Category: archives
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Teachers and district close to agreement
MONROE An agreement between negotiators, reached in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, is two steps away from becoming a three-year contract between the Monroe Board of Education and the Monroe Township Education Association. By:Al Wicklund MONROE An agreement between negotiators, reached in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, is two steps away…
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Homeowners vow suit over flawed stucco
About 30 Cherry Valley Country Club residents gathered in a neighbor’s home with lawyers to discuss their options concerning the construction of their houses. By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY Residents in the Cherry Valley Country Club community are planning to sue developer DKM for structural damage they say resulted from a synthetic stucco product applied…
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A visit to the wilderness of Alaska
By:Al Wicklund MONROE Alaska is a big state. It’s a wonderful place to visit in summer, definitely not in winter. Also, it’s a good place for those who don’t care for crowds. Paul Haller, the Senior Center’s premier armchair traveler, shared that information with his audience during a photo-slide and talk program on Alaska…
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Council hires Cornerstone Architectureto develop community center choices
The borough will study the feasibility of building a community center next to the borough library or at another site. By: Eric Schwarz The Borough Council on Monday hired Cornerstone Architectural Group of South Plainfield for $8,400 over the objection of Council President Stanley Jasiak, who called the study "jumping the gun." "I thought we…
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PU hoops begins Ivy ‘tourney’ tonight at Yale
Four teams set to fight for league championship By: Justin Feil Glen Miller and James Jones agree. This season has been good no, make that great for the Ivy League. Brown, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale the four top teams in the conference will all meet each other over the next six…
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Peddie boys place second at Easterns
BOYS SWIMMING: Coach Chuck Batchelor was initially disappointed, but later realized his team swam its best and outperformed last year’s squad. By: Neil Hay Standing on the deck at Lehigh University last weekend, with the final scores showing that his Peddie boys swim team had finished second at the Eastern Invitational swimming championships, coach Chuck…
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A good time to look at women’s history
BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: Kathleen Krull’s new book makes the point that history has not been kind to women and does so in a witty way. March is Women’s History Month for good reason. History has not been kind to women. Kathleen Krull’s new book makes this point in a witty way.…
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Five hours weren’t enough for tot’s blood drive
Would-be donors turned away Monday By:Janet Purcell People were waiting outside when volunteers arrived at 3 p.m. Monday to open the Hopewell Firehouse for the Community Blood Council Blood Drive to help 2-year-old Lindsay Fennimore, who has been stricken with childhood acute lymphoytic leukemia (ALL). The steady stream of donors continued until, finally, when it…
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Measuring the success of SATs
KIDS AND COMMUNITY by Judy Shepps Battle: Supporters tout the exam as an excellent indicator of how students will perform in their freshman year in college, but critics claim it reflects ethnic and racial bias. Do you know what the acronym "SAT" stands for? Hint: It does not mean "Simply Another Test." As any family…
