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  • Teachers hear drug facts

    Instructors asked many questions Tuesday during a meeting with a detective from the county Prosecutor’s Office. By: Eric Schwarz    Manville teachers had many questions about the use of drugs — where they can be found, what they look like, their dangers — during a faculty meeting with a detective from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office…

  • Local students are shown a face behind state government

           SPRINGFIELD — Learning how a bill becomes a law is part of their curriculum, but last week fourth-graders at the Springfield Township Elementary School were invited to become a part of the process by working with a state assemblyman to draft their own bill. By:Vanessa S. Holt    State Assemblyman Joseph Malone, R-30th, spoke to…

  • Men’s basketball topples Loyola

    Rider Notes By: Nick Schaefer    After losing by 40 points to Siena Thursday, the Rider men’s basketball team returned to Alumni Gym Sunday with a 68-60 victory over Loyola.    The difference between the two games was like the difference between night and day. The Broncs (13-8, 8-4) suffered their worst home loss in school history…

  • HomeSharing agency has history of success

    The nonprofit group matches people looking for a place to live with people looking for someone to share their dwelling. By: Laura Toto    The nonprofit agency, HomeSharing, addresses Somerset County’s affordable housing problem by matching individuals in need of a place to live with residents who need to share their homes in order to maintain…

  • Community Middle 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 •…

  • Kids ‘act up’ giving living book reports

           MANSFIELD — Third-grade students at the John Hydock Elementary School have been giving historical biography book reports for the past few weeks. However, these aren’t your typical book reports. By:Jeff Mikalaitis        MANSFIELD — Third-grade students at the John Hydock Elementary School have been giving historical biography book reports for the past few weeks.…

  • Light as air

    Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comedy The School for Scandal is the last in an era of playwrighting, according to Mark Lamos, who is directing a production of the show at McCarter Theatre in Princeton. By: Matt Smith    Although Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s comedy The School for Scandal chronicles the idle pursuits of the intellectual class in late-18th…

  • Council ready to ban Georges Road parking

    Dayton Square residents say they need a place to put cars By: Matthew Armstrong    Despite pleas from some residents of the Dayton Square housing development, the Township Council will likely ban parking on the northbound side of Georges Road.    An ordinance that would ban parking on Georges Road was introduced by a 4-1 vote Tuesday.…

  • Students state their case in mock trial

    Competition helps youngsters learn about legal system By: Amanda Bok    South Brunswick High School’s legal eagles are in a courtroom tonight going up against Sayreville students in the New Jersey Bar Foundation’s mock trial competition.    The defense went to competition against East Brunswick High School Tuesday. The competition lasted upward from two hours. The jury…