Candidates range from student to board veteran
Two incumbents, two newcomers seeking school board seats
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer
      EAST BRUNSWICK - An 18-year-old high school senior, a parent newcomer and two incumbents will vie for three seats on the Board of Education this April. Michael Hughes, who attends East Brunswick High School, is seeking one of the three-year seats along with Steven Blaustein and incumbents Holly Howard and Scott Luxenberg.
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Asbestos being removed from elementary school
BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer
      EAST BRUNSWICK - Asbestos found during ongoing construction at the Central Elementary School, Cranbury Road, is being removed at times when school is not in session, officials said. The material has been located in several areas of the school and at Lawrence Brook Elementary School during the district's ongoing additions and renovations project.
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Students eager to help street kids in Honduras
Project inspired by Monroe woman's work with Peace Corps
BY JESSICA SMITH Staff Writer
      MONROE - Judy Leonard's fifth-grade class is beginning to realize just how good they have it. Thanks to a project initiated by Leonard, the group of 21 children at Woodland Elementary School is communicating with street children in Honduras, in hopes of getting to know them and their lifestyle, and to eventually help make things better for them.
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Read Across America
     PHOTOS BYMIGUEL JUAREZ staff Rutgers University football players Corey Human and Jamaal Westerman hoist fifth-grader Ahed Syed into the air after Ahed won a basket of goodies during a Read Across America rally at Irwin Elementary School in East Brunswick Friday. The event coincides with the birthday of Dr. Seuss. At left: Fourth-grader Ralph Morin sings along with classmates.
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Poetry pros
     Spotswood High School student Emily Carroll (second from left) is pictured with poet Eloise Bruce, teaching artist Vondell Richmond and Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey Director Alysia Souder after Emily was chosen as the school's finalist in the Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest for her energetic readings of Allen Ginsberg's "A Supermarket in California" and Grace Paley's "That Country."
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Jump Rope For Heart
     Top photo, sixth-graders Theresa Gonzalez (r) and Kaitlyn Goff jump rope together as Leah Boll (far left) and Callie Lucas look on during the recent Jump Rope For Heart event at Monroe's Woodland School. Students participating in the event have raised more than $100,000 for the American Heart Association in recent years. Bottom photo, fifth-grader Madyson Schepisi gets major air time along with sixth-grader Ryan Fisher (behind her).
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On Campus
      Ashley Kroeckel, daughter of Amy and Peter Kroeckel of East Brunswick, achieved academic excellence for the fall semester at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, Pa., where she is a freshman majoring in social work and will soon be inducted into the Freshman National Honor Society. She is a 2006 graduate of East Brunswick High School.
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