Category: archives
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SCHOOLS: Jamesburg parents say stay with Monroe
By David Kilby, Staff Writer The Jamesburg and Monroe school districts both passed a resolution last week that would reduce tuition for Jamesburg students attending Monroe High School from $18,933 to $16,100 and would send Jamesburg freshmen starting high school in 2012 to a different school yet to be determined. ”Our students who started in…
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Prepare to Fall in Love with The Boy Friend
By Margaret Mattes, Princeton High School Opening the doors of the Performing Arts Center at Princeton High School exactly one week before the debut of the spring musical, The Boy Friend, I quickly discover that the jazzy notes, “swell” vocabulary, and wild Charleston moves of the twenties are alive and well. On stage, the student…
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CRANBURY: Small-town living key to longevity?
By David Kilby, Staff Writer CRANBURY — A resident who has lived in town for 70 years may be proof the secret to long life is small-town living. Rose Tears, of Maplewood Avenue, was born March 28, 1911, and turns 100 Monday. She raised her two daughters in the house she has been living in…
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MONROE: Fire district consolidation report delayed a month
By David Kilby, Staff Writer MONROE — The township is in the process of redistricting its three fire districts to resolve the disparity between tax rates between each. Les Adams, president of Public Safety Solutions Inc, based in Chester, Maryland, is conducting the project. Originally, the redistricting report was due March 31, but due to…
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CRANBURY: School adopts $15.5 million budget
By David Kilby, Staff Writer CRANBURY — The public had very few comments and no complaints at the Board of Education hearing on the proposed $15.5 million budget Tuesday. Following the hearing, the board adopted the budget, 8-0, with Eveyln Spann absent. The proposed 2011-12 spending plan is $15,482,513, or 2.6 percent lower than this…
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CRANBURY: Township awaits DEP dam repair instructions
By David Kilby, Staff Writer CRANBURY — The Brainerd Lake dam repair project is at a stalemate as the township and county wait for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to tell them what kind of repairs the dam needs. There have been concerns the repairs would affect traffic on Main Street, but at…
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CRANBURY: Small-town living key to longevity?
Rose Tears, who will turn 100 Monday, still lives in the house in Cranbury in which she raised her family.
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MONROE: Man tapped for U.S. marshal post
By David Kilby, Staff Writer MONROE — Juan Mattos Jr., of Monroe, has been nominated by President Barrack Obama to become the U.S. Marshal for the District of New Jersey, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg has announced. ”Mr. Mattos has had a distinguished career in law enforcement in New Jersey and will be a strong…
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An Evening with Loretta LaRoche
Beth Hart Family Guidance Center-Family & Children’s Services Presents "An Evening with Loretta LaRoche" Acclaimed Stress Expert, Motivational Speaker, Author and Humorist. With irreverent humor and an innate sense of the absurd, Loretta helps people see how needlessly complex and stressful our lives can become with her presentation of "Life is Not a Stress Rehearsal”…
