Category: archives
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AHS orientation day
By: Frank C. D’Amico UPPER FREEHOLD – For some, the transition to high school means a change of only a few feet; for others it is a longer journey. What seemed like hordes of soon-to-be-freshmen gathered at Allentown High School last week for a head start on the transition. Classes started at AHS on Wednesday.…
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BACK TO SCHOOL: Parents excited about student’s return
By:Sara Peters Parents in Monroe and Jamesburg are excited for their children to reunite with their classmates, and excited for the extra time that they will have to themselves when the children return to school next week. Karen Zimmerman of Jamesburg will be sending her son Sean off to kindergarten to join…
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Schools adjust to burgeoning enrollment
As area schools open this week, the issue growth in student population is paramount. By: Jeff Milgram Students beginning the new school year this week and next will find expanding enrollments, improved technology, new teachers and, in the Princeton Regional School District, the first permanent superintendent since February 1998. The Montgomery Township Board of Education…
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Land deal would close gravel mine
Plans by the Toll Brothers development company could reduce the number of open-pit mines in Monroe Township to one. By:Al Wicklund MONROE — Plans by the Toll Brothers development company could reduce the number of open-pit mines in Monroe Township to one. Representatives of the Huntington, Pa., company told the township last week they are…
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Hawthorne Acres denied approval
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — The Planning Board denied an application Aug. 24 to build a 67-unit residential development because the township is considering buying the proposed site for open space. The application for Hawthorne Acres, filed by Hawthorne Acres, a developer based in Marlboro sought permission to build on 51 acres on Buckelew Avenue across…
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OBITUARIES, September 5, 2000
Mildred C. Easton?Teacher and opera devotee? Mildred C. Easton of Princeton Borough died Thursday at home. She was 87. Born in Trenton, she was a resident of Princeton and Lawrence most of her life. She was a teacher and music and drama coach at the Princeton and Lawrence public school systems. She graduated from the…
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‘Smart growth’ seen as keyto Hightstown revitalization
Grant funding would pay for study and plan to capitalize on underused properties downtown By: Mark Moffa HIGHTSTOWN – Borough officials this week expressed hopes that Hightstown receive a Smart Growth Planning Grant to aid in its revitalization efforts. The borough approved the grant application at its council meeting last week. The grant would…
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League asks state for fiscal responsibility
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — The New Jersey League of Women Voters’ call for fiscal responsibility to meet the state’s needs has not always been the popular position, the league’s state president said Monday. But popular or not, League President Sandy Matsen said, the state league has been for the most part consistent in its opposition…
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For Labor Day the significance is not ‘working’
PACKET EDITORIAL, Sept. 5 By: There are few holidays that hold as much significance to as many people as Labor Day. Mind you, the import of the first Monday in September has nothing at all to do with the ostensible reason we celebrate it – to honor organized labor. Rather, the many meanings of this…
