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  • 34th annual Trinity Rummage Sale to begin March 13

       It’s the rummage sale that folks line up for — in the dark. And wouldn’t you, for first crack at buying 33 silver-plated, never-used, Chinese chopsticks?    The 34th annual Trinity Church rummage sale will be held Saturday, March 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sunday, March 14, 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. The…

  • BRHS girls’ basketball hosting playoff game Monday

    By: Sean Moylan    After a "so-so" first-half, the Bordentown Regional High School girls’ varsity basketball squad came out like gangbusters in the second stanza to ultimately crush Pemberton, 61-40, on the road Tuesday night.    "It was 23-21 (Bordentown led). I think they (her girls) were afraid to lose," said Bordentown head coach Sharon Conover, who…

  • Manville hosts business group’s meeting on shared services

    By:Roger Alvarado    Borough Engineer and Administrator Gary Garwacke says that Manville’s decision to participate in a business group that advocates shared services between municipalities has led to major "cost cutting" for the borough.    Earlier this month Mr. Garwacke and Mayor Angelo Corradino hosted the Somerset County Business Partnership’s Shared Services Coordinating Council Public Works Information…

  • Police Beat

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Robert Russell, 32, of Browns Mills was charged with speeding, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a vehicle at 4:22 p.m. Saturday.    Officers saw Mr. Russell speeding on Route 130 in his Ford truck and stopped him near the intersection with Route 206, police said. While speaking…

  • Accused Titusville wife murderer can post bond for bail

    Judge raises Jonathan Nyce’s bail, drops cash-only condition. By John Tredrea    State Superior Court Judge Maria Sypek on Monday raised accused killer Jonathan Nyce’s bail from $1 million to $2 million, but granted a defense request to allow him to post bond, instead of full cash bail, to get out of jail.    Mr. Nyce, 53,…

  • Environmental woes threaten everyone

    To the editor    Our society is destroying the world in the rush for short-term profit.    While that statement might seem alarmist or even half-mad, a major study published in the prestigious scientific journal NATURE recently concluded the same.    The study found that over one million species could become extinct by 2050 as the effects of…

  • Author addresses black war history

    BLACK HISTORY MONTH By: Laura Sass    Editor’s note: Throughout the month of February, The Lawrence Ledger will look at the various ways Black History Month is observed in the township. In this installment, the Ledger attends a Rider University discussion on African-Americans at war.    A few years ago, Vietnam veteran and author Albert French was…

  • Hopewell Valley high school senior fashions reptile from exotic wood

    Nelson Gomez’ project took a year to complete. By John Tredrea    For a time, it became an obsession. "I was always trying to visualize how I wanted it to look," 17-year-old Nelson Gomez said Friday.    "It" was the life-size cobra snake Nelson decided to carve for his senior-year project in veteran teacher Skip Johnson’s woods…

  • Voters approve most fire budgets

    Florence and Chesterfield voters approved budgets while Bordentown Township voters were split. By: Eve Collins and Scott Morgan    Area voters approved all but one local fire budget Feb. 21. While voters in Florence and Chesterfield uniformly said yes, Bordentown Township voters were split — District 1 approved the budget, District 2 did not. BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP…