Category: archives
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New college president calls Lawrence home
As a post-doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin between 1986 and 1988, Robert Rose co-wrote a book on the top 50 presidents of American community colleges. Little did Dr. Rose realize that one day he would become a community college president himself. This month, Dr. Rose assumed the top administrative post at…
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New school with focus on learning disabilities plans Sept. 5 opening
A white frame building at the corner of Pennington’s South Main and Academy streets, occupied for many years by the Boy Scouts, is home to another organization focused on youth The Cambridge School By: John Tredrea A white frame building at the corner of Pennington’s South Main and Academy streets, occupied for many years…
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COMPUTERS, TECHNOLOGY
Find a File: Index of more than 7,000 FTP servers and the millions of files they contain. InterNIC: Network Solutions’ Internet domain name registration services. ISP directory (The List): A buyer’s guide to Internet Service Providers in U.S. and Canada. New Jersey Technology Council Technical support information (No Wonder): An online technical help center to…
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Histroical society event just peachy
BORDENTOWN CITY Old-fashioned summer fun with homemade desserts and good company will return tomorrow with the second annual Peach Festival sponsored by the Bordentown Historical Society at the Friends Meeting House on Farnsworth Avenue. By:Vanessa S. Holt Doris Gorman, recording secretary for the society, said 150 people turned out for last year’s event despite…
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State accepts plan for school repair projects
State aid will cover as much as 40 percent of the costs, if voters approve referendum By:Regina Tan Voters may see the $2 million school improvement referendum for building upgrades in Manville schools early next year, according to Superintendent Francis X. Heelan. On Tuesday night, the Board of Education passed a motion to accept the…
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NEWS OF OTHER DAYS 08/16
From the Aug. 16 edition of the Register-News By: 110 years ago Complaints have been made against the miserable light now furnished by the Gas Company. Two months since, after decreasing the schedule of prices, the company began to furnish a substitute for gas, the new light being made from some sort of oil. Private…
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Local artist enlisted for painted horses project
A horse is a horse, unless of course, that horse is an 8-foot-tall fiberglass rocking horse. By:Alec Moore Hillsborough resident Joe Recchia, an aspiring professional artist, is one of 49 New Jersey artists who have been commissioned to transform more than 50 bare fiberglass horse sculptures into works of art as part of Horseplay in…
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Officials pushing for cleanup
Fight continues to remediate gas station site in Millstone. By: Scott Morgan MILLSTONE The fight to clean up a 13-year-old environmental problem is going beyond local boundaries. John Finley, chairman of the Millstone Township Environmental Commission, recently sent a letter to the Township Committee requesting that no further delays in remediation or cleanup…
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Stanley Bogdzewicz
TRENTON Stanley Bogdzewicz, 80, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, in Lawrence. Born in Trenton, he was a lifelong resident. An Army veteran of World War II, he served with the 63rd Armored Infantry of the 11th Armored Division in the battles of Ardennes and Rhineland. He retired in 1968 after 25 years with Lawrence Hose…
