Category: archives
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Expert: Housing woes may last until late ’09
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer The local housing market has followed its expected downward course this year, and predictions it would begin to recover about this time have proved overly optimistic. Many in the industry agree that prices are approaching or have already hit rock bottom, but there is some dissent on how much things…
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Technology to play larger role for NH-S students
By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer NEW HOPE — Podcasts and wikispaces remain mysteries for many adults, but the higher level technology soon will be taught to elementary students. Across the grades, technology will play a large role for students in the New Hope-Solebury School District this year. The goal is to integrate more technology into…
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IT firm is fined by feds
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer A South Brunswick information technology company has to pony up after an U.S. Department of Labor investigation revealed it was underpaying foreign workers in the country on temporary visas. R-Square, Inc., on Independence Way, has agreed to pay a total of $95,711 to 12 foreign IT consultants who were not…
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Pace of play increases
FOOTBALL By Tim Falls, Sports Editor Time seemed to move along gruelingly slow for the Lawrence High School football players at training camp last week. Now everything is at full speed as the Cardinals compete in scrimmages with the season-opener against West Windsor-Plainsboro South approaching. ”Last week was real long, six days of full contact,…
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Kudos to our Olympians
Linda Sipprelle of Princeton To the editor: The world has been focused on watching the Olympic games in Beijing. I, like most Americans, have marveled at the stellar performances of our athletes, their feats the result of years of self-discipline, dedication and hard work. I’ve also been gratified by our athletes’ comments to the…
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Ride 4 Erik aids cancer patients and research
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer RINGOES — With the soaring cost of gasoline and groceries, everybody these days faces tough financial decisions, but some local families have an even larger and tougher crisis thrown into the mix. They have children who are battling cancer. Not only do they have to get food on the table…
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Patriots advance to SJ title game
By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer Coming into Saturday’s playoff baseball game at Gilder Park, Tabernacle Tigers’ ace Shawn Senior was considered to be one of the most unhittable pitchers in the over 35 South Jersey Men’s Senior Baseball League. But apparently the Bordentown Patriots did not get the memo on the dominance of the…
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Dennis Casale, former school board president, dies at 54
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Dennis Casale was a kind man who cared about the welfare of children, whether it was on the athletic fields or in the schools — that’s how the former school board president was described by friends and colleagues. Mr. Casale, 54, died Sunday at the University Medical Center at Princeton.…
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Land preservation funding a worry for D&R Greenway
By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer In the next 35 years, New Jersey will reach build-out, says a 2001 study conducted by the Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis at Rutgers University. This means that every parcel of currently available open land will be spoken for by either developers or preservation groups. ”We will be…
