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  • Schools should consider block scheduling

    Letter to the editor    Block scheduling has been a major component to many high schools in New Jersey. It has been proven that block scheduling helps students and teachers in many ways. If Hillsborough High School pursued a block schedule plan it would help solve the overcrowding, maximize time management in each subject, and prepare…

  • From a dirt road to a bustling town

    The historical accounts of the growth of South Brunswick were recounted to an attentive audience in the South Brunswick Library Sunday, the first in a series of five similar events. By: Nick D’Amore    Picture Route 1 as a dirt road extending only from Trenton to New Brunswick.    Or an American Indian tribe, the Lenapi, inhabiting…

  • Here we go again: Another ‘trivial’ piece of column writing

       A few months ago, the Register-News presented "101 Interesting facts." These odd bits of trivia dealt with animals, people, places and almost anything else one could think of.    We received such a positive response that we decided to once again search through several Internet sites to come up with 101 additional trivia facts guaranteed to…

  • Graduation should not diminish SBHS ranks

    WRESTLING: Joe Dougherty believes his squad has reached the point that the program won’t have difficulty filling gaps due to graduation. By: Ken Weingartner    Top wrestling programs don’t have difficulty filling gaps in their lineup created by graduation losses.    Joe Dougherty believes his South Brunswick High squad has reached that level.    The Vikings’ mentor will…

  • Vikings have eye on future

    GIRLS BASKETBALL: One basketball team with its gaze fixed firmly on the future is the South Brunswick High School girls’ varsity squad. By: Carolyn M. Hartko    The echoing sounds of a large rubber ball slamming onto the hardwood floors have faded from high school gyms around the area, and plans are already being laid for…

  • NBC students earn ‘Challenge’ honors

    MANSFIELD — Eight students from Northern Burlington High School participated Saturday in the regional semifinals of the Rutgers Academic Challenge. And while they didn’t win, they did come away with some honors. By:David Koch    Held on Rutgers Busch campus in Piscataway, the Academic Challenge tests students in New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.    The competition…

  • Obituaries

    For the week of March 29 By: Jacob Harper Sr.    WRIGHTSTOWN — Jacob Harper Sr., 78, died Sunday, March 18, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold.    Born in Raleigh, N.C., he lived in Millstone for 45 years before moving to Wrightstown six years ago.    He retired as a carrier from Pulsar Graphics, Freehold.    Mr. Harper was…

  • Candidate introduces herself to the voters

    Letter to the editor    To the editor:    The success of any educational system is based, in part, upon an understanding an appreciation of how children learn and contribute to the world around them. As we move into the new millennium, we must consider the tools our children will need to thrive in an increasingly competitive…

  • Student arrested for alleged threats

           FLORENCE — Last week a 14-year-old Florence Township Middle School student was arrested after he allegedly threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot the principal, a teacher and a student, police said. By:Vanessa S. Holt    The student is currently being detained in the Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center pending a psychological evaluation,…