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  • ‘Wunder-ful’ performance by Hopewell

    Tennis Center is second in section By: Jim Green    It doesn’t get much closer than this.    Hopewell Tennis Center’s 4.0-level women’s team, Hopewell 1, went 4-1 this past weekend to finish second in its division of the 2004 USA League Tennis USTA/Middle States Section Championships. Hopewell had the same record as the winning team from…

  • Lawrence teen finds nature’s beauty on bike

    Beth Buchanan rides coast to coast in six weeks. By: Lea Kahn    From sea to shining sea on a bicycle — that was Beth Buchanan’s goal.    It took the Craven Lane resident six weeks to make the trek from the Atlantic Ocean at Tybee Island, Ga., to the Pacific Ocean at the Santa Monica Pier…

  • Safety issue for Home Depot

    To the editor: A Home Depot was recently approved in the South Brunswick Square Mall by the Planning Board. The store, if built as approved, will be the largest retail establishment in the history of the township.    Because it was a flawed site plan, it will not be built as approved. The Planning Board, in…

  • Coincidence leads to school move

    Mailbox mix-up leads to relocation of United Christian Academy from Wrightstown to Cream Ridge. By: Dana Lynn Flatekval    UPPER FREEHOLD — Students of New Jersey United Christian Academy will be starting school in a new location next month.    The small, private high school in Wrightstown is relocating to Cream Ridge and will open on Sept.…

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Week of Aug. 26 Will of people being undercut To the editor:    While admittedly my personal knowledge of both issues is limited to the accounts presented in the Aug. 19, 2004, edition of The Lawrence Ledger, the information therein makes me a tad suspicious.    First, a three-lot subdivision on Alcazar Avenue was approved for construction…

  • Money taken from South Brunswick VFW

    Former treasurer is charged with stealing more than $16,000. By: Matthew Kirdahy    Police charged a former treasurer of the South Brunswick Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 911, with stealing more than $16,000 from the nonprofit organization.    William Kling, 55, of Kendall Park was charged Tuesday with theft by deception, issuing false financial statements and writing…

  • Two elementary students honored for safety patrol work

    Jacob Orben of Toll Gate Grammar School and Sean Corrado of Bear Tavern were lauded by AAA Mid-Atlantic.    Jacob Orben of the Toll Gate Grammar School and Sean Corrado of Bear Tavern School were honored recently by AAA Mid-Atlantic at an awards luncheon at Mastoris Restaurant in Bordentown.    A total of 18 students from AAA…

  • New teachers getting the lay of the land

    Teachers explore community By:Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    Ninety-six scavenger hunters took to the township roads Monday in search of clues about the community in which they will teach.    As part of the new teacher orientation held at Crossroads North, educators new to the district broke into groups of four and drove to various locations throughout the…

  • Tobias wants drug tests for committee

    Washington Township Committeeman Mark Tobias calls for random drug testing of committee members. By: Lauren Burgoon and Dana Lynn Flatekval    WASHINGTON — One official wants assurance that the governing body is not on drugs and has called for random testing of the Township Committee, of which he is a member.    "We should make sure that…