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  • Woodfern retires Aversano’ s number

    HILLSBOROUGH – When newly retired teacher Susan Aversano departed the Woodfern School this month, after 32-years of teaching, she took with her, not only a wealth of personal memories, but her room number as well. By: Alec Moore, Staff Writer, www.hillsboroughbeacon.com There will be a lot of teachers who will teach in Ms. Aversanos classroom…

  • Carson woods purchase effort needs final boost

    Editorial    That metaphorical little status bar on the township’s attempt to "download" the Carson Road Woods parcel is nearing 100 percent. And efforts to obtain it are coming up just a little short. To further the Internet analogy, let’s say the township lacks the adequate "system memory" to complete the operation. In other words, the…

  • Lawrence turns season around with win streak

    Post 414Things got off to a slow start for the Lawrence Post 414 team, as it fell to 2-5 in the early weeks of the 2001 Legion baseball season. But the Lawrence squad got things turned around in a hurry this week and appears to be right back in the hunt for a playoff spot.…

  • Historically Speaking

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By:    When Major Andre Stopped at Allentown:    From the old "Allentown Messenger," a column written by Joseph H. West of Hamilton Square dated Dec. 17, 1908, about Allentown in the Revolutionary War. Articles such as these greatly aided our recent research effort of this…

  • Millstone eyes road improvement

    The Township Committee wants to realign a portion of Millstone Road near Barc Lane to remove two problematic curves. By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE — The Township Committee wants to realign a portion of Millstone Road near Barc Lane to remove two problematic curves.    The township has applied to the state Department of Transportation for…

  • Roosevelt students make sweet music

    Students at the Roosevelt Public School recently presented an experimental music program, SOUND.SON, which involved an international exchange of musical ideas over the Internet with the Jules Verne School in France. By:    ROOSEVELT — Students at the Roosevelt Public School recently presented an experimental music program, SOUND.SON, which involved an international exchange of musical ideas…

  • $800K needed for joint-effort land purchase

       The Delaware & Raritan Greenway is about $800,000 short of its $3 million goal toward the purchase of the Carson Road Woods — despite hosting a successful fund-raiser Sunday afternoon. By: Lea Kahn    The nonprofit group is facing a June 30 deadline to raise the money, but it is possible that property owner G. Rieder…

  • Experimental cancer surgery gives Florence woman hope

       FLORENCE — Terri Cranmer appreciates every minute of the beautiful summer days we’ve had this year.    She did not think she would be alive to see them. By:Vanessa S. Holt    Last September, she was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer and given about nine months to live. Today, she is active and busy with the Shih…

  • Woodfern retires Aversanos number

    School will close door on Room 108 in honor of second-grade teacher By:Alec Moore    When newly retired teacher Susan Aversano departed the Woodfern School this month, after 32-years of teaching, she took with her, not only a wealth of personal memories, but her room number as well.    There will be a lot of teachers who…