Category: archives
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BOOK NOTES: A memoir by a ‘proud Aspergian’
By Joan Ruddiman How could something as common as making eye contact be so difficult? How can people who are so brilliant with solving complex calculations, for example, be so limited in the basic everyday skills of life? It seems ironic that the very people who severely suffer from being able to connect normally with…
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Students speak out against drug testing
by Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer Hillsborough High School students voicing their views on the district’s proposed Random Drug Test Policy at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting had one overwhelming sentiment: Don’t approve the policy. The policy, which the board will vote on at its Feb. 25 meeting, would be instituted in the 2008-2009 school…
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POLICE BLOTTER
A worker at the Shell Gas Station on Route 206 reported that someone had forced entry into the gas attendant’s booth and removed $85 in change sometime between 10 p.m. Jan. 17 and 6 a.m. Jan. 18. Police said the bottom half of the door to the booth was kicked in, causing damage estimated at…
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Don’t be fooled, SBHS girls improved
By John Beisser, Sports Writer For the South Brunswick High School girls and boys bowling teams, measuring progress this season has been a difficult assignment. Won-loss records are compiled on all levels of athletics, from the NFL all they way to the pee-wee levels and at every stop in-between. There are times, however, when those…
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Proposed Mercer budget includes no increase in tax rate
Plan now goes to freeholders for their review Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes delivered his administration’s annual proposed budget Wednesday night, a $278.4 million spending plan that seeks to check non-essential spending as the county tightens its belt. The proposed budget, which will now be delivered to the Board of Chosen Freeholders for its…
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Roosevelt School event challenges parents
by Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer Parents of Roosevelt School fourth-graders can try their hands on the state’s standardized test their children will soon be taking during a Feb. 28 workshop at the school. The school hosts the workshop in conjunction with a catered dinner each year, to allow parents to experience the standardized tests their…
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Fire elections set for Saturday
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer Voters will be able to cast ballots Saturday for fire commissioners and this year’s budget in all three South Brunswick fire districts. Taxes are expected to remain the same in districts 1 and 2. Budget numbers for Fire District 3, which covers Kingston, were not made available. Polls will be…
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Family says thanks for sympathy
The family of Robert Malavenda would like to express their heartfelt thanks to all of Robert’s friends, family, students and all who gave so graciously of their time and sent spiritual bouquets, floral arrangements, sympathy cards and donations. We would like to give a special thanks to his fellow musicians, clergy from St. Mathias…
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Wal-Mart abandons plans for location in Lawrence
Retail giant cites ‘shifts in the company’s growth strategy’ By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Wal-Mart has decided to pull the plug on a planned store at 1060-1100 Spruce St., less than six months after obtaining the township Planning Board’s approval to build a 143,233-square-foot store on the 23.5-acre property. Wal-Mart officials made the announcement that…
