Category: archives
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Teacher slots filling up in Monroe
Almost all new teaching positions filled By: Marisa Maldonado MONROE The district has hired almost all of the new teachers it will need for the start of the school year, including about 30 who will fill newly created positions. About 40 new teachers have been hired, said Edward Forsthoffer, assistant superintendent for personnel. Of…
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Karel Poppr
Mr. Karel M. Poppr, 79, died Tuesday, July 4, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in the Czech Republic, he lived there until 1948, when he moved to Israel, where he lived for 12 years before moving to the United States in 1960. He settled in New York, where he lived…
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State needs to keep incentives for top students
PACKET EDITORIAL, July 14 By: Packet Editorial Nobody, not even the most diehard orange-and-black-bleeding son or daughter of Old Nassau, will likely shed too many tears over the one-sentence footnote attached to the new state budget that effectively removes $538,000 in state aid for Princeton University. The footnote, inserted by an unknown legislator at an…
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Indian cultural complex gets second session
Public invited Wednesday night By: Dick Brinster EAST WINDSOR The developers of the proposed $142 million Indian American Cultural Complex have scheduled a second public presentation, for next week, and have established a Web site. "We are committed to being a good neighbor and we are eager to satisfy anyone’s needs for further information,"…
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Gail Herman
Gail Herman, of Monroe, died Sunday, July 9, at Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick.. Her grandfather, Philip Gorlin, is deceased. She is survived by a husband, Perry Herman, M.D.; two daughters, Sydney and Rayna Herman; a mother and father, Marleen and Arnold Gotthoffer; and a grandmother, Elsie Gorlin. Services were held Tuesday, July 11,…
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Print This Fish
David Denick’s gyotaku works show off more than the size of today’s catch. By: Susan Van Dongen It wasn’t artistic or cultural curiosity that inspired David Denick to try his hand at making gyotaku fish prints. He just wanted to show off to his brother specifically, to showcase a prized flounder Mr. Denick, an…
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CPR update helps to save lives
CPR can double or triple a victim’s chances of survival when performed immediately after a person suffers cardiac arrest By: Deborah Millar, R.N. Many people learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during health class in high school, but may now only vaguely remember the procedure. Others may have learned it when their children were born and are…
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK by Marisa Maldonado: Reporter leaves to teach in China
Post and Press journalist set for year-long journey By: Marisa Maldonado I’ve read a lot of news stories about China’s growing economic and political clout. But the story that often does not get told is how these changes impact the ordinary person. In three weeks I’ll see the impact of China’s progress firsthand. About 40…
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East Windsor for $20
Where does the new "Jeopardy!" champ live By: Cara Latham EAST WINDSOR Township resident David Nikithser says the time between April 21 and July 10 were the longest 77 days of his life. That’s the length of time the 31-year-old East Windsor resident had to wait to see his taped television appearance on the…
