the birth of poet and songwriter Robert Burns (1759-1796) with elaborate…
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Author’s books draw children to nature
Princeton University artist-in-residence inspires Dutch Neck Elementary School’s plan for animal habitat. By: Jeff Milgram Virtually every teacher at Dutch Neck Elementary School in West Windsor uses the environmentally oriented books of author and illustrator Lynne Cherry. And when Ms. Cherry spoke with Dutch Neck’s principal, Scott Feder, and proposed turning the area near the…
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KIDS AND COMMUNITY
Use of the drug Accutane needs to be monitored By: Judy Shepps Battle On Jan. 5, 2002, Charles Bishop deliberately flew a single-engine Cessna airplane into the 28th floor of the Bank of America skyscraper in downtown Tampa, Fla. Although much was made of the similarity of this incident to the September 11 World Trade…
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Area educators wary of federal education legislation
By: NIck D’Amore Local school administrators are taking a wait-and-see approach to a federal education bill passed in December that mandates annual testing for grades three to eight 8 in reading and mathematics. While administrators in Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe agreed with the bill’s mantra, No Child Left Behind, and said standardized testing is an…
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Parenting expert will offer advise at The Pennington School
Parenting expert Nancy Samalin will speak at The Pennington School on Feb. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Her presentation, which will be held in the school’s Stainton Hall Lecture Center, will address "Positive Discipline for All Ages," from early childhood through the teen years. It will be followed by a brief question-and-answer period. The program is…
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Expanded roles for Monroe engineer
By: Al Wicklund MONROE Ernie Feist has new responsibilities to go with the new year. Mr. Feist, the township engineer for the past four years and director of public works since last January, is Monroe’s new director of municipal disaster control and succeeds Thomas Guldin of Stetler & Guldin Engineering Inc. of Clinton as…
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DISPATCHES
A bold first move for new governor By: Hank Kalet Welcome back, public advocate. Gov. James McGreevey’s announcement this week that he will be reinstating the defunct Office of the Public Advocate and giving the job to Seema M. Singh, an attorney who lives in South Brunswick, is good news for the state’s residents. It…
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AROUND CRANBURY
A week for school spirit By: Lorraine Sedor Robert L.Copeland, son-in-law of Rita and Edward Durner of South Main Street, and brother-in-law of Joan Wittman and Edward Durner Jr., both of Cranbury, has accepted the position of Superintendent of Schools for the Piscataway School District in Middlesex County. Bob began his career with the Princeton…
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Town eyes help on land buys
Township Committee will apply for state funding for land preservation By: Casha Caponegro The Township Committee has decided that Green Acres is the place to be. Following a public hearing, the committee unanimously approved a resolution Monday to reapply for state funding through the Green Acres Planning Incentive program to help pay for the preservation…
