Day: December 1, 2005

Lawrence football By: Jim Green    This was not the way the 2005 season was supposed to end for the Lawrence High School football team. One of the best years in program history came to a close Saturday with a 31-14 loss at West Windsor-Plainsboro South. Despite the tough loss, there were plenty of positives for…

By: James McKeever    A strong finish to the 2004-05 season left the South Brunswick girls bowling team with an 11-14-3 record. Now the Vikings are poised to take the next step and become a winning team.    South Brunswick graduated one senior, Christine Kelly, whose leadership will be missed. But everybody else from the team is…

Another reason to abolish the death penalty. By: Hank Kalet    New Jersey-based think-tank has found a new reason to close the door on capital punishment.    New Jersey Policy Perspective, a non-partisan research group based in Trenton, issued a report last week saying that the state’s death penalty system has cost taxpayers about $250 million since…

Recount confirms victory for GOP in Township Committee race. By: Melissa Edmond    A recount Monday of the Nov. 8 election that separated Democrat Sonya Martin and Republican Lisa Nisivoccia by four votes confirmed the original results of the election with the Republicans winning both of the vacant seats on the Township Committee.    "The results remain…

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK By Ruth Luse    Just before Thanksgiving — thanks in part to the residents who answered the call in the Hopewell Valley News, Lawrence Ledger and Princeton Packet for food baskets — Lawrence-based HomeFront, a nonprofit group, received about 600 baskets that were distributed to needy families in time for the Nov. 24 holiday.…

Thursday    Java and jazz: The Village Bakery, 2 Gordon Ave., will host its third Java and Jazz Nite starting at 7 p.m.    From 7:30-8 p.m., a representative from Princeton-based Small World Coffee will give a short lecture on a featured coffee, complete with free samples.    Singer and songwriter Carol Barbieri will perform songs from her…

About $175 million of the $181.5 million set aside for the proposed Turnpike spur will be used instead to widen the Turnpike between Exit 6 and Exit 8A. By: Joseph Harvie    In a move that pleased environmental groups, local residents and township officials, the N.J. Turnpike Authority decided Tuesday to use most of the money…

   HILLSBOROUGH — Walter V. Gurnick died Nov. 20 in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 84.    He was born in Bound Brook and lived in Hillsborough.    Mr. Gurnick served our country as a member of the US Army during World War II as a military police officer.    His wife, Helen Gurnick, died in 1992.…

A recap of reading to help with gift giving By: Dr. Joan Ruddiman    Barbara called recently for titles of romance novels. She was having foot surgery and wanted to stock up before she was bound to a chair for six weeks. "I can’t find that column you did on the romance writers," she said.    In…