Category: archives
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CHESTERFIELD: From the ground up
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer Chesterfield School District finally has broken ground on its new elementary school building, approved by a voter referendum last year. A ceremony began at the existing school on Bordentown-Chesterfield Road on Saturday. After a brief reception, participants traveled to an area near the new school site at 22 Saddle Way…
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Perfect together: cold weather and Winter Festival
Jazz and blues singer Carol Heffler (left) will perform at Harlan’s at Nevermore Jan. 24. She is shown with Park and Recreation Board members, June and Earl Bierman, Beth Hasher, Joan Saltrelli and Libby Nieburg.
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Come Sing With Us! Experienced Choral Singers Wanted for Bach?s St. John Passion
Photo by Bill Slacl
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Newcomers highlight reorganizations
by Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer While two newcomers took a seat on the dais in Upper Freehold and Millstone, it was mostly business as usual for local municipal governing bodies at their annual reorganization meetings this year. At the Upper Freehold Township Committee’s Jan. 8 meeting, Republican Robert Frascella was sworn in to a three-year…
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ROBBINSVILLE: Schools to work harder on NCLB mandates
by Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer ROBBINSVILLE — The district will be looking at ways to improve the testing results of students with disabilities in order to meet state No Child Left Behind standards next year, Superintendent John Szabo said this week. According to a recently released state report, three area schools did not meet Adequate…
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Children’s Boutique Helping to Put a Little Color in the Lives of Children with Life Changing Illnesses
Denise M Ethier Child Receiving Pillowcase
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NJ School Board Member to be Honored
By Hall Institute The Hall Institute of Public Policy – New Jersey will honor Robert P. Haney Jr., Esq., at a Gala Dinner Reception on March 5, 2009, at the Hilton East Brunswick. Haney, a Hall Institute trustee, is being honored for his appointment to the New Jersey State Board of Education. As a Hall…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Greenbrook students get a taste of science
Staff photo by John Keating. Elizabeth Chen records her findings.
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NJSBA defends school boards
Harry J. Delgado, president, New Jersey School Boards Association Few people question the need for their local planning board or their town council. Yet some people believe school boards somehow represent an archaic form of government — that they don’t matter, and might even be expendable. Heaven forbid! In this age when state and federal…
