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  • Col. Hand returns to Lawrence on Sunday

    Annual re-enactment sensitive to exact time, date. By: Lea Kahn    For more than four decades, Lawrence Township history buffs have made the six-mile trek to Trenton in early January to memorialize American patriot Col. Edward Hand’s delaying tactics against the British forces.    This year, the annual re-enactment is set to take place on the same…

  • Father and Son

    Dan Lauria stars in the George Street Playhouse production of ‘The Winning Streak.’ By: Matt Smith The Winning Streak will star Dan Lauria from TV’s The Wonder Years    Baseball always seems one player strike or steroid scandal away from destroying itself, but as James Earl Jones’ character put it in the film Field of Dreams:…

  • Peanut Butter and Jammin’

    Dawne Alynne makes music for children and adults. By: Susan Van Dongen Dawne Alynne’s album ‘Silly Critter Talk’ is her first recorded collection of children’s music.    Having raised and entertained four children of her own, singer-songwriter Dawne "Dawnie" Alynne comes with built-in "parenting cred" as a children’s musician.    Singing songs and lullabies was a way…

  • Hopewell Township Democrat sues to see 2003 meeting tape

    Higgins wants tape because he thinks public has a right to evaluate Committeewoman Arlene Kemp’s "behavior." By John Tredrea    Democrat Robert Higgins, a former Hopewell Township committeeman, has sued the township because it has refused to make public a videotape that allegedly shows township Committeewoman Arlene Kemp (Republican) taking then-Deputy Mayor Marylou Ferrara’s planner from…

  • For the Dec. 30 issue

    Marian Lillian Wright, Thelma Davison Forman, Ana Lillian Warren. Marian Lillian Wright    FORT MYERS, Fla. — Marian Lillian Wright, 74, died Dec. 11.    Ms. Wright worked for Anchor Thread in Groveville before joining Marriott hotels in Fort Myers, Fla.    She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Allentown.    Daughter of the late Russell…

  • Pennington OKs extra pay for supervisor

    Wittkop gets paid for compensatory time. By John Tredrea    The Pennington Borough Council voted 4-1 Monday to pay 38 hours of compensatory time to Public Works Supervisor Jeff Wittkop.    Council also voted 4-1 to extend, from Dec. 31 until June 30, 2005, the date by which Mr. Wittkop must use 56 hours of unused vacation…

  • Girls squad defeated by Bordentown

    Lawrence boys basketball By: Jim Green    In order for the Lawrence High School girls basketball team to overcome the loss of 1,000-point scorer Theresa Gregory to graduation, it’s returning players will need to have a strong handle on the fundamentals of the game. So far, however, the Cardinals have been struggling in two key areas.…

  • Waste fee increase set for the new year

    North Hanover Township Committee votes to increase the annual sticker fee from $25 to $50 for residents to use the township-owned waste facility. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — Taking the trash out is going to cost residents twice as much money next year.    In a 3-2 vote at its Dec. 23 meeting, the Republican…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Five fine films from 2004

    Strange year at movies yields several hidden gems. By: Steve Feitl    The top movie of the year revolved around an animated ogre. The No. 2 movie this year featured a web-slinging crime-fighter. The third highest-grossing film of 2004 starred Jesus.    Yes, it was a strange year at the box office, but among the global warming…