Category: archives
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350 for 50 Writing Contest
By Cotsen Children’s Library Prime your pens! Cotsen’s annual writing competition has begun! Here’s how it works: write a short, 350-word story that includes the sentence, "The machine sprang to life.” (Just 345 words left to go!). Winning stories will be published in the Spring 2013 issue of the Picture Book Press, and the authors…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Residents raise objections to school calendar
By Deb Dawson, Special Writer The second day of the Jewish high holy day of Rosh Hashanah, Friday, Sept. 6, may not be the first day of the 2013-2014 school year as the calendar currently proposes. Residents attending Monday night’s Board of Education meeting objected strenuously and the school board will reconsider its earlier decision.…
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Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert by Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra
Mini Krishnan Sunday, Dec 16, 3 pm. Annual Winter Concert. Montgomery High School Performing Arts Center, 1016 Rt. 601, Skillman, NJ. Free with Donation to aid Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts. The Symphonic and Concert Orchestras will present works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Richard Meyer under the baton of Mr. Kawika Kahalehoe and Dr. Arvin Gopal.…
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Gwendolyn Harris Elected as New Chair of MCCC Board of Trustees
Trenton resident Gwendolyn Harris was elected as the new chair of the Mercer County Community College Board of Trustees.
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HILLSBOROUGH: Injured firefighter at home after battling Sandy blaze
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Longtime Hillsborough fireman Ron Campbell was home enjoying turkey on Thanksgiving Day, more than three weeks after being injured while fighting a post-Superstorm Sandy house fire in Branchburg. Mr. Campbell, 78, was knocked off his feet when something hit him in or near the eye as he was supervising the…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Township approves $150k for cleanup after hurricane
It’s time to start paying the bill for Superstorm Sandy. The Township Committee approved an emergency appropriation of $150,000 on Tuesday night to offset costs incurred during the storm. One-third of the amount will be included in the next three year’s municipal budgets. The storm’s high winds leveled hundreds of trees across the township, disrupting…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Vikings trot to 34-7 victory over North Brunswick on Thanksgiving
Ed Birch photo Vikings quarterback T. J. Perkowski evades North Brunswick defenders during the Vikings 34-7 victory Thanksgiving Day.
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HILLSBOROUGH: Kids bring the news to Woods Road fourth grade
Heather Suraci and Cole Monte are learning the real-life joys and agita of putting out a newspaper. The fourth-grade classmates have spearheaded publishing the first student newspaper at Woods Road School. They say they enjoy thinking of topics, writing, interviewing and assigning topics to fellow student staffers. They also try to ask peers politely to…
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LAWRENCE: 13 percent hike in Rec fees possible
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer An ordinance that would raise Recreation Department fees will be introduced by Township Council, possibly as soon as the council’s meeting Monday night, according to Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun. A 13 percent hike in the Recreation Department fees was floated before Township Council at its Nov. 8 meeting by Superintendent…
