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MANVILLE: Students adapting to block scheduling
By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer In addition to the normal school jitters, Manville High School students had another worry this year a new system of scheduling classes with longer class periods, called “block scheduling.” ”In the summer, everybody was like, ‘oh no, block scheduling. This is going to be bad,’” senior Lindsay Zaccardi said.…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Soccer team eyes township
Blaze set to join top amateur league By Davy James, Staff Writer The top amateur soccer league in the United States soon may have a team based in South Brunswick. The National Premier Soccer League’s expansion team, the New Jersey Blaze, is hoping to open its first season in May in Rowland Park on Broadway…
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MANVILLE: Borough may bond for road projects
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer To pay for additional equipment and various road improvements, the Borough Council unanimously introduced a bond ordinance Sept. 14 to authorize borrowing $1,075,000 for the work to be done. ”We will probably permanently finance it in 10 or 11 years,” Borough Administrator Gary Garwacke said. “For the moment, we are…
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Proud support for Assembly candidates
Arthur A. Roedel Jr. of Monmouth Junction I am proud to support Democrat Assembly members Linda Greenstein and Wayne DeAngelo for re-election in November. Linda Greenstein is an intelligent, reform-minded leader. She has sponsored nearly every anti-corruption bill that has come out of the Legislature, even when comprehensive reform was unpopular within her own party.…
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Argentine Tango Workshops
By Vittoria Natale Paula Gurini & Mariano Beilak visiting Master Tango Instructors from Buenos Aires, Argentina will be visiting and teaching in Princeton, NJ on October 1 & 4, 2009 at the Suzanne B. Paterson Building, 45 Stockton Street, behind Borough Hall. Paula & Mariano dance a particular and unmistakable style of dancing while using…
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PLUMSTED: Township turns to online auction for revenue
By Vic Monaco, Managing Editor PLUMSTED The township is turning to the Internet to raise revenue. The Township Committee has authorized a public online sale of hundreds of items, and Mayor Ron Dancer said the primary motivation is two straight years of state aid cuts. ”These are dire economic times,” he said. ”Hopefully, with…
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P-Day grant deadline extended
Andy Beloff, vice president, Pennington Day trustees The Pennington Day board of trustees and the Pennington Day grants committee would like to let organizations throughout Hopewell Valley know that the deadline for applying for an annual Pennington Day grant has been extended to Nov. 1. All applications should be sent via email to [email protected]…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Development gets preliminary OK from planners
By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer The Planning Board gave preliminary approval to a 22 single-family housing development near Willow Road and Ivy Lane for Country Classics on Sept. 10 after changes hammered out between the developer and neighbors were approved. The three main changes were based on Ivy Lane residents’ concerns about increased traffic, buffers…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Heed bridge history, group says
Commission asked county to delay engineering work on Jacobs Creek Bridge “in order to cooperate with the Crossroads of the Revolution National Heritage Area organization . . ." By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Rather than endorse any design option to replace the Jacobs Creek bridge on Route 579, the Hopewell Township Historic Preservation Commission decided…
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