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  • Learning lessons of tolerance from history

    BUZZ IN THE HALLS by Pam Koharchik: A look at activities and happenings at Allentown High School. By:    "There are billions of lessons to be learned from the Holocaust," says Mike Hennessy, social studies teacher and developer of the Genocide course curriculum at Allentown High School. "That’s what makes this course great; it takes current…

  • Black History Month poetry, poster contest winners

       In observance of Black History Month, The Concerned Black Parents and Citizens of South Brunswick in cooperation with the South Brunswick Department of Recreation & Community Affairs and the South Brunswick Arts Commission sponsored a poetry and poster contest.    Students in grades 7-12 were encouraged to write a narrative poem on George Washington Carver and…

  • Schools face lawsuit over resignation

    Former SBHS assistant principal Frank Petrillo says he was forced to resign, effective January 2000, when he was named to his post in the spring of 1997. By: Amanda Bok    Frank Petrillo, former high school assistant principal, is suing the Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools Sam Stewart.    Mr. Petrillo alleges he was forced…

  • Storms eat away at 2001 snow removal budget

    Township officials not concernedThe two major snowstorms that swept through Lawrence Township since New Year’s Day have caused the township to plow through more than half of its $100,000 snow removal budget for 2001. By: Lea Kahn    The latest storm, which dropped 6 inches of snow on the township last week, cost $8,000 for road…

  • The History of Drive-Ins

    Richard Hollingshead, father of the drive-in, capitalized on the success of the drive-in restaurant, extending the in-your-car-convenience to include the silver screen. He patented the idea three years after conception. The first drive-in opened in Camden, NJ in June 1933. The mid-forties saw the roaming "buffeterias" answer to frustrated movie-goers who wished to stay in…

  • Carol Ann Ciocan Offenburger

       Carol Ann Ciocan Offenburger, 53, died Tuesday Feb. 27 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    She was born in New Brunswick and was a longtime resident of South Brunswick.    A1969 graduate of William Paterson University in Wayne, she was a school teacher in the Jamesburg public school system for the past 31 years.…

  • Expansion project under way at temple

    A project at Temple Beth El adding nearly 15,000 square feet, which began with a ground-breaking ceremony Sunday, will help the temple accommodate growth in its congregation during the next decade. By: John Patten    "We averaging about 30 new families per year," Donna Tischfield of the temple’s Beautification Committee, which is overseeing the expansion plan.…

  • Split committee ends curfew

    Township Committee votes 3-2 to end youth curfew By:Laura Toto    The Township Committee voted 3-2 Wednesday night to repeal the curfew which restricted youths under the age of 18 from being in public places after 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. on the weekdays and midnight to 6 a.m. on weekends without an accompanying adult.    Mayor…

  • Region 5 tourney offers brutal competition

    Raiders will face toughest competition of year in Flemington By: Rudy Brandl        It may have been easier than usual for District 18 wrestlers to qualify for this year’s Region 5 Tournament, but the road out of the Hunterdon Central High Fieldhouse in Flemington figures to be more difficult than ever.    Middlesex’s move to District…