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ALLENTOWN: Redbird girls open with win
By Justin Feil, The Packet Group For the first time in their high school careers, the seniors on the Allentown High School girls basketball team have a state tournament win. Leah Ogrodnik continued her hot streak with 19 points, including five 3-pointers, to boost the fifth-seeded Redbirds to a 47-44 win over No. 12 Jackson…
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PRINCETON: Two students in contest to meet with Obama
By Ellis Liang, Special to the Packet Education policies are usually decided by Congress, not by students. Two Princeton University students are trying to change that. Alexis Morin and Catharine Bellinger, both 21, co-founded Students for Education Reform in 2009 with the goal of closing the achievement gap within schools. Since creating SFER in their…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Town bats around Reed Park proposal
By Jessica Noll, Special Writer UPPER FREEHOLD — Faced with a June 25 deadline for accepting or declining a $250,000 county grant, the Township Committee is expected to try to reach a consensus tonight (March 1) on how to proceed with the Reed Park project. The Monmouth County open space grant requires Upper Freehold to…
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Community Calendar: March 1 edition
Thurs., March 1 RIHA Night at Ernie’s Tavern: 7 p.m., 9 Main St., Robbinsville. Fundraiser for the Robbinsville Irish Heritage Association’s 3rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Chances to win a cooler and wine baskets throughout the night. Bagpiper kicks off the 50-50 drawing at 9:30 p.m. For information, go online to www.robbinsvilleirish.org. Sun., March…
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Animal Welfare & Care Conference March 10 & 11 at Rutger’s Busch Campus
By AWFNJ The Animal Welfare Federation of New Jersey Annual Conference is 10 days away at Rutger’s Busch Campus Center in Piscataway, NJ…. Have you Purchased Your Tickets Yet? You don’t have to an animal shelter worker or live in NJ to attend! This year’s event features some of the hottest topics in animal welfare…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Ex-Hillsborough runner will attend Citadel
Miles Keohane, who moved to South Carolina from Hillsborough in the middle of his sophomore year, will attend the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina, in the fall. He was primarily recruited for cross country; he has been injured in both his sophomore and junior track seasons. Keohane ran a personal best of 4:46.46…
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UPPER FREEHOLD: Run with Eagles 5K race set for March 31
UPPER FREEHOLD — Allentown Boy Scout Troop 180 is gearing up for the 6th annual Run with Eagles 5K race, which will be held Saturday, March 31 at the township’s Byron Johnson Park on Ellisdale Road. The troop is inviting runners and walkers to come out for either the 1-mile Fun Run scheduled for 9…
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CRANBURY: School board holds first budget meeting
Introduces spending plan with 1 percent increase David Kilby, Managing Editor CRANBURY Even though the Cranbury Board of Education chose to keep its election in April, it still had to shuffle around some dates to meet deadlines for submitting its budget to the county and having a public hearing. The public hearing on the…
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