Category: archives
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Board member pans consolidation
Financial gain not what it seems according to Abschutz By: Lacey Korevec School board President Martin Abschutz said Monday that he doesn’t agree with creating a centralized, county-based school administration, or with handing labor negotiations over to the county. Both issues were discussed at the special legislative committee meeting held Sept. 6, he said. Mr.…
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Scoring no worry for Vikes
By: David Gurney There were question marks aplenty heading into the season for the South Brunswick boys soccer team. The defense, the youth, the late-season setbacks of last season. How would they bounce back? How would these problems be addressed? Some questions remain, but one question won’t need to be asked, at least for the…
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New LHS principal ‘looking out for lost students’
David Roman went from dropout to administrator. By: Lea Kahn Some might say it’s uncommon for a high school principal to randomly check students’ notebooks to find out if they have done their homework. But then it’s not every high school dropout who goes back to school and works his way up to become a…
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My Turn
Autumn makes for great canoeing weather By: Hank Reeves I was just thinking with all this rain how good it would make the canoeing this fall. Autumn is the best time of the year to canoe. For those who would like to give it a try, there are canoe rentals in the area. Canoe trails…
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City moves to accept land
PSE&G donation would join open space plan By: Cara Latham BORDENTOWN CITY The Bordentown City Commission on Monday introduced an ordinance that would officially accept a small parcel of property along Blacks Creek from PSE&G. The property, off Lime Kiln Alley along Blacks Creek, was given to the city by PSE&G and will be…
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Evelyn Brosnan
MANVILLE Evelyn (Wargo) Andreychik Brosnan died Sept. 8 at the New Jersey Eastern Star Nursing Home located in the Finderne section of Bridgewater. She was 75. Born in Somerset, she lived in Bound Brook before moving to Manville 55 years ago. Mrs. Brosnan was a homemaker. She is predeceased by her husbands, William Brosnan,…
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Noll plays well while she learns the ropes
By: Rich Fisher So far, the South Brunswick High girls tennis team has had little trouble with its opponents. Except for the best player on the team. Which is one of the drawbacks of being so good when you’re so young. In 3-2 and 4-1 victories over North Brunswick and Edison, respectively, highly touted freshman…
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No more after-class cleanups
Kids find high-tech blackboards to be ‘cool.’ By: Donna Lukiw Third-grader Julie Fendt was learning "place value" in math by listening to her teacher and writing down problems. But she wasn’t writing on paper instead, Julie and her classmates used an electronic pen and the new Promethean Activclassroom an electronic display used in…
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POLICE BLOTTER
By: Michael D. Vigliotti, 25, of Monogahela, Pa., was charged with obstruction after he crashed his 2002 black Oldsmobile and fled on foot to the nearby Days Inn on Route 206 at 6:51 p.m. Aug. 27. The manager of Lora’s gas station observed Mr. Vigliotti’s car heading southbound. It passed through the parking lot of…
