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HILLSBOROUGH: ‘Titanic’ show brings award to school thespians
By Peter Sclafani, Staff Writer Hillsborough High School’s theater program brought home two Rising Star Awards and received another nomination for the performance of “Titanic: The Musical” on June 5. The Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards for excellence in high school musical theatre have been awarded since 1996. Aditi Kumar, a junior, won a…
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Princeton High School Student, Takuya Takahashi, Completes Year as American Field Service Exchange Student
By Caroline Purnell Tompkins Princeton High School (PHS) student, 18-year-old Takuya Takahashi, has completed his one-year student exchange program with American Field Service (AFS). One of six AFS students in the Princeton area and 34 in New Jersey for the 2011-12 academic year, Takuya, a native of Japan, lived with his host family in Cranbury, N.J.…
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Mayor responds to parking lot letter
Mayor Stuart Fierstein, Allentown I am responding to William Borkowski’s June 21 letter (“Too much time, cost for seven parking spaces”) where he calculated seven parking spaces as the extent of the proposed new municipal parking lot. In fact, what was presented at a recent public meeting was the Community Block Development Grant for…
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HILLSBOROUGH GOP meets tonight to replace Wagner on its local ticket
Three-term incumbent steps aside, after taking state job By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Township Republicans will meet tonight to choose a person to replace Bob Wagner as one of their candidates for Township Committee race. Mr. Wagner withdrew from a chance at a fourth three-year term following his acceptance of a state government job. Two…
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MILLSTONE: $5.9 million budget adopted; taxes to rise
By Nicole Malcazan and Joanne Degnan MILLSTONE — The Township Committee had adopted a $5.9 million budget for 2012 that spends 3.3 percent less than the prior year, but still requires a local municipal tax increase of $241 for a home assessed at the township average. The overall property tax bill Millstone residents receive, however,…
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HILLSBOROUGH: More than 600 gain high school diplomas in 90-plus degree temperatures
Graduates celebrate in the moments following the end of the Hillsborough High School graduation ceremony.
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HILLSBOROUGH: More than 600 gain high school diplomas in 90-plus degree temperatures
The heat was on at graduation ceremony By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Moms and dads came to see their treasured teenager be handed a well-earned diploma, but Mother Nature was the distracting presence at Thursday early-evening’s graduation ceremony at Hillsborough High School. Temperatures were in the 90s, which led to all kinds of precautions taken…
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MANVILLE: Councilman tells graduates that the American dream is within their grasp
Class valedictorian Jaime Alpaugh addresses the June 20 commencement ceremony at Manville High School. (Photo by Mary Ellen Zangara)
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ROBBINSVILLE: 214 Ravens leave the nest
Class of 2012 bids farewell to Robbinsville High School By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — Friends and family packed into the Robbinsville High School stadium’s bleachers to watch the Class of 2012 on the football field’s 40-yard line — not for a game, but for graduation. There were 214 proud graduates celebrating the start…
