Category: archives
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Reel family business
Piechotas open new movie theater By:Laura Toto Hillsborough has been without its own movie theater since the early 1990s, but this Friday the doors will open on a new 35,000-square-foot movie theater on Raider Boulevard. The Piechota family, owners of BJK Entertainment, had owned the Hillsborough Cinema, which opened in 1971. Mr. Piechota said they…
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Girls hope to make a splash in second season
By: Carolyn M. Hartko Although this is the perfect time of year to re-read a Christmas Carol, there’s another Dickens novel that better describes the coming season for the girls’ swim team at South Brunswick High School – Great Expectations. The Vikings lost five varsity swimmers to graduation last year, but they were not concentrated…
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Santa flying in for annual visit
Santa and his elves won’t fly in on their sleigh until Dec. 24, but they will fly into Central Jersey Regional Airport Dec. 9 by airplane. By:Laura Toto For 15 years, the airport has been staging the Santa Fly-In to distribute gifts to children and collect donations for the Manville Food Pantry. Last year, almost…
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School officials seek alliance to combat charter ‘challenge’
Superintendent Robert Gulick and board member Lou Possemato attended a dinner given by the Highland Park Board of Education in hopes of consolidating districts against charter schools. By:Laura Toto The meeting was a preliminary discussion to mobilize school districts throughout the state against charter schools. An organization of boards of education could form to fight…
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Board to voice curriculum concerns
MANSFIELD -In response to new state curriculum requirements which would cause the district to hire additional staff and expand current programs, the Northern Burlington County Regional School Board is considering a resolution to send a letter to the New Jersey School Boards Association that would voice their concerns over the curriculum changes. By:Jeff Mikalaitis…
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Local teen-ager leads dance troup to SBHS stage
‘The Nutcracker’ will be performed Saturday by The New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble By: Sara Peters ‘The Nutcracker’ WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 2, at 1:30 and 5 p.m. WHERE: South Brunswick High School TICKETS: $15 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and children and $10 each for groups of 25 or more; for reservations, call (732)…
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Stanley S. Bielamowicz
Stanley S. Bielamowicz, 75, died Friday, Nov. 24, at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Born in Trenton, he lived in Lawrenceville before moving to New Egypt 30 years ago. He was a retired self-employed farmer and had worked at Riephoff Sawmill in Allentown. He was a member of Church of the Assumption, New Egypt. He…
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POLITICAL PARTY
Governor pays visit to Upper Freehold schoolCareer Day is a staple in schools across the country, a time for parents to tell students about their jobs. Students in Jane Lee-You’s fourth-grade class at Upper Freehold Elementary School recently learned about the occupation of a guest, even if she wasn’t the parent of anyone in the…
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Master Plan receives approval
By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON – The Planning Board voted unanimously to adopt the Master Plan this week, in the process giving its seal of approval to a Department of Transportation plan that likely will expand Route 130 in the township to six lanes by the year 2020. The DOT’s Access Management Plan includes possibly widening…
