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Middle school debate league takes shape
Stone Bridge to host first-ever tournament and seeks judges BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — In ancient times, 13- and 14-year-olds were ruling countries. Today, most people have to wait until adulthood before they even have a chance to make a significant contribution to society. Two Stone Bridge Middle School teachers have realized that…
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Millstone primary school joins campaign for quality early education
New superintendent reveals aspect of job he likes best BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder reads to students in hopes of helping set a world record for the number of people reading the same book on the same day during Jumpstart Read for the Record at the Millstone Township Primary School…
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Cartoon unfair to New Jersey’s nurses
The Sept. 21 editorial cartoon is shamefully misleading to New Jersey residents and painfully unfair to nurses who take care of our elderly and disabled in long-term care facilities. It asserts that the state of N.J. is 22nd in long-term nursing care, which implies that nurses are solely responsible for the grade on this survey.…
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Charter school issues need to be addressed
I n regards to a recent letter regarding charter school in New Jersey and the lack of enthusiasm on the part of suburban districts to include them, I would refer readers to the following website: charterschoolscandals.org. This site chronicles the various problems that have been uncovered with charter schools across the nation, not just in…
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Horse-drawn carriage drivers compete at Horse Park of NJ
Garden State Combined Driving Event reinvigorated with help of locals BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent UPPER FREEHOLD — Local competitors and volunteers and beautiful weather helped make this year’s Garden State Combined Driving Event (CDE) a great success. The competition, formerly held in the spring, took place Oct. 8-9 at the Horse Park of New Jersey.…
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Millstone Twp. hires a new administrator
The Millstone Township Committee hired a new township administrator/ Department of Public Works coordinator and appointed a new recreation coordinator on Oct. 5. Thomas Antus, the longtime administrator for FreeholdTownship who retired from that position earlier this year, was named to the Millstone position. Katherine Slisky, who formerly served as the assistant recreation director, was…
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Community members band together to help lost horse
Gelding will go up for adoption after regaining healthy weight BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent Perhaps it’s a sign of these tough economic times that no one has come forward to claim a skinny horse found on Sweetmans Lane in Millstone last week. The chestnut gelding, estimated to be in his late teens, is being cared…
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Ryan Schreyer, of Robbinsville, builds a scarecrow during the Fall Festival in Allentown on Oct. 8. For more photos, see page 36. ERIC SUCAR staff
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