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Gordon tapped to lead board
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent MILLSTONE — Margaret Gordon will be busier this year, as was evidenced at the Millstone Township K-8 School District Board of Education reorganization meeting on Jan. 5. In a 6-3 vote, the board members selected Gordon to serve as president. Gordon previously served as the panel’s vice president. She will also…
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Bee focuses students’ vision on geography
By MAUREEN DAYE Correspondent The top three finishers in the Millstone Township Middle School Geography Bee were (from left) Max Zodkoy, third place, Matt Cook, second place, and Ryan Iosim, first place. The excitement was at a fever pitch during the fifth tiebreaker question in a Geography Bee at the Millstone Township Middle School. “Johnston…
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Changes needed in Common Core standards
I believe the Common Core curriculum is a disaster. It telescopes learning far too quickly, forces teachers to move rapidly, teach to the test, and worst of all frustrates students to the extent that school is no longer a place children want to go. Math and science topics which were taught in grades 10 and…
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Legislators to seek re-election
Republican state assemblymen Ronald Dancer and Robert Clifton announced that they intend to run for re-election to the state Legislature this year. Dancer, 59, and Clifton, 46, represent legislative District 12, which encompasses parts of Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington and Middlesex counties and includes Allentown, Millstone Township and Upper Freehold Township. “I am proud of our…
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Entries being sought for poster competition
New Jersey’s soil conservation districts are accepting entries in a poster contest designed to raise awareness about natural resources and related issues among young people. The theme for this year’s poster contest is “Local Heroes-Your Hardworking Pollinators.” Students may compete in the following categories: Grades 2-3; Grades 4-6; Grades 7-9; and Grades 10-12. The winner…
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Millstone foundation awards grants
The Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence has awarded three grants totaling $13,591 to Millstone Township K-8 School District schools. The grant awards included a book room in the Millstone Township Middle School, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) pro library mini lab and an interactive LEGO wall, according to a press release. The…
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Questions loom over N.J.’s fiscal health
By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer Gov. Chris Christie’s State of the State address did not sufficiently outline a plan to overcome the economic challenges facing New Jersey in the eyes of some local officials. State Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-Middlesex) said she was dissatisfied with the speech because she felt the governor did not meaningfully…
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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Allentown High School’s Camille Flim (left) and Trenton Central’s Symirra Grant chase after a loose ball during the Jan. 16 game played in Allentown. The Redbirds edged Trenton, 46-42, to improve to 8-2 on the season.
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