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  • MANSFIELD: School to kids: ‘You’re fired’

    MANSFIELD: School to kids: ‘You’re fired’

    ‘Apprentice’ program challenges marketing students By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MANSFIELD — A program at Northern Burlington County Regional High School has made a comeback after five years to “fire” marketing students.    The program is modeled after NBC’s “Apprentice” — a popular show on the network with the same acronym as the high school. High…

  • Taking Stock

    Taking Stock

    Josh Halpern, produce coordinator at the Whole Earth Center, marvels at a handful of tomatoes as fellow employee Bona Thiel looks on.

  • LAWRENCE: Group’s talk illuminates Buffalo Soldier history

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer     Ask most people how the West was won, and they’ll tell you it was through the presence of Army soldiers.     But what they can’t tell you is the pivotal role black soldiers — known as Buffalo Soldiers — played in ensuring the safety of settlers.     The origin…

  • BURLINGTON COUNTY: Budgets to head to town boards

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    Now that voters have defeated all eight area school budgets, the districts will have to go to the governing bodies of their respective municipalities for possible cuts.    The councils and committees will have the option to recommend cuts to the proposed budgets.    So far, only the Mansfield elementary and Bordentown…

  • LAWRENCE: Police blotter from the April 29 edition

    Someone took 45 short-sleeved T-shirts from the Ann Taylor Loft store at the Quaker Bridge Mall between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. April 22, police said.     The T-shirts, which were on a display table, were valued at a combined $1,642.     Samsun Begum, 46, of East Windsor, was charged with shoplifting an assortment of…

  • WW-Plainsboro: Yes: 2,862 No: 2,667

    By: John Saccenti – Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR – Voters in West Windsor and Plainsboro gave a 2010-11 school budget the thumbs up, Tuesday. Voters approved a $156 million spending plan that carries a tax levy of $136 million by a vote of 2,862 to 2,667. In West Windsor, 1,947 voters said yes, and 1,807…

  • Barbecue & Baseball for Har Sinai Temple

    By Har Sinai PR BARBECUE & BASEBALL FOR HAR SINAI MEMBERS   HOPEWELL TWP. – Baseball and barbecues are a natural combination and there’s no exception to that rule at Har Sinai Temple’s family picnic and afternoon at a Trenton Thunder game.         Sponsored by Har Sinai’s Men’s Club and Religious School, the family event begins…

  • PBSN Singles Dance and Social at Brookside Manor

    PBSN Singles Dance and Social at Brookside Manor

    By Ralph Israel Saturday 5/22/2010 Bucks County Dance & Social Sponsored by Professional and Business Singles Network. Brookside Manor Music by DJ Len Feasterville / Trevose, PA 8:00pm – Midnight. $15 admission. Just drop in! Ladies $12 before 8:15pm. $12 cover with valid NJ license. PBSN’s DJ Len will be spinning your favorite dance hits.…

  • Decisions, Decisions

    By Nathalie Levine, PHS correspondent May 1 is a holiday for a lot of people, from Neopagans observing the ancient festival of Beltane to Marshallese celebrating their Constitution Day to people all around the world who honor labor on International Workers’ Day. This May 1, as every year, many Princeton High School students will be…