Category: archives
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Students embrace learning about dinosaurs
Upper Freehold Elementary/Middle School second-graders display knowledge. By: Frank C. D’Amico UPPER FREEHOLD Inside an Upper Freehold Elementary/Middle School classroom, paper cutouts of tyrannosaur, triceratops and brachiosaurus hung on clotheslines. Two dozen dino books lined a bookshelf. Outside the classroom, drawings of diplodocus, procompsognathus (compies), utahraptor and stegosaurus were tacked to a bulletin board.…
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Girls basketball squad stops skid
Iannatto, Harchetts help lift Allentown High to 51-49 victory over McCorristin. By: Kyle Moylan There was a point in the season when the Allentown High School girls’ basketball team was 2-3 and one had to wonder whether or not it would make the state tournament. This time was followed by injuries, bad luck and some…
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Historically Speaking
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: A look at Allentown-Upper Freehold during the time of the American Revolution. By: Related stories: • Historically Speaking (Feb. 1, 2001) Information provided by Allentown resident Ann Garrison, Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society President John Fabiano and society member Alice Wikoff from their draft abstract, "Allen’s Town, New Jersey: A Crossroads of the American…
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Size of school could increase
MANSFIELD Thanks to state aid, the township’s school district will be able to build a larger elementary school for fewer tax dollars, if voters approve an April referendum to fund the expansion of the original project. By:Jeff Mikalaitis MANSFIELD Thanks to state aid, the township’s school district will be able to…
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Animal shelter warrants municipal involvement
Letter to the editor To the editor: Your editorial implies that only a few local rescue group leaders attended the Township Committee meeting to voice their support for a township animal shelter. In truth, more than a dozen concerned citizens attended the meeting, including rescuers, a respected local veterinarian, individuals who worry about animal overpopulation,…
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The resurrection of a local landmark
The Lawrence HIstorical Society held its annual meeting Sunday. When architect Michael Mills looked at the township-owned Brearley House for the first time in 1984, the 18th-century farmhouse was in a state of disrepair. By: Lea Kahn Lawrence Township had acquired the brick farmhouse in 1978. The Princeton architectural firm of Short and Ford, for…
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POLICE BEAT 02/08
From the Feb. 8 edition of the Register-News By: FLORENCE Police charged a local woman with driving under the influence after a motor vehicle accident at Cedar Lane and Oliver Street at 11:34 p.m. on Jan. 31. A 1989 Honda Civic driven by Kimberly Baldorossi of Florence struck a 1982 Chevrolet station wagon driven by…
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Village School
These report card files are from the New Jersey state Department of Education Web site. In order to view these files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download a free copy here. Introduction Letter from the governor and the commissioner of education School narrative District narrative Report card Page 1 …
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There are limits to what testing can teach
EDITORIAL: With last week’s release of statewide standardized testing results, it’s a good time to remind ourselves that tests are not the only measure of a school or a student. For years, educators have debated the merits of using standardized tests to assess not only individual aptitude and ability but the performance of an entire…
