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  • HILLSBOROUGH: Staff cuts mark start of school year

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Hillsborough Schools are prepared to open Tuesday, though with 66 fewer staff members than last year after aid reductions and a failed school budget forced the district to cut positions.    The reductions included six intermediate school teachers, 16 elementary school teachers, 14 middle school teachers and eight high school teachers.…

  • Long-lasting Miele products receive prestigious 2010 Innovative Green Design Award

    Long-lasting Miele products receive prestigious 2010 Innovative Green Design Award

    Miele’s super large capacity washer/dryer is recognized with the 2010 Innovative Green Design Award

  • Pupils will prepare for their future jobs

    By: Linda Seida – Staff Writer STOCKTON – The theme at Stockton Public School this year is "careers of the future." "We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist, using technologies that haven’t been invented, in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet," Chief School Administrator Suzanne Ivans…

  • ‘Takers’

    This heist movies proves that stealing doesn’t always work — even if you choose your sources well. By Elise Nakhnikian GENRE movies are all about variations on a theme. The good ones make a familiar formula feel fresh, finding the poetry in some combination of the movie’s key elements (performances, plot, camera work, choreography, dialogue,…

  • Personal Chef Gwyn Novak Interviewed in New Episode of Ear on Careers Podcast Series

    By Rhonda Rivera West Orange, NJ, August 30, 2010:  In the latest Ear on Careers podcast, produced by Top-Tier Tutoring, Gwyn Novak provides excellent tips and guidance to those who are interested in a career as a personal chef.  To access this podcast, go to www.bit.ly/9V5aLc. In this podcast, Gwyn discusses her circuitous path to…

  • Tuesday, Aug. 31

    PACKET PICKS By: centraljersey.com Teen scene Best-selling teen author Cassandra Clare releases the first in her new "The Infernal Devices" series at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Barnes & Noble, located at 3535 Route 1 South at the MarketFair Mall, West Windsor. Admission is free. Ms. Clare will read from and discuss her new book,…

  • Long-lasting Miele products receive prestigious 2010 Innovative Green Design Award

    Long-lasting Miele products receive prestigious 2010 Innovative Green Design Award

    By Paul McCormack Miele’s dishwasher, laundry and refrigeration appliances noted for exceptional reliability and lifespan by independent green panel   Long-lasting Miele products receive prestigious 2010 Innovative Green Design Award Princeton, NJ – August 30, 2010 – Miele, the leading German manufacturer of household appliances noted for exceptional quality and performance, is recognized by the…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Da Vinci prostatectomy: A minimally invasive approach

    HEALTH MATTERS: Da Vinci prostatectomy: A minimally invasive approach

    With the Da Vinci Surgical System, small incisions are used to introduce miniaturized wristed instruments and a high-definition 3D camera. Seated comfortably at a console, the surgeon views a magnified, high-resolution 3D image of the surgical site.

  • Job search tips for older workers

    Coming to the library By: John Saccenti – Staff Writer For some job seekers, too much experience can be a detriment. That is the dilemma facing many people who are 50 and older and for various reasons find themselves suddenly in the job market. "There are definitely people out there who are hurting and need…