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  • NEHS girl bowlers knocking down history

    By: Kyle Moylan    With wins over Medford Tech and Burlington Township this week, the New Egypt High girls’ bowling team had a chance to set some school history.    New Egypt entered the week with a 7-2-1 record in the Freedom Division. Two more wins this week would clinch the Freedom title.    "If they win, they…

  • Council makes mall redevelopment area

    Council unanimously approves plan despite objections of owners’ attorney By:Roger Alvarado    Despite a last-ditch effort by the attorney on behalf of its owner, the Borough Council unanimously declared the Rustic Mall a redevelopment area, the latest step in the lengthy process to redevelop the property.    Under state law, the borough must now wait 45 days…

  • District begins budget talks

    Washington Township Board of Education members begin initial talks on proposed 2004-2005 school budget. By: Sarah Winkelman    WASHINGTON — Board of Education members got a first look at the proposed 2004-2005 school budget at a workshop meeting Tuesday night, but specific cost and tax details were not made available to the public.    Although the meeting…

  • Bus boycott moves Eldridge Park students

    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 documents a third-grade class learning the story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott.    Many of the students in…

  • South Brunswick sets up fund to fight Turnpike spur

    Township places $50,000 in "No 92 Legal Trust Fund." By: Rebecca Tokarz    The Township Council has created a trust fund to help fund its fight against Route 92.    Mayor Frank Gambatese said Wednesday that the township has placed $50,000 in the trust fund, called "No 92 Legal Trust Fund," and will continue to place money…

  • Hillsborough boys stay hot with SCT win

    Malko, Sferra propel team into county semifinals By: Rudy Brandl        The Hillsborough High boys faced a series of obstacles in Monday night’s first round Somerset County Basketball Tournament game.    First, the Raiders were coming off an emotional stretch of hard-fought victories that put the team back in the hunt for the Delaware Division title.…

  • Accident closes New Road

    Overturned tractor-trailer closes road over for over an hour. By: Joseph Harvie    An overturned tractor-trailer shut down a portion of New Road for over an hour near Sondek Park Wednesday morning.    According to police, John C. McDougall, 40, of Newton, was charged with careless driving after his 1996 Western tractor-trailer flipped over a guardrail while…

  • Free something you love and share it

    MY TAKE by Rose McGlew    I have always had a love affair with books and recently I started working in what might be the closest thing to paradise here on earth. I am now officially a part-time library assistant at the Washington branch of the Mercer County Library System!    I have made the frequent joke…

  • Rt. 92’s permits to expire

    DEP to wait for review of environmental impact before reissuing permits. By: Rebecca Tokarz    The state Department of Environmental Protection will let permits for a proposed N.J. Turnpike spur expire while it awaits a federal review of the project.    DEP officials say the environmental permits issued for Route 92 are set to expire within the…