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  • Board supports 6 – acre zoning

    An ordinance proposing downzoning will be sent to the township for a public hearing and final vote. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — Despite a barrage of angry objections and pleas to preserve farmers’ land values, the Planning Board handed a victory to those championing downzoning to 6-acre lots.    The board threw its support — with…

  • School programs gain with foundation grants

    The Manville Education Foundation presented checks worth $5,687 to the schools during Back-to-School-Night programs. By: Mary Ellen Zangara    The Manville Education Foundation (MEF) presented $5,687 in grants to the schools during Back-to-School-Night programs held recently.    Theresa Schaefer, chairwoman of the foundation, and member Deb Knitowski presented five checks to the teachers who received this year’s…

  • Letters for the week of Oct. 6

    Unequal field use overlooked in story To the editor:     The article, "Play Ball ?" by Lea Kahn (The Ledger, Sept. 29) provided a wide overview of the debate on the adequacy of Lawrence recreation facilities. However, several issues, regarding the validity of the actual need for more athletic fields and their distribution, were not…

  • LETTERS: Why not adopt American children?

    To the editor:     Why are people who adopt from overseas looked upon as heroes, when they choose not to adopt one of the tens of thousand of children right here in this country who needs a home?    Why are South American children and Ethiopian black infants desirable but Mexican, Puerto Rican and American African-American…

  • Warm fuzzies

    About 25 people from central New Jersey gathered at the Manville-Hillsborough Elks Club on Brooks Boulevard to help make quilts for hurricane survivors. By: Donna Lukiw    Deborah Kalenty of Hillsborough donated money to the American Red Cross to help the Hurricane Katrina victims but she felt like that wasn’t enough.    With the help of her…

  • Guided discovery

    Monmouth Junction kindergarten teacher implements the Responsible Classroom approach. By: Elaine Worden    Monmouth Junction kindergarten teacher Dana Januszka scooted in between two of her students, holding an empty tissue box.    "Inside my magic box this morning I have something new," Ms. Januszka said on Sept. 26.    She shook the box and let the students hear…

  • Steps taken to block housing at GSA Belle Mead Depot

    The Planning Board is looking to rezone the land while the Township Committee wants to designate the depot a Special Resource Area in the Sourland Mountain planning area. By: Melissa Edmond    The township has recently taken two steps aimed at limiting the possibility of any housing development at the GSA Belle Mead Depot.    The steps…

  • Hopewell Township agrees to settle three downzoning suits

    Proposed pacts involve JoAnne Else, Trap Rock Industries and Pennwell Holdings. By John Tredrea    Hopewell Township and three Route 31 area property owners have agreed to settle four-year-old lawsuits the owners filed against the township after it rezoned their land from commercial to residential.    The full Township Committee voted unanimously Monday night in favor of…

  • Towns get money for roads

    South Brunswick will receive money from the state Transportation Trust Fund to make road improvements. By: Leon Tovey    South Brunswick, Cranbury and Jamesburg will receive a combined $648,000 from the state Transportation Trust Fund for road improvements during the 2006 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.    Of that, South Brunswick will receive $225,000 for repairs…