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  • MHS track team began rebuilding cycle

    Cutler completed fine career By: Rudy Brandl        SOUTH PLAINFIELD — When Manville High senior Amy Cutler made her way out of the Jost Field complex following her second straight trip to the NJSIAA Meet of Champions, it signaled the end of a great career of one of the school’s finest track and field athletes.…

  • Some summer tomes for the grown

    BOOK NOTES by Dr. Joan Ruddiman    For students and teachers in this part of the world, June divides into "school" and "summer," with the last weeks of school being overshadowed by the lovely prospects of summer. Book Notes anticipates the summer holidays with suggestions for summer reading for little kids, young adults, and this week,…

  • For 19 years, CIL has lent support

    Group helps developmentally disabled adults with post-high school opportunities By: Sharlee Joy DiMenichi    A cluster of concerned parents meeting monthly in a Kendall Park home changed life for developmentally disabled adults.    Jean Gibson, whose developmentally disabled son left high school in the early 1980s ready to work but with no job coach in sight, decided…

  • Community Calendar

    Movie night    Friday, June 25 —The Bordentown One Term Only Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. to attend the 7 p.m. showing of Michael Moore’s movie "Fahrenheit 9/11" at the Hamilton AMC, Sloan Avenue.    Call 324-0667 for details. Veterans’ meeting    Saturday, June 26 — The regular meeting of the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter NJ…

  • Staff plan decisions postponed

    School cuts expected June 30. By: Lea Kahn    A controversial plan to reorganize school district staffing, driven by the need to cut $1.5 million in spending to balance the 2004-05 budget, was put on hold last week by the Lawrence Township Board of Education until its June 30 meeting.    School board President Philip Benson said…

  • Riexinger sparking Post 414

    Baseball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence American Legion Post 414 baseball team made great strides this past week, although one wouldn’t be able to tell by looking at the club’s record.    The standings show Lawrence has one win the season. What they don’t show is that Post 414 was leading comfortably in two recent games…

  • Quench your thirst for hot-weather adventures

    MY TAKE by Rose McGlew    The Mercer County Library System is kicking off the Summer Reading Program this week and kids are going to be hitting the shelves and looking for some new and improved — as well as some classic — reading material.    I’m here to help.    The youngest set of readers, or rather…

  • Pets can be helpful

    To the editor By:    I don’t know Mr. St. Angel, who is apparently a dog hater, and I don’t want to. Doesn’t he have anything better to do than make trouble for others?    What right does this man have to initiate a law that would dictate how many dogs a Manville resident can own, how…

  • State aid may add $750K to Lawrence district

    Proposed bill is part of the state budget. By: Lea Kahn    The Lawrence Township Board of Education, facing the need to cut $1.5 million from its 2004-05 operating budget, may be partially bailed out of its financial crunch by an infusion of cash from the state.    A proposed bill would earmark $750,000 for the school…