Category: archives
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Airport panel to examine new flight patterns
Seek to keep planes away from Sharon School By: Mark Moffa WASHINGTON — The Township Committee’s airport subcommittee will explore the possibility of designing a flight pattern that would direct pilots approaching the Trenton-Robbinsville Airport not to fly over the nearby Sharon School. “Between the local operator and the township you can work out…
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Ledger’s Past
A look back at Ledger articles from years gone by 30 years ago “Community involvement” may seem like a distant goal to many of today’s educators, but the students studying at School No. 4 this year have learned a lot about it anyway. The students in three sixth grade classes which were housed temporarily in…
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Deadlines for The Cranbury Press
Deadlines for The Cranbury Press are noon Tuesday for letters and noon Thursday for social items. Items can be mailed to: P.O. Box 309, Dayton, NJ 08824; faxed to (732) 329-9286 or e-mailed to the e-mail addresses listed below: ‡ Hank Kalet, managing editor, at [email protected] ‡ Rich Fisher, sports editor, at [email protected] ‡ John…
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HOT TOPICS
Does the Municipal Manager deserve his three-year contract? Bill Guhl, the Lawrence Township Municipal Manager, was awarded a three-year contract by Township Council last week. His salary will be $125,000 in 2000 and 2001, and $130,000 in 2002. This week’s Hot Topics question is: Do you believe Mr. Guhl deserves his contract? Answer by clicking…
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Boys track and field team at MHS finishes 6-1
Performs well despite some off-track obstacles By: Rudy Brandl Bad weather and scheduling conflicts were about the only things that stopped the Manville High boys’ track and field team this spring. The Mustangs finished the season with an impressive 6-1 record in dual meets, but four regular season contests were canceled. Two meets were washed…
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Improved hitting keys late May surge
Mustang baseball wins four of final six to finish 8-11 By: Rudy Brandl Practice and game experience led to tremendous improvement for the young Manville High baseball team this spring. After struggling to a 4-9 start that knocked them out of playoff contention in early May, the Mustangs won four of their final six games…
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Galli strikes gold again
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Jessica Galli was the fastest thing on wheels at last week’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions in South Brunswick. The Hillsborough High sophomore, who has been confined to a wheelchair for the past eight years since breaking her spinal cord in a car accident, proved she’s a winner both on and off…
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Monroe Jewish Center had humble beginnings
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — The Monroe Township Jewish Center started with four families meeting in a backyard. “It was during the Jewish holidays. We were unhappy because we didn’t have a place of our own for services,” said Fredda Rothman, a founding mother of the center, which is now 18 years old. Ms. Rothman said…
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American Jews played an important role in the "wild west"
By:Al Wicklund MONROE — The American Jewish experience in the “wild West” was wild and varied, Sylvia Moskowitz said Monday at the township Jewish Center. “The stereotype of ‘the little Jewish peddler’ as the only representative of the Westward-bound Jew does injustice to thousands of other Jewish settlers — farmers, prospectors, explorers,…
