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CRANBURY: Board passes $15.5 million budget at joint meeting
By Kaitlyn Kanzler, Special Writer CRANBURY — The Cranbury Township Board of Education presented its $15.5 million 2012-13 school budget to the public at the March 27 meeting with Mayor David Cook and several council members in attendance. Mayor Cook also gave an abbreviated presentation of the town’s $10.8 million budget that was adopted by…
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JAMESBURG: Jamesburg BOE passes school budget
By Amy Batista, Special Writer JAMESBURG — The Board of Education approved its $13 million budget for 2012-13 at the March 22 public hearing held at the John F. Kennedy gymnasium. ”This is a fiscally responsible budget,” said Salvatore Brucato, Board of Education vice president. “We have a debt to pay to Monroe. That’s where…
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What’s it like to have your dad away for a year?
Last month, a brother and sister, seventh-grade students at Timberlane Middle School, told a story about their father — who is in The Republic of Kosovo — to Bear Tavern School’s fourth-graders. What’s it like to have your dad away from home for a year? Bear Tavern fourth-grade students in Lisa Miller’s class listened to…
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Good eating spots, good deeds and good deals
By Bradley Koltz One of the ways I like celebrate that it’s officially spring is to have lunch at Witherspoon Grill on Witherspoon Street in Princeton. I recently had a terrific lunch there, sitting outside on the plaza by the library. Frequent readers of this column will be happy to know that I ordered something…
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PENNINGTON: Borough gets money for improvements
Pennington Borough had been awarded a $220,000 grant by the New Jersey Department of Transportation for downtown streetscape improvements, according to Mayor Anthony Persichilli. The borough applied for the grant last September under the Transportation Department’s Municipal Aid program. According to the mayor, “the improvements funded by this grant will enhance the image of our…
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Passover-Reliving the Exodus through Story Telling
Rabbi talks about passing down the story at Passover
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Protect interests of ratepayers
Bruce D. Garganio, director, Burlington County freeholders Burlington County Freeholder Director Bruce Garganio sheds light on New Jersey American Water Company’s bullying tactics against the Legislature in a letter to Stephanie Brand, director of the Rate Council. As you are aware, on March 15, 2012, the New Jersey Senate unanimously adopted a resolution…
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13th Bi-Annual Young Professionals Mixer This May
Come to the 13th Young Professionals Mixer This May
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Private Special Education Schools Cost New Jersey Taxpayers Less
By Gerard Theirs Hamilton, NJ – A new report shows that when it comes to educating students with complex, multiple disabilities such as autism, it costs New Jersey taxpayers less when those services are provided by a private school than when they are provided by a specialized public program. In fact, state-approved private schools for…
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