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Work starts in athletic complex
Rowland facility to open in fall 2005 By:Matthew Kirdahy The township officially started construction on Rowland Park with a ribbon cutting Tuesday evening and a promise to build one of the most premiere athletic fields in the state. Rowland Park, located on Rowland Road in Dayton, is a 79.5-acre parcel that will have five Little…
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Local bikers ride road to cancer cure
Azers, Waters complete Pan-Mass. Challenge By: Jim Green Howard Azer and Dennis Waters have plenty in common. They both enjoy biking, have sons the same age, and have had their families touched by cancer. Those similarities are among the reasons the two Lawrence residents and longtime friends have entered the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) bike-a-thon three…
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Council approves municipal budget
$36.6 million budget passes with smaller tax increase By:Matthew Kirdahy The Township Council approved a $36.6 million municipal budget Tuesday that carries a smaller than anticipated tax increase. The spending plan, approved 3-2, calls for a tax rate of 47 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, a decrease of 4 cents from a previously proposed…
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Obituaries for week of Aug. 12
Deborah J. Woolsey Heim Deborah J. Woolsey Heim, 47, died Aug. 3 in St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Trenton, she had been a resident of Lawrenceville for the past seven years, having moved there from Levittown, Pa. She graduated from Catherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York City and worked in the marketing department…
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Brennan drives home a winner in Hambletonian Oaks
Perrineville’s George Brennan made a move to the lead on the final turn and drove Silver Springs ($37.00, $12.40, $6.00) to victory in the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks Final for three-year-old trotting fillies. After a knot of horses raced three-wide to the quarter pole in 27.4, driver John Campbell brought Peaceful Way to the lead on…
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Thomas Stier
By: HILLSBOROUGH Thomas J. Stier died Aug. 6 at JFK Medical Center in Edison. He was 39. Born in Somerville, he lived in Hillsborough all of his life. Mr. Stier was the owner of Meineke Car Care Center in Bridgewater. He was a communicant of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Somerville. His mother,…
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DISPATCHES: Music and politics are a powerful mix
DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Vote for Change concerts, and Springsteen’s involvement, spark new debate on the intersection of music and politics. By:Hank Kalet News item: A pair of liberal political organizations have organized a series of concerts featuring some of the country’s biggest names in an effort to win votes in battleground states and raise…
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Roadblocks won’t stop longtime ECV resident
COMMUNITY COMMITMENT- ECV at 30 By: Jim Green 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 sixth installment, 30-year resident Tony Montgomery tells his story of athletic prowess…
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Lawrence parking ordinance curbed
Council seeks more information on town habits. By: Lea Kahn It’s back to the drawing board for township officials who had proposed an ordinance last week that would restrict residents’ ability to park their cars on their front lawns. Township Council was set to introduce an ordinance that would have banned residents from parking within…
