Category: archives
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Solar panel fate up to voters in April 15 school elections
$10.5M bond referendum would cover costs By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Voters will be asked to approve a $10.5 million bond referendum to install solar energy collection panels on the roofs of all seven schools, the Lawrence Township Board of Education decided last week. The school board voted to put the question on the ballot…
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Youth Police Academy seeks participants
Class will be limited to 25 students of middle-school age By John Tredrea, Staff Writer An educational opportunity that undoubtedly will be of particular interest to many Hopewell Valley boys and girls of middle-school age will be offered by the Hopewell Township Police Department this summer. The department will be holding its Youth Police Academy…
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Janssen Answers A Counselor’s Call
Proposal written by substance abuse counselor at Capital Health System leads to $15,000 grant Dario Rodriguez, LCADC, works in the Mental Health Inpatient Unit at Capital Health System (CHS) as a licensed clinical alcohol and drug abuse counselor. As a resident of Trenton, N.J., he sees the widespread problem of alcohol and drug abuse not…
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Janssen Answers A Counselor’s Call
From left, Peg Forrestel, director of Contributions and Community Affairs at Janssen, presents a check for $15,000 along with Arline Stephan, executive director of the Capital Health System Foundation; Ruthann Tobolski, MA, RN, CNAA, BC, divisional director of Patient Services and Dario Rodriguez.
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Going green: Solar power possible for schools
Sun rays break through the clouds at New Egypt High School on Saturday. The Plumsted district is considering a program that helps school districts finance the cost of installing solar energy panels on buildings. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe
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Adjustments on tap for math curriculum
B.C. Preston of Robbinsville Public Schools To the editor Mathematics is an integral part of life. The most integral parts of mathematics are those taught in the earliest grades. They are, after all, the foundation upon which all other mathematical understanding can be built. In the Robbinsville Public Schools, questions always arise which debate the…
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BOE takes umbrage with one of its own
Board prez: Statements in letter incorrect By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer When Lawrence Township Board of Education members write letters to their local newspaper, should they make certain the information they are conveying in those letters is accurate? That was the message several school board members delivered to member John Gregg at the board’s Feb.…
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Global TB risk to be discussed at Princeton U.
K.K. Abraham, President of the Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS, will be speaking about the need to better coordinate efforts for both tuberculosis and AIDS in the developing world, in Sunday, March 2, from 3 to 4 PM at Princeton University. In much of the United States, tuberculosis is regarded as a disease of…
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‘Sound of Music’ coming to CHS
Foundation will offer Take A Seat opportunities at performances Hopewell Valley Central High School will present “The Sound of Music “ in the school’s Performing Arts Center on Feb. 28 and 29 at 7:30 p.m., and March 1 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets, $12 (general) and $6 (students and senior citizens), are…
