Category: archives

  • Bright lights come to old-fashioned farm

    Terhune Orchards hosts Vioxx commercial shoot. By: Lea Kahn    Terhune Orchards is usually pretty peaceful. Cider Donut, Strawberry Rhubarb and Sweet Basil, the three yellow Labrador farm dogs, often can be found dozing on the front porch of the farm store. A cat or two may approach visitors, in search of some pats.    But neither…

  • Trash fee hike up for discussion

    North Hanover Township Committee will vote on increasing fee for residents to use waste facility from $25 to $85 each year. By: William Wichert    NORTH HANOVER — The simple act of taking out the trash may soon cost a little bit more for residents making use of the township-owned waste facility at Meany Road and…

  • Family, friends struggle with teen’s death

    Car accident claims life of Manville High student. By: Emily Craighead    A small gray cat lies on the hardwood floor in the living room of a house on Gress Street. Tada, the cat, keeps vigil before a table overflowing with flowers, photographs, candles and crosses.    Jacqueline Sadowski’s cat looks up questioningly, then wanders aimlessly from…

  • One-woman show

    Amy Cutler gets ready for Somerville art presentation. By: Emily Craighead    Amy Cutler played soccer, basketball and long-jumped at Manville High School, but when she watches the Athens Olympics on television, she looks beyond the athletes’ strength and skill.    The 18-year-old South 5th Street resident sees the irony in NBC’s sponsors packaging junk food and…

  • Getting down to business with embedded journalists

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    When America went to war in Iraq, reporters went with them. The decision to "embed" journalists in the war zone, in part, was to avoid the criticisms that the media was left in the dark during the first Gulf War. The plan worked exceedingly well. Not only were the…

  • Smithfield Avenue closed after assault

    Road reopens after several hours of investigation. By: Lea Kahn    Smithfield Avenue, between Princeton Pike and Lawrence Road, was closed for several hours Aug. 19 while police searched a residence for a man who had assaulted his brother earlier in the day, according to police Lt. Charles B. Edgar.    After he was located outside of…

  • PERCEPTIONS: Carrying the torch of indifference

    Summer Games fail to generate interest in one sports fan. By: Steve Feitl    I almost changed my mind on the Olympics last week.    It was during the preparations for the Aug. 19, 2004, edition of The Lawrence Ledger that my friend and colleague John Saccenti, the news editor for our sister papers the South Brunswick…

  • Mooring thankful for good neighbors

    COMMUNITY COMMITMENT – ECV at 30 By: Steve Feitl    Editor’s note: In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Eggerts Crossing Village, The Lawrence Ledger will feature a special 10-part series, "Community Commitment — ECV at 30," every other week through October.    In this seventh installment, former Eggerts Crossing resident Barbara Mooring recalls the support…

  • Einstein recollections sought by German filmmaker

       If you have personal stories to tell about Albert Einstein’s time in Princeton, German documentary maker Michael Strauven wants to talk to you.    You might even end up in front of the camera.    Mr. Strauven is writing and filming a two-part documentary on Einstein, who died almost 50 years ago in Princeton. Mr. Strauven will…