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HILLSBOROUGH: Thespians to take on ‘Beauty and the Beast’
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor ”Beauty and the Beast” will be the latest Broadway musical challenge to be taken on by Hillsborough High School students. Director B.J. Solomon announced that the musical love story, based on the animated film, will be presented March 8-16 as the highlight of the stage year. Presentation of the…
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Vote for school restoration bonding
Rebecca Cox, Princeton Board of Education To the editor: I am writing to ask you to vote on Monday, Sept. 24, in favor of the bond referendum to repair and restore the Princeton Public Schools and playing fields. The referendum is necessary because the life expectancy has been exceeded for many of the systems and…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Boy Scout troop goes on New Mexico trip
Last month, 12 Boy Scouts and three troop leaders from Troop 489 of Hillsborough traveled to the Philmont Scout Reservation in the mountains of New Mexico. At 137,500 square acres, it is the largest Scout reservation in the world with about 1,200 staff members and 22,800 Scouts arriving every summer. Philmont also is operated as…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Painting estimates weren’t as high as stated
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor That high school painting project rejected July 23 by the Board of Education wasn’t five times the $33,000 estimate of earlier in the year. It was only about two times as large. Greg Gillette told his fellow school board members Aug. 27 that Board Secretary Aiman Mahmoud had incorrectly spoken…
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LAWRENCE: New rabbi sees her role as a teacher
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The shortest distance between two points is a straight line but that rule doesn’t always apply when it comes to finding one’s life work and a satisfying career. Just ask Rabbi Vicki Seren Tuckman, who has been named only the third rabbi at Temple Micah since it was founded…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Biondi’s name goes on town hall on Saturday
Often called “Mr. Hillsborough,” Peter Biondi will become part of the township’s permanent landscape Saturday. In a ceremony at 11 a.m. the municipal complex, the township municipal building will be renamed the Peter J. Biondi Building in honor of the former mayor who helped acquire the land, plan the design and oversee the building of…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Schools stayed busy all summer
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor School administrators on Monday night updated the Board of Education on work that has been accomplished over the summer. Building principals introduced new teachers and long-term substitutes who attended the meeting. With 32 retirements, 22 resignations and 20 new positions, this was one of the largest staff increases in years,…
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Pink Ribbon Softball/Komen
John F. Kouten 1,000 Young Women Play Softball to Raise Awareness of Breast Cancer Largest Youth Breast Cancer Charity Softball Tournament in NJ WHAT: The Susan G. Komen for the Cure of Central & South Jersey, in partnership with Pink Ribbon Softball, Inc., are proud to sponsor the largest youth breast cancer charity softball tournament…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Boy Scout troop goes on New Mexico trip
Hillsborough Scouts stand atop a mountain range in New Mexico. From left are Dale Gates, Kieran Claus, Tyler Obropta, Sean Gates, Steve Sopko, Justin Mahalsky, Alex Duncan, Wesley Anderson, Nicholas Athanasiou and Cody Obropta. (Photo by Assistant Scoutmaster Chris Obropta)
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