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  • LAWRENCE: Milavsky is new middle school principal

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Long-time administrator Mindy Milavsky, who has been serving as the acting principal of the Lawrence Middle School, has been named to the post permanently by the Lawrence Township Board of Education.    Ms. Milavsky, 41, had been serving as the assistant principal at LMS for the past two years. She was…

  • Boehm Porcelain Creates Butterfly for YWCA Princeton’s Breast Cancer Research Center

    Boehm Porcelain Creates Butterfly for YWCA Princeton’s Breast Cancer Research Center

    By Georgiana Francisco   BOEHM PORCELAIN CREATES "BCRC BUTTERFLY" ART SCULPTURE AS NEW SIGNATURE FOR BREAST CANCER RESOURCE CENTER  AT YWCA PRINCETON Porcelain Butterfly To Enhance Resource Center’s Fundraising Efforts   TRENTON, NJ (October 17, 2011) Boehm Porcelain has designed a whimsical yet inspirational butterfly that will become the signature for the Breast Cancer Resource…

  • MANVILLE: Councilman remarks on effects of GOP leadership

    To the editor: Recent Republican leadership in Manville has had the following “positive impacts” concerning our borough finances since 2008. These facts cannot be disputed. Also, the borough’s entire budget has been recently published on-line for everyone to see.    The facts are that the departmental budgets of our police, public works and finance administration departments…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: School to show movie of Columbine victim

        Hillsborough Middle School will host a program Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 7 to 8 p.m. as part of the district’s efforts to promote safe schools and communities. The program, entitled “Rachel’s Challenge,” is the story of courage and hope of Rachel Scott, the first person killed in the 1999Columbine High School tragedy.     “Rachel’s…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Students’ forum goes smoothly

    Democrats field five student questions, five from audience By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor    TV cameras whirred, and stage lights bore down.    But only two candidates for Township Committee stood behind lecterns Tuesday night as students posed questions for the first local political forum hosted by high school AP government students.    Democrats Aldo Martinez and John…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Teacher wants to help the middle class

    Democrat Corfield is one of four candidates for state Assembly By Charles Kim, Packet Publications    On the ballot in the Nov. 8 election is the state Assembly race featuring four candidates. This week, we profile Democrat Marie Corfield and Republican Jack Ciattarelli. Next week, we’ll portray incumbent Peter Biondi, a Republican, and Democrat Joe Camarota.…

  • BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Robbinsville couple dies in truck-limo crash

    By Birgitta Wolfe, The Packet Group    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP — A Robbinsville couple died Oct. 11 after the limousine they were riding in crashed into a flatbed truck carrying construction equipment on Route 130 South.    Mireille Danbury, 68, of Sharon Road, Robbinsville, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her husband, Monroe Danbury, 71, was transferred to…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Campus Corner for issue of Oct. 20

    News of local students in college    Ronald Guido of Hillsborough was one of 26 students at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pa., who participated in a training program for sport management majors presented by Game Face, an international training and career placement company that specializes in sports marketing.    The school’s Department of Business, in conjunction with…

  • Two Medication Disposal Dates: Oct. 29 & Nov. 12

    By Somerset County Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano SOMERVILLE – Somerset County Sheriff Frank J. Provenzano has announced that the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting Operation Take Back on Saturday, Oct. 29, and the American Medicine Chest Challenge on Saturday, Nov. 12. The events will take place at the Somerset County Administration Building, 20…