Category: archives

  • Remember vets on Memorial Day

    To the editor By:     Memorial Day is a holiday created in the 1860s to honor those who fought in the Civil War. It then became a national holiday to honor the soldiers of WWI.    The whole holiday is to honor the people who gave there all for their country.    However, in more recent times,…

  • A chance to say thanks and congratulate some deserving folks

    EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse    This week we devote a few words to congratulating and thanking some deserving individuals and organizations in our community.    We applaud the six teachers, who in April were honored by the school board with Governor’s Teacher Recognition Awards. They are Amy Duffy Hail, David Tate, Jeffrey Losch, Kathleen Doctor, Maryann Eleuteri…

  • Jones just misses spot in MoC

    By: Sean Moylan    Despite some great times and long throws, a quartet of Florence Township Memorial High School boys’ varsity track stars were eliminated at this past weekend’s NJSIAA Group I State Tournament meet, held at Notre Dame High School.    Florence sophomore Abree Jones gave the best showing by tying for seventh in the long…

  • Cards advance in three events at group meet

    Spring track By: Jim Green    For the first time all season, Lawrence High School senior Devin Picott was pushed by her competition in the shot put Friday at the Group III Championships in Egg Harbor.    She pushed back.    Picott produced her second best throw of the season (39-4 ½) to place fifth in the event…

  • Pennington budget plan needs 7-cent tax-rate hike

    Council is expected to cast an adoption vote at a special June 14 meeting, set for 7 p.m. in Borough Hall. By John Tredrea    A proposed $2,557,000 Pennington Borough budget for 2004 would raise the borough’s municipal tax rate 7 cents, to 64 cents per $100 of assessed property value.    Council is expected to cast…

  • Panel set to review tree-planting funds

    Group’s five members have until June 25 to organize By:Roger Alvarado    The township has appointed a five-member committee to help advise the Planning Board on tree replacement projects.    Last month, the Township Committee unanimously passed an ordinance that called for the creation of a tree mitigation trust fund and a special advisory committee designed to…

  • LETTER: Widen traffic talk to include region

    To the editor:     I’m afraid that Ann Imbornoni has fallen victim to a dirty trick by the Turnpike Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers. They are the only people who ever suggested widening 522, and they did so purely for the purpose of frightening her and her neighbors.    As far as that idea…

  • ‘Celebrities’ help make students aware

    Middle school program entertains as it informs By:Marnie Kunz    Hollywood came to Hillsborough on the evening of May 25, thanks to Hillsborough Middle School’s Student Leadership Corps (SLC), a peer education group dedicated to alcohol and drug awareness.    For HMS’s sixth annual Family Night, the club of 23 concerned students presented a special edition of…

  • LHS lax team improved by season’s end

    Boys lacrosse By: John E. Powers    The focus for the Lawrence High School boys lacrosse team in its first varsity year was on learning the game, not wins and losses.    The Cardinals finished at 1-14, earning their one win May 3 with a 6-5 decision over Ewing. But Cardinals coach Loni Robinson hasn’t fretted about…