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  • EDITORIAL: Citizens push for stronger law

    Local grassroots effort should be commended.    More than 900 Lawrence residents recently added their names to a list of those upset with the township’s attempt at campaign finance reform. We want to take the time to applaud the residents — as well as the organizers, including the Lawrence Chapter of the League of Women Voters,…

  • TANGENTS by John Saccenti: There’s plenty of time to take a vacation

    TANGENTS by John Saccenti:Planning a vacation is work in itself By:John Saccenti    We’re all just so busy, aren’t we?    We have to work (don’t want to be late), we have to get home (so many chores), we don’t want to miss the mailman (ugh, hate those bills), have to get groceries (we love to eat)…

  • Partners for life

    Domestic partnership law the ‘first step’ for same-sex couples. By: Scott Morgan    They met a quarter century ago, fell in love like any other couple might and got a house together. For 26 years, they’ve loved each other, argued about dinner, walked the dogs around the neighborhood together and grown as human beings and stood…

  • Council eyes extending pay-to-play restrictions

    Amendment would further restrict contributions By:Matthew Kirdahy    The Township Council introduced an amendment Tuesday that would increase the length of time before an election that candidates for public office can accept contributions from anyone doing business with the township.    The change would increase the time from 90 days to a year before an election that…

  • For Thomas Wilson, college degree was well worth the wait

    The Hopewell Township resident waited until his wife completed nursing school and then enrolled at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) at the age of 46. That was only the beginning! By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta    Determination and perseverance equal success. Thomas Wilson will attest to that.    Mr. Wilson graduated from Rider University in May, a decade…

  • Communication first casualtyof new school budget law

    Unable to transfer funds, school board cuts back on plans By:Emily Craighead    In the first of what may be many difficult compromises necessary to comply with a new law restricting budget line item transfers, the Board of Education approved just one of several proposed communications projects at Monday’s meeting.    Instead of the $12,000 to $15,000…

  • It’s Blooming Bookstores

    Located on Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown’s five bookstores are a book lover’s dream. By: Susan Van Dongen TIMEOFF PHOTOS/SUSAN VAN DONGEN A window display at Wishmaker Books.      Strange, wonderful things happen to me in bookstores.    Last year on Nov. 1, a voice from my distant past reached out to me at By the Book in…

  • Critical blood shortage brings appeal for donors

    The Pennsylvania-New Jersey region has less than a one-day supply of blood on hand to service hospitals. By: Lauren Burgoon    "Help can’t wait" for the Penn-Jersey Region of the American Red Cross, which is facing an ultra-low blood supply because of a declining number of donors.    The region has less than a one-day supply of…

  • Grass-roots effort gets necessary signatures

    Pay-to-play law moves to Lawrence council. By: Lea Kahn    Township Council is expected to be presented Aug. 3 with a proposed "pay-to-play" ordinance that is a beefed-up version of the one that it adopted earlier this year — thanks to a grassroots petition drive.    Dissatisfied with Lawrence’s campaign finance reform ordinance, a group of citizens…