Category: archives
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South Brunswick offense producing as expected
By Rich Fisher, Sports Editor In analyzing his South Brunswick High girls’ lacrosse team in the preseason, first-year coach John Coppola surmised he should have a pretty good attack and midfield. He wasn’t wrong. In the Vikings first five games, the offensive attack and the midfielders have been flowing well, as witnessed by the 10…
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Class rank, GPA policy revisions tabled again
By Eileen Oldfield Staff Writer A guidance counselor’s call that turned around a college rejection and netted her son a $27,000 scholarship could have been unnecessary, said Manville parent Stacey Kita, if her son had access to his class rank when applying for the school. ”Maybe no one here looked at it that way, but…
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LHS athletes makes progress
TRACK By Tim Falls, Sports Editor The Lawrence High School boys track team has had some impressive achievements in recent meets. The Cardinals competed well at Notre Dame’s Eighth Annual Wrobo Invitational on Saturday and tied Nottingham, 70-70, on Wednesday. Against the Northstars, Chandell Fuqua won the 400 hurdles in 56 seconds against the Northstars…
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Light rail popularity up as gas prices rise
By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN CITY — With gasoline teetering over the $3 a gallon mark, many commuters are abandoning their automobiles and instead favoring public transport — especially those with access to the NJ Transit River LINE, which has stops in Bordentown City and Florence Township. According to a press release from…
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BREAKING NEWS — School board election results in
Voters in Bordentown, Florence, Chesterfield reject budgets By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor Bordentown Regional A $23 million tax levy that would have meant a lower tax rate in Bordentown City, and higher rates in Bordentown Township and Fieldsboro, saw a narrow defeat on Tuesday night. The budget failed by five votes, 467-462. City voters were…
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Marian Palmer
Former Montgomery resident STONEHAM, Mass. — Marian Van Duzee Palmer died April 10 at the Arnold House in Stoneham. She was 81 and was a lung cancer survivor for just short of two years. Born in Hamburg, N.Y., she grew up in Montclair and was a longtime Montgomery Township resident. She attended the University…
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New municipal building to get Nakashima pews
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer NEW HOPE — By virtue of a new acquisition, the borough is about to join the ranks of esteemed institutions such as Columbia University, the Museum of Modern Art and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution. What could small, but large-in-spirit New Hope, have in common with those venerable…
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Two school budgets rejected
By Linda Seida, Staff Writer Voters sent mixed messages at the polls Tuesday, passing two school budgets but shooting down two others. The spending plans of South Hunterdon Regional High School and West Amwell Elementary School were sent back to the drawing board. South Hunterdon’s $10.13 million budget went down 520-412 with only its smallest…
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Budgets pass in Princeton, Montgomery, West Windsor-Plainsboro
Voters in the three Packet-area school districts approved school budgets on Tuesday, but in two cases the margin was thin. PRINCETON REGIONAL In Princeton, the $72.7 million budget passed by a comfortable 1,426 to 727. In the borough, the vote was 331-259. In the township, the vote was 1,095-468. In the township race for two three-year…
