• FUTURE FARMERS: High school officers reflect on FFA experience

    FUTURE FARMERS: High school officers reflect on FFA experience

    Phil McAuliffe One of the school’s FFA jackets. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.

  • TIME TRAVELS: House of Refuge becomes South Brunswick mansion

    by Ceil Leedom, Township Historian    Editor’s note: Articles in this series will expand on people, places and events that have shaped South Brunswick s history. Comments, suggestions, and corrections are welcome.    South Brunswick’s only brownstone mansion, located in Kingston, grew from the foundations of a House of Refuge in Kingston in 1850. The State of…

  • FUTURE FARMERS: Middle School FFA among two in state

    FUTURE FARMERS: Middle School FFA among two in state

    NBC Middle School FFA members who participated in the Horticultural Exposition Chapter fundamentals    ”FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education,” states the FFA Mission. The Northern Burlington Middle School FFA Chapter strives to meet that mission through…

  • LAWRENCE: Schools adjust fall start date

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The schoolhouse doors will open a couple of days earlier than usual in September, based on the proposed 2009-10 calendar prepared by school district officials, because Labor Day falls a little later than usual.     The proposed calendar was passed by the Lawrence Township Board of Education on first reading…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township seeks grant to update resources inventory

    By Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    About 34 years after an inventory was last done, the township is now taking steps to reassess both positive and negative environmental factors affecting Hillsborough.    The Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to authorize the submission of an application for a 2009 Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions Grant…

  • LAWRENCE: Green Building Expo shows sustainability within reach

    LAWRENCE: Green Building Expo shows sustainability within reach

    Phil McAuliffe Melissa McCormack and her children Rebecca, 8, and Mathew, 11, of Lawrenceville sell energy saving lights as a fundraiser for Lawrence Intermediate School at the Green Expo. Staff photos by Phil McAuliffe.

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Yearlong anniversary gets started

    ROBBINSVILLE: Yearlong anniversary gets started

    Cathy Lubbe, Kendall Johnson, 12, Julianna Lubbe, 11, Councilwoman Sonja Walter and Jean Ward check out a cake for Robbinsville’s 150th anniversary. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • Small businesses need tax relief

    Laurie Ehlbeck of National Federation of Independent Business     Small business owners are hunkering down, worrying about sales, cutting back on investment and growth plans, and even beginning to cut jobs. The impact can now be seen in town after town here in New Jersey. Not only are small businesses the major source of new…

  • FUTURE FARMERS: Students harvest 17 acres

    By Levi Wainwright    If hands-on experience is the best teacher, the students in the Northern Burlington Agriculture program learn a great deal through the Crop Demonstration program supervised by Mike Hlubik and Bill Hilgendorff. These ag teachers, along with local agribusinessmen, supervise interested students in the choice, planning, planting, care, and harvesting.    The 17-acre crop…

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