Category: archives
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Aid cuts delay many budgets
By Stephanie Prokop, Staff Writer Early spring means budget season, but that schedule may be pushed further back due to the projected $1.8 billion decrease in state aid proposed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. Florence Township Administrator Richard Brook said Wednesday that the budget for Florence, which had been prepared in draft form, was now…
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Native daughter returns for Trenton art exhibit
Kristin Lerner’s work on display until April 13 By John Dunphy, Managing Editor Artist Kristin Lerner, right, originally of Pine Knoll Drive, poses in front of one of her works currently on display at the Trenton City Museum, with her Lawrence Middle School art teacher, KhalilahSabree, who is now art Art is not just about…
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BEING GREEN
Farmers Against Hunger ready for spring By Vanessa Holt, Managing Editor Life begins to return to farm fields in March, a muddy compromise between lingering frost and eager new greenery. But while the growing season in New Jersey is hemmed in by frost dates, hunger does not take a winter vacation. That is where…
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Patricia E. Tee
Nurse, research director BOSTON — Patricia Eulalia Tee died Saturday at home. She was 57. Ms. Tee was born in New York City and grew up in Glen Cove, N.Y. She was a resident of Princeton from 1994 to 2002. She was a nurse, clinical research director, personal and life coach and active volunteer.…
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Hillsborough officials endorse Lance for House
Leonard Lance’s bid for the Republican nomination to run for the House of Representatives has been endorsed by Assemblyman Peter Biondi and the entire Hillsborough governing body. The seat is being vacated Rep. Mike Ferguson, R-7th. Mr. Lance, a state senator from Hunterdon County, is facing a crowded field for the GOP nod, including Kate…
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Family thanks community for donations to son
Laura M Capriotti of Bordentown City To the editor: Thank you for the news that you ran on my son Justin Lewandowski (the young man that was assaulted during a basketball game at the YMCA) about a fundraiser being held in his name. Justin and our family would like to extend our warmest thanks to…
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Upper/lower school plan extended for two years
Found to be successful By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Eighteen months into an experiment to divide Lawrence Intermediate into a lower and upper school, the Lawrence Township Board of Education has decided to extend the exercise for two more years. The goal of creating a school-within-a-school was to help ease the transition from grades K-3…
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School board deserves credit
Micah Rasmussen of Allentown To the editor: Parents and property taxpayers in Upper Freehold and Allentown have a right to understand who is working in their best interests, and who is not. Our school board’s methodical approach to the new middle school project has paid off in a substantial way. Working closely with officials from…
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Taxes to go up in West Amwell
Tom Molnar of West Amwell Now that the politically connected Democrats are totally in charge in West Amwell, I see that our taxes may go up, on the average, about one thousand dollars per household. Could yon imagine what the consequences would be if they did not have political contacts in Trenton? Tom Molnar…
