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  • Girl Scouts honor Lawrence residents

    Local teenager gets Gold Award for Rinck House project. By: Lea Kahn    Almost from the day Lawrence Township officials purchased the 37-acre Drexel Woods property in 1998, environmentalists have pushed for the creation of a nature center on the tract, which is located off Drexel Avenue near Notre Dame High School.    That wish is about…

  • Local hero!

    Savino enjoys newfound celebrity status. By: Steve Feitl    The seemingly simple tasks — like waiting for an elevator — haven’t been quite so simple for Lawrence High School senior Mark Savino recently.    Standing in the first-floor concourse of the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton on March 19, he was greeted by numerous family friends, stopping…

  • The magical land of Lahaway, Part 8

    HISTORICALLY SPEAKING    Subtitled "The Road from Hornerstown" by R.P. Dow, secretary of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, this installment was written for the Oct. 12, 1916, Allentown Messenger.     Past a couple of houses where the people speak a cheery greeting and over the branch of the mill pond, which is the mouth of the creek…

  • Recent stories brought fond memories

    To the editor    I was reading the March 11 issue of the Manville News. The story on Mitch Menkowski was great.    I knew Mitch a long time, he is a great guy. Always doing something for the town of Manville. What Manville High School needs is some alumnus to help out the school. There are…

  • Carleton McCoy

       HILLSBOROUGH — Carleton "Max" J. McCoy died March 15 at home. He was 67.    Born in Springfield, Ohio, he lived in Union before moving to Hillsborough in 1979.    Mr. McCoy was employed at Exxon in Linden and Clinton as an associate senior research chemist for 36 years, retiring in 1993.    Surviving are his wife, Helen…

  • Millstone economic panel to stay as is

    Millstone Township Committee decides against increasing number of Economic Development Council members from nine to 19. By: Sarah Winkelman    MILLSTONE — After more than an hour of debate, a proposed ordinance to increase the number of people on the town’s Economic Development Council from nine to 19 was defeated by a 3-2 vote of the…

  • Good stories told truly

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman    The other day I was reminded of the importance of knowing history when a student suggested, based on an Internet story, that the unexpected winter storm predicted to hit the first day of spring was the result of "cloud seeding" and "manipulation of the weather" by scientists.    How fortunate that…

  • March 23, 2004

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal…

  • COMMUNITY CALENDAR

    By: Ongoing    Somerset Valley Players seeking directors/submissions for the 2005 season. The theater is located on Amwell Road in Hillsborough, Interested directors may submit up to three shows for consideration. Send submissions to: Somerset Valley Players, Attn: Play Reading Committee, P.O. Box 775, Somerville, 08876. Deadline is April 30. For information, call 369-7469.    The Woman’s…