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  • Chapel needs septic help

    Fresh Ponds Chapel needs township and state approval to run septic line. By:Joe Harvie    Congregants of the Fresh Ponds Chapel, one of the oldest buildings in the township, will have to wait a little longer to use the chapel.    Before the chapel can open, state and township approval will be needed to run a septic…

  • Linda Lee Weglewski

    By:    MANVILLE — Linda Lee "Lynnie" Weglewski died Feb. 23 at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. She was 53.    Born in New Brunswick and a Manville resident most of her life, she was a 1969 graduate of Manville High School.    Ms. Weglewski had been a shipping and receiving clerk with American Hoechst in Bridgewater for more…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Overblown rumors of my demise

    A collection of hearsay, innuendo and tall tales. By: Steve Feitl    Rumors often take on a life of their own, so I’d like to spend a few minutes this week diffusing a couple of tall tales you may have heard in regard to yours truly and my rumored departure from The Lawrence Ledger.    First off,…

  • Special program would be helpful

    To the editor By:     Regarding the Feb. 22 Township Committee meeting, I would like to write and express my support for Anthony Ferrera’s vision for an inclusive recreation program for the Hillsborough community.    Inclusive means all children. Such a program would not only benefit children but also the entire community.    It would teach children…

  • Disaster test needs volunteers

    ‘TopOff 3’ events will send 500 volunteer victims seeking help. By: Roger Alvarado    How well New Jersey — and local officials — can respond to a biological or terrorist attack may be better known after April 7, when 500 "victims" will swamp local emergency responders in a mock disaster drill.    The victims will actually be…

  • OBITUARIES: Sarah Rasmussen

    Sarah Rasmussen    Sarah Rasmussen, 73, of Loysville, Pa, died Thursday, Feb. 17, at her home.    Born in Bound Brook, she was orphaned at age 5 and grew up in a foster home. Ms. Rasmussen was a graduate of Jamesburg High School and married after graduation. She moved to Kendall Park in 1957 after residing in…

  • Student political group hosts candidates’ night

    School board hopefuls face questions Tuesday. By: Lea Kahn    Many of its members are not old enough to vote in the school board election next month, but that has not stopped Political Leaders of Tomorrow — a new club at Lawrence High School — from scheduling a candidates’ night.    The new club, which grew out…

  • Six file for school vote

    Three incumbents, three challengers on ballot. By: Melissa Hayes    Three incumbents and three challengers have filed to seek three, three-year seats on the Board of Education in the April 19 election.    Incumbents Marty Abschutz, Barry Nathanson and Matthew Speesler will be joined on the ballot by challengers, Edward Birch, who has run two other times…

  • Guarini brothers a winning combo for SBHS hockey

    By: Ken Weingartner    Hockey history is filled with famous brother combinations.    In the NHL, there were the six Sutter brothers, the Espositos, Conachers, Howes, Stastnys, Niedermayers, Bures, and perhaps the greatest, the Richards — Maurice, "The Rocket," and Henri, "The Pocket Rocket," to mention a few.    There were even the fighting Hanson brothers in the…