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Watchful eyes
New Jamesburg police chief aims to keep borough safe By: Stephanie Brown JAMESBURG Newly appointed police Chief Paul Karkoska stood outside John F. Kennedy School on Tuesday afternoon just before the dismissal bell rang. Watching over the borough’s school children, especially during morning arrival and afternoon dismissal, is a very important part of the…
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Do-it-all Bozyigit happy to help Raiders
Senior is an asset in and out of pool By: Justin Feil Not having its own pool can be a source of frustration for the Hun School co-ed swimming team. Arda Bozyigit isn’t complaining, even if the Raiders have to get on a bus just to reach daily practices at Mercer County Community College. After…
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Jenkins helps tame Panthers
By: Sean Moylan Palmyra can give opposing varsity basketball teams headaches because of its athleticism. But the Florence Township Memorial High boys’ varsity basketball team used tenacious defense to turn the Panthers into pussycats in a 61-47 win at Florence on Tuesday evening. "We led the whole game," said Florence head coach Cesar Perada, whose…
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New math lessons in works for schools
District wants to see better scores on state tests. By: Donna Lukiw The Manville School District is planning on improving its math curriculum this year to better students’ scores on the mandatory state tests given each year. The new math curriculum follows other curriculum upgrades including literacy and language arts that were completed in the…
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Valley busing task force comes to some conclusions
Group did not support elimination of hazardous busing or initiation of subscription busing services The Task Force Editor’s Note: The following is a statement from the Valley Mayors’ Busing Task Force. It is printed in entirety as a public service: Background The Hopewell Valley Regional School Board of Education has experienced five years of…
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Partners in making commutes a little nicer
Township, landscaper tout benefits of road median deal. By: Rebecca Weltmann Augie Palumbo, owner of a landscaping company that has been mowing and maintaining some township medians at no charge, is promising greener grass and colorful flowers along Auten Road this spring. "It’s a heavily traveled area," said Mr. Palumbo, owner of All Decked Out,…
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Letters
Poetry growing in South Brunswick To the editor: Many thanks to Fran Nimeck of the South Brunswick Arts Commission and Hank Kalet, managing editor of the South Brunswick Post, for putting together "The Poets of South Brunswick" program at the South Brunswick Public Library. I thoroughly enjoyed participating in this session of a series…
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Beyond Gender Bending
Mark Nelson plays legendary drag queen Charlotte von Mahlsdorf and 40 other characters in ‘I Am My Own Wife’ at George Street Playhouse. By: Susan Van Dongen In thinking of drag queens, visions of the glamorous RuPaul come to mind. In contrast, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf seemed to shun fashion with her sweaters and pearls…
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NEHS boys’ basketball improves mark to 6-4
By: Kyle Moylan With a 65-50 win over Moorestown Friends this past Monday, the New Egypt High School boys’ basketball team was able to emerge from a busy - and difficult - week of games with 2-2 mark. New Egypt is now 6-4 on the season. Josh Howard scored 17 points in the win. Stephen…
