Sunday, May 5, 2013
Bernardsville Library hosting free seminar Monday.
The Bernardsville Public Library is hosting another information session, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Monday, on tips for helping area parents guide their children toward success with homework. There is no charge to attend the program at the library, located at 1 Anderson Hill Road, but advance registration is required. Sign up on the library's website. According to the library, representatives from the Huntington Learning Center will present Homework: A Parent’s Survival Guide. The representatives are planning to discuss the seven most common problems facing parents when dealing with their child’s homework. Those challenges include: their child does not do his best work; refuses to do homework assignments; fails to bring assignments home; …
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Bernardsville Fire Co. No. 1
118 Mine Brook Rd, Bernardsville, NJ
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
High School to launch new wall of honor project after taking nominations through Aug. 15.
After more than 100 years of history, Bernards High School is planning to install a Wall of Honor, perhaps accompanied by a sculpture, that will honor "exemplary citizens that serve as role models for all members of the Bernards High School community." "It's a tremendous project," said Bernards High Principal Scott Neigel. The project still is in the planning stages. Neigel said that a sculpture, possibly a tree with branches reaching out to different areas of achievement, is being considered for the wall that is near the community room at the high school. Sources of funding also still are being explored, Neigel said on Thursday. But the principal was definite in giving credit to the initiative to the Bernards High student council. Neigel …
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Bernards High School
25 Olcott Ave, Bernardsville, NJ
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Monday, April 29, 2013
But longtime member Michael Byrne said that he is leaning toward running again because he offers 'different opinion' on board.
The three Bernards Township Board of Education members whose terms expire at the end of this year each said following Monday's meeting they had not yet decided whether they would file with the county by June to seek re-election to additional three-year terms. But board member Michael Byrne, most likely to vote out of line with the other eight members on the board, responded to a question of whether he would run again with, "Do you think I offer a different opinion once in a while?" Because of that reason, Byrne said he is "leaning" toward seeking re-election. Byrne is a longtime member of the Bernards Township Board of Education, reportedly serving from 1985 to 1997 and then from 2001 to the present time. Board member Elaine Kusel, who is …
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Bernards Township Board of Education
101 Peachtree Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
Also, Ridge field hockey spring clinic for girls, VNA rummage sale coming up.
Since moving the election for Bernards Township Board of Education candidates to November, April marks the beginning, not the end, of the election process for school board members — and this year, there will be three seats opening. The board announced on its website that the nine-member board will have three, three-year vacancies available in the annual school board election, now scheduled to be part of the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. The current deadline to submit the nominating petition is 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 4. The three board members whose terms are due to expire are Michael Byrne, William Koch and Elaine Kusel. Petitions should be delivered by the deadline to the Somerset County Clerk, 20 Grove St. P.O. Box 3000, …
Team falls to Montgomery, 3-2.
The Ridge High School boys tennis team played for the final Somerset County Championships against Montgomery in Bridgewater on Sunday afternoon. Ridge was led by tournament top seed, Mike Liu, a senior No. 1 player, regarded by many to be one of New Jersey's finest tennis talents. Ridge got wins from top seed Mike Liu and at third singles, Mason Keel. On Saturday, other Somerset County high school tennis teams competed to see which teams would be in Sunday's final championship. FIRST SINGLES: Michael Liu, Ridge, d. Chris D'Agostino, Montgomery, 6-1, 6-0. SECOND SINGLES: Kevin Xu, Montgomery, d. Rahul Hingorani, Ridge, 6-2, 6-4. THIRD SINGLES: Mason Keel, Ridge, d. Ben Eckard, Montgomery, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5. FIRST DOUBLES: Clark Chapman/…
Friday, April 26, 2013
Two students are celebrated for graduation.
With Somerset Hills residents heading all over the country to attend college, many have been recognized as Dean's List honorees, and a few are celebrating graduations. Here, in no particular order, is a list of students from Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, Bedminster, Gladstone and Far Hills that were recognized for the Fall 2012 semester:
Thursday, April 25, 2013
James Ventantonio will serve until a new president is hired.
With the current president leaving the college, Bridgewater resident James Ventantonio will be serving as interim president of Raritan Valley Community College. Current president Casey Crabill has announced her resignation, effective June 15, to take a position as president of Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York. “Raritan Valley is a jewel as an educational institution, and I am looking forward to continuing the quality and the caliber of the college established by Dr. Crabill and the board of trustees,” Ventantonio said. Ventantonio said he has management experience, and determined that it means taking care of the people. “In the case of RVCC, this means being attentive to the students, faculty and staff, the board of …
Bernards superintendent urges checks on whether students are properly using technology in and out school.
Whether it's putting up inappropriate posts on Facebook or Twitter, "sexting" on phones or kids messaging strangers, Bernards Schools Superintendent Nick Markarian has issued a reminder to district parents to be aware of the pitfalls of personal technology in the hands of students. The email, sent out as a special Friday Folder, asked parents to talk to their children and to help eliminate opportunities for the potential harm that could come of a potent mixture of young people faced with making instant decisions about snapping photos, recording a video, placing a call or text and more. "A wide variety of modern equipment, software, websites, digital content and apps can create unfortunate circumstances when mixed with young people," the …
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Bernards Township Board of Education
101 Peachtree Rd, Basking Ridge, NJ
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Free seminar with longtime financial aid administrator, along with bagels and coffee.
If paying for college is looming on the horizon for you and your student, a free workshop this Saturday morning at the Bernards Township Library in Basking Ridge will help steer you in the right direction for financial aid opportunities. Financial Aid Administrator Joe Roberto, with more than 38 years of experience, is scheduled to conduct the seminar between 10 to 11:30 a.m., when he will speak about financial programs available for college-bound students. Roberto has been working with Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) and the New Jersey Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NJASFAA) Speaker’s Bureau for many years. This informative program will provide details on federal, state and university financial …
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Bernards Township Library
32 S Maple Ave, Basking Ridge, NJ
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Report also ranks Bernards Township's Ridge High School at No. 200 in nation.
Ridge High School is this year ranked no. 14 in New Jersey, and no. 200 in the U.S., according to U.S. News and World Report's annual rating of top high schools. Ridge was no. 12 last year, but now nine of the top 16 schools are magnet schools which are allowed to be selective about the students they admit, noted Sean Siet, assistant superintendent in Bernards Schools. As far as comprehensive public high schools — who must accept any student within the district — Ridge can be counted as the number five comprehensive school in New Jersey, according to the report's criteria, Siet said. That criteria includes the ratio of teachers to students, college readiness, and proficiency in math and language, according to the categories in the high …
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Ridge High School
268 S Finley Ave, Basking Ridge, NJ
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Todd Edelstein
11:20 pm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
I hope Mike Byrne does decide to run, he'll have my vote. I don't always agree with him, but at least he brings things out at the public meeting for all to hear. Now for William Koch, I was at a meeting several years ago when he was the BOE President. During the the public comment session, a gentleman got up to speak out about something he didn't agree with(I can't remember what the issue was), … more ›