Category: archives
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Watch that diet
Link may exist to prostate cancer By:Arthur E. Feldman Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men, excluding skin cancer, and is the second most common cancer-related cause of death. This year, the disease will be diagnosed in an estimated 184,500 men in the United States and will kill approximately 30,000 men nationwide.…
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Schools will share one librarian
Phased-out position could be replaced with teacher By:Eric Schwarz Manville’s four public schools will have one librarian next year though the Board of Education on May 16 freed up $60,000 for the other librarian’s position, which was eliminated May 9. At the same time, the district is looking to upgrade the library at Alexander Batcho…
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Memorial Days past
Ceremonies give cause to remember, reflect By:Mary Ellen Zangara This past weekend we celebrated Memorial Day in paying tribute and honoring all those who fought to save our country. Some of those heroes survived, but some lost their lives. Our Veterans of Foreign War Post 2290 held a day of events to honor those fallen…
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Task force: Build new high school
Changes suggested for Bordentown Regional By:Jeff Mikalaitis A task force charged with finding possible solutions for increased enrollment in the Bordentown Regional School District has recommended building a new high school and reorganizing existing schools. It is estimated that these projects will cost a total of $31.5 million. According to the May 24 report,…
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School board unveils Strategic Plan
Meeting set June 5 The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting for 7:30 p.m. Monday at Central High School to present the district’s proposed long-range Strategic Plan. Input for the plan came from community forums held during the 1999-2000 school year. A Strategic Planning Steering Committee synthesized the comments from…
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You want your license? Go to school.
Staff editorial The law requires that children attend school until the age of 16. Unfortunately, it appears as though the law doesn’t know how to enforce that regulation. Joseph Thompson, the Lawrence school district’s truant officer, plans to crack down on students playing hooky next year by seeking the intervention of the courts. We think…
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Proffit to return as LHS principal
Former assistant principal expected to be named by school board on June 14 By: Lea Kahn Donald Proffit, the former Lawrence High School assistant principal, is expected to be named principal of Lawrence High School by the township Board of Education later this month. If appointed at the board’s June 14 meeting, Mr. Proffit will…
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Township needs place to skate
Letter to the editor To the editor: I have lived in Lawrenceville for over 16 years, and have enjoyed what the township has to offer. However, I don’t believe it has gone quite far enough to satisfy the wants and needs of young people within our community. My 13-year-old brother and his friends, for example,…
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Art saves lives
Show makes performance an alternative to drugs By:Lisa Tarriff Some of Hillsborough’s most talented performers will strut their stuff at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the township’s sixth annual Art Saves Lives Community Talent Show. To be held at Hillsborough High School, the show is sponsored by the Hillsborough/Millstone Municipal Alliance, a community-based volunteer group that…
