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Rose Schiller
Rose Schiller, 75, died Thursday, March 22 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick. She was born in Puerto Rico and lived in Sayreville for 40 years before moving to Tarpon Springs, Fla., seven years ago. She moved to Monroe three years ago. She was a communicant of Nativity of Our Lord RC Church…
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AROUND CRANBURY: A chance to meet school board candidates
AROUND CRANBURY by Lorraine Sedor: Our columnist reflects on the latest happenings in Cranbury. By:Lorraine Sedor The Cranbury School PTO will host a Candidates’ Night in the School Cafeteria on Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. The program gives residents the opportunity to meet this year’s candidates for the school board, learn more about the…
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Emma Salmastrelli
TRENTON Emma Salmastrelli, 86, died Wednesday, March 28, at St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Salmastrelli was a member of the city’s North Ward Democratic Committee of Women more than 30 years and St. James Roman Catholic Church. She enjoyed bowling. Daughter of the late Paul…
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Montgomery cuts school tax hike
Board clips another penny off local levy By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY The Township Board of Education has unanimously approved a $41.8 million budget that carries a tax rate of $1.61 per $100 of assessed property value. That figure compares to this year’s rate of $1.64 and an earlier proposed rate of $1.62. The district…
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Arts curriculum feeds the artist in each of us
EDITORIAL: Art plays an important role in giving students a well-rounded education. There is art all over. Everywhere you look, everywhere you go, there is the kernel of creativity: the cast of color of a breaking dawn sky, the layered grays of the clouds, the sleek lines and arches of architecture. There is the sound…
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Jamesburg school budget ready for April elections
JAMESBURG The Board of Education approved a $8.4 million budget for the 2001-02 school year that would increase taxes 5 percent. By:Nick D’Amore JAMESBURG The Board of Education approved a $8.4 million budget for the 2001-02 school year that would increase taxes 5 percent. The budget, approved Tuesday, was increased in the last…
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Ready or not, MHS lax teams begin varsity play
By: Justin Feil They are first-year lacrosse programs without experienced players. But they don’t wear the blue and silver of West Windsor-Plainsboro High North. They sport the green and white of Montgomery High School. This spring, the Cougars will put their first varsity boys’ and their first varsity girls’ lacrosse teams on the field against…
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STATE OF THE ARTS: Arts education is key to a student’s development
By:Al Wicklund MONROE The arts are alive, well and important in the Monroe Township public schools, according to Gail Brooks. The school district’s assistant superintendent said the school district’s curriculum has art, required or available as electives, for all 3,000 students from kindergarten through twelfth-grade. "Art is an essential part of a child’s education.…
