Category: archives
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Schools encourage students to REACH out after school
NOTES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD By:Dennis Copeland In 1998 the Board of Education endorsed a recommendation to enhance the Reach Explore Academic and Creative Heights program, or REACH, by offering afterschool enrichment opportunities. In September of this year, that recommendation was implemented. Diane Vernam, district supervisor of the arts, and Dennis Copeland, supervisor of REACH,…
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Positives on display in win over Raiders
Boys basketball By: Redd E. Patrick Opening the season in defeat at home is not the ideal way to start a season, but for South Brunswick High School boys basketball team, it could turn out to be a positive experience. Suffering a 50-39 setback to St. Joseph last Friday, the Vikings learned: – They could…
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Spirit of holidays, giving unchanged by passage of time
GUEST COLUMN By:Suzanne Ochse Ellsworth DuMont Opie was born in the Abram Whitenack House located in the rolling topography of Hillsborough. The day of Feb. 1, 1887, marked the birth of this first of three children born to James Opie and Emma Whitenack. The family lived in this Dutch farmhouse for the next 17 years.…
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Traditions and change
Hanukkah celebration grows in significance By: Matthew Armstrong Many Jewish children look forward to Hanukkah every year, not just in anticipation of their family gathering to affirm their faith and heritage, but in anticipation of receiving a new video game or a talking stuffed animal. The attitude is something of a change for older members…
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‘Together we can accomplish what none of us can do alone’
GUEST OPINION By:Sheryl Stone In the spring of 1999 – at the invitation of the Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance – community recreation leaders came together to talk about their role in positive youth development and to discover whether or not they had a common agenda as part of the Alliance’s Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Initiative.…
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For Dec. 21
By: Helen M. Gilliland CHESTERFIELD – Helen M. Gilliland, 91, died Monday at the Hamilton Continuing Care Center. Born in Hightstown, she lived in Bordentown 55 years. She worked as a custodian at the Bordentown Military Institute and the Johnstone Training and Research Center before retiring in 1974. She did volunteer work for Deborah Heart…
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Town Center district plan on hold
By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON – A standing-room-only crowd of more than 50 residents, business owners, and lawyers packed a Township Committee meeting to convince the committee to vote against creating a Special Improvement District for the Town Center. They were successful – their objections prompted the committee to unanimously reject the proposal. The district would…
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MERGER STUDY IS FOCUS OF WORK
Board representation issue on back burnerRobert Connelly, superintendent of the Upper Freehold Regional School District, said his district will wait until a regionalization report is complete before beginning any work on reconfiguring Millstone’s school board representation. By: Frank C. D’Amico UPPER FREEHOLD – Robert Connelly, superintendent of the Upper Freehold Regional School District, said his…
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Dominick Patero, 74
MANVILLE — Dominick P. Patero died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000, at his home in Piscataway. He was 74. Born in Manville, he had lived in Piscataway since the early 1960s where he was a school bus driver for the Piscataway school system for 20 years. Mr. Patero was a technician fifth grade in the Army…
