Day: March 8, 2001

Parking will no longer be permitted on the stretch of pavement from Ridge Road to Route 522 after the Township Council passed an ordinance Tuesday. By: Matthew Armstrong    "No Parking" signs will soon be going up on the east side of Georges Road between Ridge Road and Route 522.    The Township Council voted 4-1 Tuesday…

Lawrence schools to use $60,000 grant to expand Reading Recovery program By: Lea Kahn    Aiming to ensure that elementary school students can read before they leave the third grade, township school officials plan to expand the district’s Reading Recovery program during the next school year.    The Lawrence Township Education Foundation recently awarded the district $60,000…

   "A Pictorial Tour of Old and Noteworthy Graveyards of Mercer County" will be the presentation program for the Hopewell Valley Historical Society’s March meeting.    Edward J. Raser of Lawrenceville present a 50-minute slide tour of many of the burial places of Mercer County. The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15,…

Finish best-ever 19th at nationals By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough girls certainly weren’t intimidated by the big-time atmosphere of the National High School Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Fla.    Although they didn’t win a national title, the girls returned to New Jersey feeling like champions after completing their best performance ever at the biggest event…

   Anna M. Gagliotti Caucci, 65, died Tuesday, March 6, at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital, Trenton.    Born in Newark, she lived in Newark and Morristown before moving to Lawrenceville 19 years ago.    She retired in 1997 after 25 years as a teacher with Newark public schools and had been a member of Religious Teachers…

BUZZ IN THE HALLS by Pam Koharchik: A look at happenings at Allentown High School. By:    Hopefully, this weekend will find us free of snow, or at least, free of the threat of snow, so that we can go on with our weekend excursions.    Seven kids from Allentown High School are certainly hoping that the…

CJ 1 wins show programs have come a long way By: Rudy Brandl    Manville High’s basketball teams weren’t just happy to be there.    Athletic teams that reach a certain level of achievement often suffer from that dreaded feeling of satisfaction that prevents further growth. Neither the MHS girls nor boys fell into this category last…

Three HHS relays teams also place at states By: Rudy Brandl        SEWELL — Jason Kay came about as close as you can get to winning a state swimming championship in Sunday’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions at Gloucester Institute of Technology.    The best swimmer in Hillsborough High School history completed a spectacular scholastic career with…

The Lambertville City Council hopes to drop the tax rate by 2.1 cents per $100 of assessed property value. By: Cynthia Williamson    LAMBERTVILLE — The average city homeowner would pay less in municipal taxes this year under a proposed 2001 budget unanimously introduced by the City Council on Saturday.    And while the reduction in taxes…