Category: archives
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Energy: the more we waste, the higher the price
GUEST COLUMN By Jeanne M. Fox With a new year upon us, many New Jerseyans are taking stock of their lives, finances and future. And with winter here in full blast, we undoubtedly keep our lights on longer and turn up the dial on our heat. So, when making resolutions along with shedding some…
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OBITUARIES: Irene C. Lynch
Irene C. Lynch, 79, died Friday, Dec. 31, at home. Born in Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y., to parents John and Catherine Wamsganz, she was employed for many years by R.H. Rhodes as a secretary. Ms. Lynch was a wonderful wife, mom and grandmother. She traveled through Europe and Southeast Asia residing in Karachi, Pakistan, returning to…
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Jazz concert to benefit Princeton Senior Resource Center
What do you get when you gather some of the area’s best known jazz musicians in a "Cotton Club" atmosphere to benefit a great cause? A wonderful evening, that’s what. The Princeton Senior Resource Center is pleased to present trumpeter Bill Lacy and his combo on Saturday, Jan. 15, from 7:30 to 11 p.m. in…
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Lawrence congregations aid south Asia
Local groups seek donations from residents. By: Lea Kahn Hoping to help the victims of the Dec. 26 tidal wave spawned by an undersea earthquake in southeast Asia, several Lawrence Township religious congregations have undertaken fund-raising efforts. The town’s two Presbyterian churches and the Church of St. Ann are accepting donations at services, while Adath…
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DISPATCHES: For teens today, the pressures are growing
DISPATCHES By Hank Kalet Is the weight of living a life full of micromanagement and structure becoming too much for teens to handle? There are things, sometimes, for which there are no explanation. That’s how I feel about the crash two weeks ago that took the life of one South Brunswick teen and resulted in…
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Swim team takes down Northstars
Lawrence swimming By: Jim Green What a difference two years can make. Two years ago, the Lawrence High School boys swimming team was beaten by Nottingham for the second straight season. Last year, the Cardinals began to take back the upper hand in the rivalry, topping the Northstars 102-68 in a competitive meet. On Tuesday,…
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Florence girls ‘Cook-ing" up special season
By: Sean Moylan Something good was "cooking" in the Florence Township Memorial High School girls’ varsity basketball squad’s 39-30 home win over Palmyra this past Tuesday nightand that something (and someone) was Anna Cook. "Anna Cook had her first start of her varsity career and she had several rebounds and a couple of blocks (not…
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Driver’s actions unexcusable
To the editor By: I am writing in response to the letter to the editor last week from Janet Conlon. While I think it is nice of her to defend her coworker, Mr. Hague, I could not disagree with her more. I am a school bus driver, and as a bus driver, I am disgusted…
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Lawrence returns to times of Maidenhead
Township Council re-enacts 1816 town meeting. By: Lea Kahn Pam Mount spent the first several minutes of her second term as mayor looking ahead to 2005. Then she asked the audience at the annual reorganization meeting Saturday to look back way back. Mayor Mount asked the standing-room-only crowd to go back 189 years to…
