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Budget cuts discussed due to impending state aid reduction
Millstone considers taking over UFRSD student transport to generate revenue BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE — Although there are still many unknowns, the Board of Education discussed the latest modifications to the 2010-11 school budget at the March 8 meeting. Currently, the tax impact of the budget for the average home assessed at $510,750…
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Roosevelt prepares for election
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ROOSEVELT — Two incumbents and one newcomer will run uncontested in the April 20 Board of Education election. Incumbents Kelly Yang and Jaymie Kosa are seeking re-election. Board member Linda Grayson decided not to run again. Edward Goetzmann has filed to run for her seat.P rincipal and interim Superintendent Shari…
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RPS students play ‘hooky’
School staff, community volunteers help kids have fun while cutting regular classes BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Once every year, Roosevelt Public School students can’t get in trouble for playing hooky. The PTA sponsored Schoolhouse Hooky Day at Roosevelt Public School on March 10. Above: Community members such as theater teacher Anna Soloway (second from…
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School district admins. agree to wage freeze
BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The school district’s Millstone Township Administrators Association (MTAA) has agreed to forgo a raise and change health benefits plan. Board of Education President Tom Foley made the announcement at the March 8 meeting. He said the MTAA did not have to come forward and make the offer because administrators still have…
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Millstone superintendent of schools to retire this year
Mary Anne Donahue looks back on 13 years of service BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer After over a decade of working in the Millstone Township School District, Superintendent of Schools Mary Anne Donahue has decided to retire. “To keep working to the end — that’s my goal.” — Mary Anne Donahue superintendent Donahue, whose retirement…
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Julia Mariano (l-r), 7, of Allentown, Jacqueline Biennas, 12, of Monroe, and Julia’s sister Madison, 9, go face to face with a couple of alpacas during the Eastern Alliance Alpaca Show on March 13 at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold. More, page 21. SCOTT FRIEDMAN
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This trick would even make the Dog Whisperer jealous
Coda • GREG BEAN One of my favorite shows on television these days is “The Dog Whisperer” with Cesar Millan. Millan is a dog trainer and psychologist who has an uncanny ability to get inside a dog’s head and figure out what’s making him or her dysfunctional. And once he figures it out, he instinctively…
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GirlScouts Celebrate Birthday
By MarionSampaio Junior Girl Scout trrop 94252 fromFranklin Township, Warren County, celebrated Girl Scout Week by creating a wall display at their elementary school. Each girl (and leaders too) researched a famous woman who was a girl scout and wrote a short paragraph on her, added photos, and interspersed photos of their troop activities to…
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Beware of IRS’ 2010 “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams
By Gregg Semanick, New Jersey’s IRS Spokesman The Internal Revenue Service issued its 2010 “dirty dozen” list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing. “Taxpayers should be wary of anyone peddling scams that seem too good to be true,” IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. “The IRS fights fraud by…
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