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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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Deer hunting is appropriate

    To the editor By:    I am writing in support of the proposed ordinance to allow hunting of deer on public lands in Hillsborough. I am not a hunter.    Those seeking evidence of deer overpopulation need only count the daily number of deer carcasses on our roadsides. People lament the fact that "deer are everywhere because…

  • South Brunswick girl, 13, lured on Internet

    Alleged hotel tryst leads to man’s arrest. By:Matthew Kirdahy    A 27-year-old man was charged Saturday with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old South Brunswick girl he met two weeks ago in an Internet chat room, police said.    The Bergen County prosecutor is charging Jose Cassallas of West Paterson with second-degree sexual assault for allegedly having sex with…

  • Stockton woman charged with hit-and-run and DWI

    Police say woman drove into rear end of a northbound car stopped for a red light at Route 29’s intersection with Washington Crossing Road. "She hit the car, then drove around it and kept going." By John Tredrea    A 37-year-old Stockton woman, who police say was drunk, allegedly hit another car on Route 29 and…