Teacher touched by stories of would-be U.S. citizens
BY MARY ANNE ROSS Correspondent
      EAST BRUNSWICK - Every year, thousands of people come from countries all over the world to live in the United States. Some want more than just to be here; they want to become citizens. And in East Brunswick there is a special class to help them.
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Suspended students walked in graduation ceremonies
Class prez not allowed to give speech; none attended Project Grad.
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer
      WOODBRIDGE - A water balloon fight intended as a senior prank left 30 Woodbridge High School students suspended last week - one day before their graduation.
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Leaders call for boost to state open space spending
BY CHRIS GAETANO Staff Writer
      PLAINSBORO - Local leaders and civic groups said last week that the one-year funding source for the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT), set to run out this year, is not enough and called on the government to find a more permanent solution.
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Ocean View
Remembrance of summers past
Patricia A. Miller
      I didn't recognize it at first. When my brother stopped the station wagon, I told him we must have missed it. I told him we had to keep going down the gravel road. This couldn't be it. A field, with evergreens and cedars in places I didn't remember.
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Monk or bunk? A Middletown tax dispute
Battle over exemption, sign centers on legitimacy of small monastery
BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer
      Middletown Township has ordered a self-described Greek Orthodox monk to remove a large front lawn sign declaring his home a monastery. On June 18, Archimandrite Ephraem Bertolette, 63, said he received notice from the township giving him 14 days to remove the sign or suffer legal pr...
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Metuchen H.S. Top 3 talk of life after high school
Co-valedictorians and salutatorian have fond memories of high school
BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer
      METUCHEN - It just hasn't kicked in yet. That's what Metuchen High School's top three students - co-valedictorians Theresa Donohue and Soha Shah and salutatorian Victor Thomas - said the day after they had received their diplomas during the graduation ceremony in the high school...
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