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  • FUNDING FOR SCHOOL CAUSES CONCERN

    Bonding issue involves town, board of educationSchool officials are uncertain how best to pay for the proposed high school in Washington, but some members of the Township Committee have raised concerns the decision might negatively affect the municipality’s ability to fund future projects. By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON — School officials are uncertain how best…

  • Weekend snow brings smiles

    Area officials report few problems By: Eric Schwarz    More than 18 inches of snow fell on the area Saturday, making the holiday weekend tough for people who needed to get out, and a lot of fun for adults and children who wanted to have fun in the snow.    Officials in Manville and Hillsborough said there…

  • Best way to fight burnout is to avoid it

    KIDS AND COMMUNITY By: Judy Shepps Battle    Pressure is a two-edged sword. Exert the right amount of pressure on carbon and you’ll eventually get a glistening diamond. Exert pressure of a different kind — that which we place on kids to achieve — and you’ll get kids who are often stressed, and who may grow…

  • District plan endangers special education’s future

       This letter is written in response to the recent article about implementing a new system aimed at cutting down the number of classified children in Lawrence Township’s Special Education Program. Parents be aware!    The program’s intention, supposedly, is to identify those who need remedial assistance as opposed to the services provided in a special education…

  • She’ll kill the food herself before letting Dad buy it

    MOST THINGS CONSIDERED By:Minx McCloud    This is it! Next Christmas, Jim and I will go out into the fields of Connecticut with a sledgehammer and slaughter our own Christmas dinner. I’ll go to great lengths to get a decent prime rib of beef, but going to the butcher shop with Dad is no longer one…

  • Where the wild things are

    Whether it’s in his front yard, the African bush or Arctic tundra, Montgomery photographer Ricahrd Demler captures the wild side of life. A collection of his photos are on display in Lambertville. By: Susan Van Dongen    Lions and tigers and bears, oh my — Richard Demler has photographed them all. Well, not tigers. Not yet…

  • Opera singer returns home to perform

    By: Frank C. D’Amico    ROOSEVELT — Opera singer Cheri Rose Katz’s next performance will bring her home.    Ms. Katz, a mezzo-soprano who is a Roosevelt native, will perform a variety of songs at 8 p.m. Saturday in the borough hall at 33 N. Rochdale Ave. (Route 571).    The Roosevelt Arts Project has invited Ms. Katz…

  • Senior complex is progressing

    Organizers preparing to accept applications for those who wish to live in development By: Matthew Armstrong    Construction is moving along on a new low-cost senior housing development, and organizers are gearing up to accept applications from seniors who want to live there.    Oak Woods, a 74-unit federally subsidized senior housing facility, is expected to be…

  • Vikes psyched for 2001

    Boys basketball By: Redd E. Patrick    The South Brunswick High School boys basketball team took a 3-2 record into the 2001 portion of the 2000-01 season Wednesday night at Edison (4-1).    That may not sound earth-shattering, but playing a tough schedule early on with just one returning starter from last year, the Vikings should enter…