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  • NJ Schools: State report says test standards too vague

    State report found that New Jersey school standards and testing are too vague, particualarly in the language arts. By: Amanda Bok    A state review of school standards and testing backs up what local superintendents have said all along: The standards are too vague.    In a report released last week, Achieve Inc., a nonprofit organization hired…

  • Board member violated oath and must resign

    By: To the editor:    A basic organizing principle of any civil society is the recognition that we live in an imperfect world. The acceptance of this fact is why we create laws, standards, mores, and have stated values often stipulated as goals.    One such value is the goal to eliminate hatred, bigotry, and all forms…

  • NJ Schools: A summary of the Achieve report

    The results and recommendations of the school system, outlined by Achieve, Inc. By:Amanda Bok    Achieve, Inc. was created in 1996 by governors and business leaders as a resource center on education standards, assessment and accountability, and to offer the state candid feedback on the quality of its educational standards and assessments.    Achieve reviewed the state’s…

  • E. Windsor considers shopping area link

    By:Michael Arges        EAST WINDSOR – A road that could link Lanning Boulevard to the Route 130 shopping area that includes Frank’s Nursery and the CVS was the highlight of Tuesday’s East Windsor Township Council meeting.    The road would make it easier for shoppers to combine trips to nearby stores on Route 130 and visits…

  • Thomas Salay

    By:Staff    MANCHESTER – Thomas G. Salay, 90, died Dec.8 at Keswick Pines Health Care Center, Whiting.    Born in Trenton, he was a longtime resident before moving to Whiting eight months ago.    He owned Salay Jewelers, Trenton, retiring in 1981 after more than 40 years.    Mr. Salay was an Army veteran of World War II, having…

  • Police issue warrants in downtown heist

    Travel agency robbery may have netted as much as $8,000 cash By:Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN – Police issued warrants Thursday for two suspects in connection with an armed robbery downtown this week.    Jose Patino, 28, of Abbington Drive in East Windsor and Darwing Guamantario, 24, of Tarrytown, N.Y., allegedly held up the L & G…

  • Elizabeth Goletz

       Elizabeth Fischler Goletz, 92, of Monroe, died Dec. 8 at her home.    A native of Yugoslavia, she had lived in the Jamesburg-Monroe area for the past 70 years.    She retired in 1976 from Buxton’s Country Shop in Monroe, where she was employed as a commissary worker. Previously, she was employed by Carter-Wallace Corp. in Cranbury.…

  • A traveling trouper for kids

    Montgomery teen’s performances raise money for charity By: Helen Pettigrew    MONTGOMERY — Jason Marcus is not your ordinary high school sophomore.    In addition to his everyday studies and life as a student at Montgomery High School, the 15-year-old devotes a large part of his time to the Kids for Kids Project, a theatrical group based…

  • Helen Wunnenberg

       Helen E. (Pillar) Wunnenberg, 91, of Cranbury and Toms River, died Dec. 7 in Princeton Nursing Home.    Born in Bayonne, she resided in Toms River for many years, before moving to Cranbury five years ago.    Ms. Wunnenberg and her husband, Arthur, owned and operated Artie’s Market in Forked River for many years.    She was a…