Category: archives
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Friedeborn, Williams advance in Region 5
LHS wrestlers in quarterfinals Friday night. By: John E. Powers After losing in the final round of the District 17 Wrestling Tournament last Saturday, Lawrence seniors Matt Friedeborn and Dan Williams weren’t particularly dismayed. The key, both of them said, was to advance into this week’s Region 5 Tournament at Hunterdon Central High School’s fieldhouse.…
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Church’s projects led by Hillsborough teen
Hillsborough High School junior Lauren Laessig coordinates volunteers for the Interfaith Hospitality Network. By: Donna Lukiw Lauren Laessig, a junior at Hillsborough High School, has dedicated a lot of her free time to helping the homeless and being the youngest coordinator of the Mercer County’s local Interfaith Hospitality Network at Trinity Church in Princeton. Interfaith…
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FORUM: What restrictions should be placed on eminent domain?
Join the Debate The South Brunswick Post is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues. The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of South Brunswick want their town to…
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EDITORIAL: Islamic center should expand, within limits
The Zoning Board of Adjustment should approve the expansion plan for the Islamic Society of Central Jersey, but set conditions designed to limit its impact on the surrounding streets. We can understand why the Zoning Board of Adjustment has delayed its vote on a controversial expansion plan for the Islamic Society of Central Jersey until…
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Athletics, nurses back in school budget
The revised budget proposal includes a $3.7 million or 3.9 percent increase in spending. By: Donna Lukiw Seats that are typically empty during Hillsborough Board of Education meetings were filled with parents, teachers, nurses, guidance counselors and Hillsborough residents on Monday. "I hope we have this many people voting," Superintendent Karen Lake told…
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Houses propsed for Van Dyke farm
A proposed plan by Morris Realty of East Rutherford calls for 76, four- to five-bedroom houses to be built on the Van Dyke farm, which residents want to preserve. By: Joseph Harvie An East Rutherford-based realty firm has plans to build 76 homes on the 200-acre Van Dyke farm on Davidsons Mill Road, a parcel…
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Pennington OKs 24% water, sewer rate hike
Councilman Weed Tucker said: "We’re playing catch-up." By John Tredrea Pennington Borough’s public water and sewer customers will get a 24 percent rate increase, retroactive to Jan. 1, under an ordinance adopted by a 4-1 council vote Monday night. There was an 8 percent increase last year. Prior to that, there had been no increases…
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WEB ONLY: The history of slavery
Symposium outlines history of slavery in South Brunswick. By: Joseph Harvie Amy was a slave who worked in the fields at the Van Dyke farm on Davidsons Mill Road. She entered America through the port city of Perth Amboy and was sold to William Petty, who in turn sold her to the Van Dykes for…
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Girls swim team can look back on record-setting season
Cardinals fall to Westfield in state A semifinals. By: Mike Molaro The Lawrence High School girls swimming squad saw its season end with a 93-77 setback to Westfield in the NJSIAA Public A semifinals on Feb. 23 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing. Instead of feeling sorry for themselves and thinking about what…
