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Parsons adds some respect to its morning breakfast
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Using manners. Doing what teachers ask you to do. Raising your hand. Helping with math. Cleaning up the classroom. A student from every kindergarten through fifth-grade class at Parsons Elementary School was honored at a breakfast April 17 for being selected the most respectful student in his…
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Poems act as a form of expression For those completing a poetry lesson
BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – It is not often that a student can stop a teacher in the hallway and have them follow directions on command. However, at Parsons Elementary School on April 17, youngsters could do just that: they could ask to have a poem read to them. In celebration of…
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Programs honor Holocaust Remembrance Week
Linwood Middle School, B’nai Tikvah teach about tolerance, responsibility BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer JENNIFER AMATO Linwood Middle School in North Brunswick will be sending over 300 butterflies to the Holocaust Museum in Texas in honor of a project to create one butterfly for each of the 1.5 million children who were killed in the…
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Dentist sinks her teeth into spa dentistry concept
Local dentist offers massages, aromatherapy along with oral care BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – A dentist’s chair can be one of the most feared places. That’s why local dentist Nihal Kamel is combining spa services with her dental treatments to make the experience more pleasurable. “You have to be able to give…
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SCOTT FRIEDMAN Jonathan Sprout sings about the greatness of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the “American Heroes” assembly at Judd Elementary School in North Brunswick on Friday. He also spoke of Sacagawea, George Washington, Amelia Earhart and Abraham Lincoln.
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School budgets fail in North and South Bruns.
Now town councils must decide by May 19 how much money to cut BY JENNIFER AMATO & CHRIS MURINO Staff Writers The school district budgets in both North and South Brunswick failed by fewer than 100 votes during elections on April 15. In North Brunswick, the budget failed for the fourth year in a row,…
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Museum improvements stress interactivity, community
Plans for Menlo Park Museum expansion presented to residents BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer Plans for a vast expansion to theMenlo Park Museum in Edison, which is dedicated to the life and work of famed inventor and township namesake Thomas Alva Edison, were introduced to the public during anApril 3 meeting at the municipal building.…
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N.B. deemed responsible for educating six students
Officials claim another town should pay costs; are fighting late-filed appeal BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Despite losing an appeal over having to pay over $60,000 for the services for six special education students, the township school district maintains that they are not responsible for the “homeless” students costs. According to Superintendent…
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Students get ‘write’ to expressing their feelings
Sixth-graders get awards for writing letters to their favorite authors BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Four students at Linwood Middle School have received an honorable mention in the Letters About Literature contest, sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Target. The project had students write a…
