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Spaces open for after school arts
By: Sara Peters CRANBURY — There are still a few opportunities for children who had early success in creating fingerpaint and Lincoln Logs masterpieces to cultivate their talents in the Cranbury Arts Councils After School Arts Program. Though classes started this week for the spring term, there are a few spots open and there…
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Back to her roots: Cranbury native now a teacher
By: Brian Shappell Lauren Wittel never thought about being a teacher when she was a student at the Cranbury School — let alone doing it at her alma mater. Ms. Wittel started 2001 by coming back to the school she graduated from as an eighth-grader in 1977. She began her stint as a teacher at…
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Town eyes 2001 agenda
CRANBURY — Key issues will include finding sites for a new police station, parking and circulation near school, regulations on new houses of worship and addressing concerns of downtown business. By: Brian Shappell The Township Committee wants to set priorities for 2001. Committee members said key issues in 2001 would be the municipal budget, the…
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Remembering Martin Luther King’s legacy
Monroe woman was with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family on the day he died. By: Al Wicklund MONROE Deborah Wolfe of Rossmoor was with the family of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. the day he was killed. “I was in Atlanta the day he died. When I heard of the…
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Chung’s changes make a difference
By: Ben Stentz Andrew Chung has made a change. A change for the better. A change that has led to better grades and to better athletic performance. This change has helped him to become one of the top bowlers for Monroe High School. Chung recently rolled a 529 for the MHS bowling team in their…
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Synagogue program examines issuesaround caring for aging parents
By:Michael Arges When the tables are turned and children become the caregivers for their parents, it can be a difficult and uncomfortable adjustment, noted Anne Berman-Waldorf, the director of lifelong education for Congregation Beth Chaim in Princeton Junction. That is why the congregation is sponsoring a Shabbaton Workshop on the subject: "Caring for Ourselves,…
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR 01/11
From the Jan. 11 edition of the Register-News By: Volunteer awards Girls ages 14-17 are invited to participate in the Soroptimist International Rancocas Valley Chapter’s Violet Richardson volunteer awards program. The award recognizes young women who are caring, compassionate, creative and committed to making the world a better place. Recipients can earn a $100 local…
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Josephine Booy Penny
Joephine B. (Booy) Penny, 75, died Saturday at the Medical Center at Princeton. Born in New York City, she lived in Staten Island, N.Y., for 25 years, moving to Rossmoor 15 years ago. She attended Columbia University, and was a graduate of the American Institute of Banking at the School for Banking Administration at the…
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Making toys by hand for ailing children
MONROE Members of The Ponds Woodshop Club have put their woodworking skills to work for a good cause. Al Wicklund Staff photo by John Keating Stan Rubinstein works on a hoppopotamus. MONROE Members of The Ponds Woodshop Club have put their woodworking skills to work for a good cause. The club, which made…
