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  • Towns may lose mining oversight

    Towns may lose mining oversight By: David Weinstein    Legislation that could take the power to regulate mines and quarries, such as the Dallenbach Sand Co., away from municipalities and give it to the commissioner of labor is under consideration by the state Senate and Assembly.    Known as the Mine Safety and Mineral Resource Preservation Act,…

  • Teachers of the year announced in Florence Township

    By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – The four teachers in the district honored with the annual "Teacher of the Year" award for the 1999-2000 school year said they were surprised to learn they had received the honor.    But it was no surprise to those who have worked with them.    Superintendent Ernest Brattstrom said all four…

  • Clarksburg colt gains fans

    By: Ken Weingartner    Betty and Stewart Fenick are listed as the owners of Clarksburg Kid, a 3-year-old Thoroughbred who is scheduled to make his third start Tuesday at Monmouth Park.    But Ms. Fenick knows better. The 35 or so neighbors who gathered around her property, Perfenick Farm on Clarksburg Road in Millstone, the morning of…

  • Board OKs new school concept

    Suggestions made by the Citizens Task Force on Increasing Enrollment By:Jeff Mikalaitis        BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP – The Bordentown Regional Board of Education voted 8-1on Monday to approve the concept of building a new high school and converting the existing high school into a middle school, as suggested by the Citizens Task Force on Increasing Enrollment.…

  • Cast members say thank you

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    On behalf of the cast and crew of Lawrence High School’s recent student production, Shakespeare’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," we would like to thank everyone in the school and community who helped make our show live up to and transcend our highest hopes. Without the generosity and consideration…

  • Weisberg achieves lifelong goal in elected office

    Deputy mayor learned from politically active father By: Lea Kahn ‘I absolutely love government. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to do anything else. This is truly how I feel about it.’ Doris Weisberg    Doris Weisberg always wanted to run for political office. When she lived in Sussex County, she had her eye on the county…

  • Administrator’s secretary retires in Florence

    By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – A township employee is "becoming one of the lucky and blessed members of the retirement club," said Mayor Michael Muchowski as the Township Council honored secretary Marge Rusnak during the June 21 meeting.    Ms. Rusnak will retire Friday after almost 16 years as secretary to the township business administrator.…

  • Princeton Pike detour coming July 10

    Bridge repair will keep road closed until fall By: Lea Kahn    A segment of Princeton Pike, between Darrah Lane and Slack Avenue, will be closed for the summer while workmen reconstruct the bridge across the Shabakunk Creek.    Princeton Pike will close July 10 for the bridge reconstruction project, Mercer County spokesman Tom Rubino said. It…

  • Crossroads goes Hollywood

    Teacher recreates classroom lesson to film a commercial By: Kristy Klaus    A little bit of Hollywood came to Crossroads Middle School last Thursday.    Classroom E102 was transformed into a Hollywood soundstage as Dorothy Kohrherr, a social studies teacher, and 28 seventh- and eighth-graders were taped for a public service announcement about creative teaching.    "It’s a…