Category: archives
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Guest Opinion: The nuclear ‘log’ is in our own eye
Guest Opinion by The Rev. Robert Moore: Bush wants to end the spread of nuclear materials but will continue to build new nuclear weapons. By: The Rev. Robert Moore How can you say to your neighbor, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," while the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite,…
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RAPS: accentuating the positive
RAPS program, encouraging Respect, Accountability, Pride, Safety, begins at MacFarland Junior School in Bordentown City. By: Scott Morgan BORDENTOWN CITY Raps. Raps everywhere. Raps on the drums. Raps of feet against the wooden stage. Raps of words strung end-to-end. Raps of hands against each other in applause. And wraps. Wraps everywhere. Turkey wraps. Wraps…
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Queen pin: South Brunswick High School senior is leader of the lanes
Bad luck day brings good fortune as Viking senior wins state crown. By: James McKeever If Lauren Sohmer was superstitious at all, you can forget about it now. Last Friday Friday, Feb. 13 to be exact Sohmer enjoyed one of the greatest days of her young life and gave South Brunswick High one…
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Township birthday marked with Revolutionary lesson
BLACK HISTORY MONTH By: Lea Kahn 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 sits in as re-enactors explain to Township Council the role of blacks in the American Revolutionary War. The American Revolutionary…
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South Brunswick has fun in pressure-free track & field meet
By: Carolyn M. Hartko The British comedy team Monty Python used to begin one segment of their weekly skit-based show with the caveat, "And now for something completely different." That would have been a fitting introduction to the unusual multi-team track meet held at South Brunswick High School last week. Red Division rivals J.P. Stevens,…
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Piano Poems
Laurie Altman’s concert at the Patriots Theater in Trenton will be a rare occasion for jazz fans to hear him play his sophisticated original music. By: Susan Van Dongen Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski Jazz pianist Laurie Altman will perform at the Patriots Theater in Trenton Feb. 26. Laurie Altman, jazz pianist, composer and educator,…
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Blood drive turnout was fantastic
To the editor By: From the bottom of our hearts … thank you! The committee of MIKES for Manville wishes to thank everyone who participated in the blood drive on Sunday. The turnout was just overwhelming! The extraordinary crowd of kind hearted people who came to the blood drive waited patiently for hours to donate…
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Firefighter’s community helped after death
To the editor By: The Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 Ladies Auxiliary would like to send a sincere thank you to everyone who helped us prepare food and desserts after the recent passing of Christine Taylor, the wife of our chief. A huge thank you to all the ladies auxiliary members that shopped, cooked…
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House-trashing bash leads to big trouble for 10 Hopewell Valley teens
"There were burns on the wood floor from cigarettes being put out on it, broken furniture, a damaged aquarium, and a sauce or some other kind of liquid had been thrown onto the wall," police said. By John Tredrea Police said Monday 10 Hopewell Valley teenagers burglarized an Elm Ridge Park home during the holidays,…
