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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.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 •…

  • 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…