Category: archives
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Cranbury School grads step into the future
Hugs, flashing cameras and teary eyes were plentiful at the Cranbury School’s eighth-grade graduation ceremony. By:Brian Shappell Hugs, flashing cameras and teary eyes were plentiful at the Cranbury School’s eighth-grade graduation ceremony, which was themed “Today’s Dreams, Tomorrow’s Memories.” Vice Principal Carol Malouf and members of the Board of Education handed diplomas to…
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PERSONAL HISTORY: ‘The shot heard round the world’
By:Al Wicklund PERSONAL HISTORIES The Cranbury Press series, "Personal Histories,” offers our readers a chance to recount their memoies of news events from the recent past, ranging from a year to 60 years ago, some of which they many have witnessed, others that have been stamped in their memories. Do you remember where you were…
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Monroe seniors end school year with a bang
By:Al Wickklund MONROE — Monroe High’s Class of 2000 has shown itself to be a social lion. Following Thursday night’s graduation, most of the class of about 230 young men and women went off for four-hour cruise around Manhattan. The cruise was the centerpiece of Project Graduation, the class’s drug and alcohol-free celebration of graduation.…
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Princeton High, choir college eye joint project
An arts center would be built on the Westminster campus and shared by the college and high school, under the proposal. By: Jeff Milgram The Princeton Regional Board of Education’s Facilities Committee has begun preliminary discussions with the Westminster Choir College of Rider University about jointly operating a performing and creative arts center. The center…
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Council grants license renewal to catering hall
By: David Weinstein A liquor license for the South Brunswick Manor on Route 1 was renewed Tuesday despite complaints from neighbors. Residents of Henderson Road complained of noise coming from the establishment on weekend nights and said there is a lack of parking on the site. That often leads to double- and triple-parked cars, making…
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Schneider makes bid for Borough Council
Collects 26 write-in votes to earn spot on November ballot By: Mark Moffa HIGHTSTOWN David Schneider, a member of Hightstown’s Planning Board, will be a candidate on the ballot in November for a position on the Borough Council. Mr. Schneider received 25 Democratic write-in votes and one Republican write-in vote in the…
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Retiring teachers reflect back on their careers
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — Four teachers and an administrator, representing almost 120 years of service to Monroe’s schools and their students, will retire when the school year ends next week. Leaving the district will be Rose Annette Larkin, a learning disabilities teacher with 34 years in the township schools; Principal John Dorney of Applegarth School,…
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McGrath’s award no surprise to colleagues
By: Rich Fisher Elaine McGrath walked into a surprise party at South Brunswick High School last week, and was presented with a cake that read GMC, Number 1…We knew it all along. The sentiment came from the administration and coaching staff at SBHS, who were eager to throw a party for McGrath after she was…
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Dr. Harvey Rothberg ends 40-year career
Dr. Harvey Rothberg ends 40-year career By: Jane Karlicek A familiar face in the local medical field will soon be leaving practice. Dr. Harvey Rothberg is retiring at the end of this month, after 40 years with the Princeton Medical Group, as an internist and oncologist. In a letter Dr. Rothberg sent to friends and…
