Category: archives
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Edison-SBHS match-up offers little mystery
BOYS BASKETBALL: The two schools are familiar with each other. They’ll take each other on tonight in the second round of the GMC Tournament. By: Redd E. Patrick When the South Brunswick High School boy’s basketball team takes on Edison tonight in the second round of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, there will be no…
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Palma C. Fenney
MANVILLE Palma C. Fenney died Friday, Feb. 9, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 70. Born in Kingston, Pa., she had been a Manville resident for the past 47 years. Mrs. Fenney was a secretary at Ortho Pharmaceuticals in Raritan for many years, retiring in 1992. She was a former communicant of Christ…
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Schools chief: education must evolve over time
Lawrence schools must learn new teaching methods and change with the times, according to schools superintendent Max Riley. Before 1957, American public school education was an exclusive — not inclusive — process. Less than half of all ninth-graders graduated from high school, and an even smaller number of high school students went on to college,…
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Get facts on sanitation, mold
Letter to the editor To the editor: I was one of the many parents who attended the standing-room-only meeting hosted by the Hillsborough Education Association at the Days Inn in Somerville Jan. 24. At this informative meeting, teachers expressed their concerns about some very important issues with regards to our Hillsborough Middle School. These…
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Time to standardize election process
GUEST OPINION by Rush Holt: One need not look further than the confusion surrounding the 2000 presidential election to see the disparities of our electoral process. There are many states and localities that conduct their elections in ways that are outdated, slow, confusing and potentially inaccurate. I have proposed a way to standardize this process.…
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Council to introduce budget on Tuesday
The proposed tax rate for 2001 is expected to be 50 cents per $100 of assessed value. The introduction of the proposed $29.5 million municipal budget for 2001 and the annual celebration of the township’s birthday top the agenda for Township Council’s regular meeting next week. By: Lea Kahn Township Council will meet Tuesday at…
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Lawrence swimmers break records at county meet
SwimmingThe Lawrence High School swim teams broke records, set personal marks and crowned several county champions at the Mercer County Championships last week. By: Steve Feitl Perhaps, most importantly though, the Cardinals finished third in both the boys and girls competitions and will continue on to the state dual meet tournament. The boys swam Wednesday…
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Week of Feb. 15, 2001
From Hamilton, Hillsborough, Pennington, Princeton, Princeton Junction and South Brunswick HAMILTON Cindy Lombardo, a sales associate at the Prudential Fox and Roach sales office in Hamilton was recently nominated by her fellow sales associates with the Associate Appreciation Award for the month of December, announced manager Mike Elliott. "Cindy is a team player who always…
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World travelers
Sharon School fourth-graders get to visit exotic locales with ‘Flat Stanley’ By: Erin Murphy Sanders In just three weeks, Sharon School teacher Dale Brunner and her fourth-grade class visited 13 states and Italy. It cost them only $4.95. How did they do it? By sending Stanley Lambchop through the mail. Don’t worry. Stanley Lambchop is…
