Category: archives
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HHS boys made significant progress in second volleyball season
Raiders almost made state playoffs By: John E. Powers The objective of Todd Sudol from the time he took the reins as head coach of the fledgling Hillsborough High School boys’ volleyball team was challenging, but simple. "What we want to do," said Sudol, "is to get the volleyball team as recognizable in the…
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Prom offers welcome break for ill teen
Sashay Austin, a senior at Lawrence High School who is under going chemotherapy treatment at a New Brunswick hospital, attended the prom Friday. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer For a few hours Friday night, Lawrence High School senior Sashay Austin was given a reprieve from her emotional battle with leukemia and lived life as a typical…
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Letters
Rutgers cuts are bad policy To the editor: During difficult budget times in Trenton, it is more important than ever that wise budget choices be made. Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposal to dramatically and indiscriminately slash funding for Rutgers, New Jersey’s flagship university, is inequitable and wrongheaded. Rutgers, and all of higher education, are being…
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New vehicle to serve as emergency command center
The 33-foot-long Sterling Acterra will make it possible to have all the needed resources together during a crisis. By: Charlie Olsen While struggling to combat the March 2 fire that damaged or destroyed 10 condominiums and apartments on Williamsburg Common, Jim Maguire remembers huddling underneath a tailgate with other members of the emergency services to…
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Editorial Students must help to halt bomb threats
Students urged to take responsibility for the actions of their peers Enough is enough. Five times in just over a month South Brunswick High School has had to be evacuated because of a prank, bomb threats either called into the school or left in a note or scrawled on walls in the building. The threats…
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Mayor wins primary battle
Frank Gambatese takes Democratic mayoral slot By: Joseph Harvie and Marisa Maldonado As poll workers ran the tallies into the VFW Post 9111 on Henderson Road, Mayor Frank Gambatese sat at a folding table surrounded by supporters. It had been by a long day, and by 8:30 p.m. he found that he was ahead by…
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Bringing a healthy twist to an old tradition
Mansfield Field Day goes on a diet By: Molly Petrilla MANSFIELD After 67 years of deep-fried treats, organizers decided it was time to put Mansfield Field Day on a diet. Though the planners didn’t entirely ban the annual event’s snow cones, popcorn and funnel cakes, they did make sure fruit cups, salads and wraps…
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Pennington proposals adddress sump pumps, yard waste and stormwater
PENNINGTON COUNCIL UPDATE By John Tredrea Proposed Pennington Borough ordinances that would tighten restrictions on sump pumps, disposal of yard waste, and discharge into the borough stormwater collection system were introduced by Borough Council Monday night. All the proposed measures are expected to be scheduled for public hearings and adoption votes at the council’s July…
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Putting a new twist on teaching Spanish
Children’s videos offer a new way of teaching Spanish. By: Marisa Maldonado A new program has given "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" a sprinkling of salsa. A series of videos that incorporate Spanish vocabulary into well-known children’s stories has given South Brunswick’s youngest students basic foreign language skills. Teachers said the program, which satisfies a…
