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7th Grader Develops App to Benefit Kessler Foundation
May 21, 2012Mohnish Sabhani is your typical 12 year old—a casual kid who loves technology and gaming. But when his Social Studies teacher, M...
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Local Teens Take the Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, May 16
May 16, 2012Most teenagers daydream about singing or dancing on a stage before a live audience. That dream becomes reality for Union County ...
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Union County Clerk Offers Election Information for Board of Education Candidates
May 15, 2012Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi reminds anyone interested in running for school board that the annual Board of Education elections i...
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Literacy Volunteers to Honor CBS Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author at 25th Anniversary Gala
May 11, 2012Literacy Volunteers of Union County will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a celebrity gala honoring Emmy Award-winning journalist B...
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Drive For Autism Foundation Thanks Local Groups for their Support during National Autism Awareness Month
May 4, 2012The Drive for Autism Foundation is pleased to acknowledge the support it has received during April 2012, National Autism Awareness Mon...
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Come one, Come all to St. Andrew’s Nursery School & Kindergarten Annual Spring Fling Event – Friday, May 4th
May 3, 2012Come one, Come all to St. Andrew’s Nursery School & Kindergarten Annual Spring Fling Event – Friday, May 4t...
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Redeemer’s Borchin Scholarship Fund Tops $10,000
April 19, 2012This past March 11, Redeemer Lutheran School together with Anchor of Hope hosted a fashion show, silent auction and tricky tray. ...
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Union County Vo-Tech Teachers of the Year Honored
April 3, 2012The Union County Vocational-Technical School District honored its five teachers of the year at a Board of Education meeting last Monda...
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Academy Panthers Battle Rivals in CYO Championship Game
March 22, 2012It was a cold Sunday afternoon in early March as the crowd filed into the basketball gymnasium in Linden to see a Clash of the Titans ...
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Celebration of Special Athletes
March 9, 2012Summit Department of Community Programs, Investors Bank and TryCAN are proud to be participating in a Celebration of Special Athletes ...
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Westfield High School Theatre Department Proudly Presents PIPPIN
February 24, 2012"We've Got Magic to do, Just for You" at Westfield High School, March 8, 9 and 10th. The students of WHS are worki...
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Miles for Music Inaugural 20K Race Receives USATF-NJ Championship Status
February 6, 2012Miles for Music, a 501(c)(3) non-profit (pending) organization that raises money to help fund music education programs in public schoo...
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Fair School Funding Plan
January 28, 2012Dear Mayor: We would like to call your attention to Senator Michael Doherty’s legislation, The Fair School Fundin...
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SPF Board of Ed Discusses Declining Birthrate and Enrollment Impact
January 20, 2012SCOTCH PLAINS— The Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education met on Thursday for a regular meeting. At the beginning of the ...
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Academy Panther Volleyball Continues to Roar
January 17, 2012The Academy of Our Lady of Peace Volleyball program now boasts both a varsity and junior varsity GIL League team as well as an intramu...
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Winter Programs for Youth with Special Needs Now Registering
January 16, 2012Youth with special needs and those who could use just a little help and encouragement are welcome to now register for several exciting...
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What Does 21st Century Education Look Like in New Jersey?
January 13, 2012Once-banned cell phones are now a welcome presence in many New Jersey’s classrooms. Educators are embracing smart phones, iPads ...
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P.A.N.D.A.S
January 8, 2012As a pediatric and adolescent psychiatrist, Rosalie Greenberg, M.D., host of Kids First, understands the importance of getting the pro...
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Academy Panthers Hit the Course Running in Cross Country 2011
January 7, 2012The Cross Country Track Team of The Academy of Our Lady of Peace enjoyed another great fall season in 2011. Academy students finished ...
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The Theater Project Announces Spring Classes
January 3, 2012The Theater Project announces its spring classes at the Burgdorff Center for the Performing Arts. Come and experience the joy of...
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New Year, New You - Ten Tips for a Healthy Brain
December 30, 2011New Year’s resolutions often revolve around goals to make our bodies look better. “I’ll fit into a size 6.” &l...
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700 Union County Vo-Tech Students Honored by American Cancer Society
December 21, 2011Students from the Union County Vo-Tech Schools received a resolution of “Outstanding Accomplishment” from the American Can...
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International Artist Dominic Pangborn Visits SPF Middle Schools
November 16, 2011SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ – On Monday, Nov. 14, internationally renowned Michigan based Artist Dominic Pangborn visited both Par...
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Westfield High School Theatre Department Presents Stage Door
November 14, 2011The Westfield High School Theatre Department proudly presents Stage Door, a lighthearted drama by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber.&n...
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The Theater Project’s 10th Annual Young Playwrights Competition Now Seeking Submissions from NJ High School Student Playwrights
November 10, 2011The Theater Project, is accepting submissions for its 10th annual Young Playwrights ' Competition. The competition seeks original ...