Category: archives
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MANVILLE: ABIS announces students of the month
The following students were selected for the Student of the Month Award for March at ABIS. This award is given to students that demonstrate progress, work hard or make a noble effort within that subject area that they are recognized. This is not solely for academic recognition but for overall progress and/or success during the…
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FLORENCE: A bad hair day for a good cause
Student-faculty basketball game rallies spirits for Relay for Life By Amber Cox FLORENCE Residents and students plan to walk through the night at the high school on April 29 and 30 to raise money for the American Cancer Society (ACS) during Relay for Life “because cancer never sleeps.” On April 8, the high school…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Municipal budget hearing set
By Joanne Degnan, Staff Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — The Township Committee will hold a public hearing tonight (Thursday) on its proposed $5 million budget for 2011 that, if approved, would mean an average $8 annual increase in municipal taxes. The proposed $5,080,500 budget is 2 percent less than last year’s spending plan of $5,184,000. The…
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MANVILLE: Foundation plans second golf outing
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer The Manville Education Foundation is sponsoring its second golf outing to help raise money for the foundation’s grants and scholarships. The golf event will be held on Thursday, May 19 at the Hillsborough Country Club on Wertsville Road in Hillsborough. The MEF held its first golf outing in September…
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MANSFIELD: School budget OK’d with 1.8-cent tax rate hike
By Amber Cox MANSFIELD The $10.3 million final 2011-12 Mansfield Township School District Budget, adopted unanimously March 28, calls for a 1.8-cent tax rate hike for the district. Residents will have a tax rate of 70.7 cents per $100. Homeowners assessed at the average $339,100 will pay $2,397.44 in taxes, an increase of $60.70.…
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Author Angela McGlynn Looks to Higher Education as Solution for Underserved and Nation as Whole
MCCC Professor Emeritus of Psychology Angela Provitera McGlynn
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MANVILLE: School board candidates provide budget views
By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer Manville Board of Education candidates were asked a three-part question for their views and opinions about the school budget that was proposed for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. The first part of the question was: With all the school cuts coming from the state and onto the district, how…
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Township mulls earlier park closings
By Amber Cox BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP The township is considering closings its parks at dusk instead of the current 10 p.m. cutoff due to complaints from neighbors. The Township Committee on Monday unanimously introduced an ordinance to change the hours parks, playgrounds and recreation areas. The proposal calls for parks, playgrounds and recreation areas to…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Police blotter for week of April 14
Sandra Wyckoff, 49, of Millstone Borough was charged with driving while intoxicated on March 17 at 8:34 p.m. on Gemini Drive. Ms. Wyckoff registered a reading of 0.06 percent blood-alcohol content on a breath test. New Jersey law states that BAC above 0.08 percent is considered drunk. Her husband, Michael, 50, was charged with resisting…
