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Genesi Miles speaks at the Board of Education meeting October 20, after she was formally named as Pine Grove Manor school’s new principal. A temporary action last month became permanent on October 20 when the Board of Education named Genesi Miles as the new principal of Pine Grove Manor School. MIles served as the school’s acting principal since September, when …

Franklin High School celebrated its Homecoming Day in a big way for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic on September 30. A pep rally in Warriors’ Stadium, a tailgate party near the varsity baseball field and crowning homecoming royalty during the halftime of the football game against North Brunswick highlighted the day. The pep rally featured currently competing teams, …

Miguel Rivera addresses the Board of Education September 22 after being appointed as new principal at Claremont Elementary School. The Board of Education on September 22 once again elevated one of the district’s own, naming Miguel Rivera as the new principal at Claremont Elementary School. Rivera has spent the last nine years as principal at Pine Grove Manor School. Genesi …

Elizabeth Avenue School principal Greg Romero greets returning students on the first day of school for the 2022-23 school year. New students weren’t the only ones celebrating their first full year at Elizabeth Avenue School when its doors opened on September 7. The school’s principal, Greg Romero, was also enjoying the first day of his first full year as the …

School district Business Administrator Jonathan Toth is one of two district administrators leaving for the Edison school district. The resignations of the principal of the Claremont Road Elementary School and the school district’s business administrator were accepted at the Board’s August 25 meeting. Claremont Road principal Nicole Sury Bevere’s resignation is effective September 27, while Board business administrator Jonathan Toth’s …

Gaye McGee, the newly appointed vice principal at Franklin Park School, poses with her family after her appointment was approved by the Board of Education. A 19-year education veteran and township resident was named as the new Franklin Park School vice principal at the August 25 Board of Education meeting. Gaye McGee spent her entire educational career with the Piscataway …

School district officials are confident they will have enough world language and special education teachers by the time school starts in September. (File photo.) With the start of the 2022-23 school year looming, district officials are looking to “plan B” to fill some teaching spots. As of August 19, there were about 41 teaching positions open in the district, which …

Ankita Chatterjee of Franklin Park was among more than 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students recently awarded degrees at Adelphi University, including those who completed degree requirements in December 2021 and May 2022. Chatterjee earned a Master of Science in Biology. Harvinder Kaur, of Somerset, a student at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck, NJ has been named to the …

Franklin Middle School – Hamilton campus vice principal Tania Kelly, 7-11 area leader Jennifer Arnold, Kunjan and Rohan Patel, owners of 7-11 on Hamilton Street, FMS at Hamilton principal Torrie Rumpf-Hurd and Deborah Cook, FMS literacy coach, at the 7-11 check presentation. An ambitious reading program at Franklin Middle School’s Hamilton Street campus got a big boost on July 21 …

A resident of Somerset, Skyllar Capuno graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.A. – Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre and Media and Communication from Muhlenburg College on May 22. The following local students have been named to the University of Delaware Dean’s List for the Spring 2022 semester:  Devan Santiago, Nicolas DiMeglio, Timothy Drake, and Mackenzie Faust, all of …