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  • Offensive woes plague Cards in home loss to WW-P South

    Girls basketball By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School girls basketball team did everything well Tuesday night. Everything, that is, except shoot the basketball.    The Cardinals struggled to produce offensively all game against West Windsor-Plainsboro South, failing to score more than eight points in any of the final three quarters. The result was a 47-32…

  • Police chief begins ‘another journey’

    Robert Woodruff retired as Washington’s police chief on Jan. 30 after 33 years of service to the township. By: Sarah Winkelman    WASHINGTON — After 33 years of service as a township police officer, Chief Robert Woodruff turned in his badge Jan. 30.    "I felt it was time to move on and start another journey in…

  • DISPATCHES: Help keep the public conversation going

    DISPATCHES By HANK KALET: Guest columns welcomed, if well written and submitted. By: Hank Kalet        I truly believe that one of the functions of a local newspaper is to engender debate among its readers about issues of local, state and even national importance.    Nowhere else can the residents of South Brunswick turn to find…

  • Rider professor stresses struggle in civil rights fight

    BLACK HISTORY MONTH By: Steve Feitl    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. This week, the Ledger details a Rider University history professor’s attempt to clarify misconceptions about the civil rights movement.    The landmark Brown v. Topeka Board…

  • Special Hopewell Valley school board meeting Monday

    Topics will be proposed Sept. 28 referendum and 2004-2005 budget plan. By John Tredrea    The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education is expected to make a decision Monday about holding a referendum on Sept. 28.    Discussion will take place at a special meeting set for 7:30 p.m. in the board meeting room, 425 S. Main…

  • SBHS hockey is better than its record

    By: Ken Weingartner    Records can be deceiving. Look no further than the South Brunswick High ice hockey team for proof.    The Vikings improved to 8-8 Tuesday night with a 3-0 win over Middletown South, avenging an earlier 4-3 setback to the same school. While SB’s record might not seem overwhelming, it has come against some…

  • Week of February 5, 2004

    Pennington, West Windsor, Flemington Pennington    Gloria Nilson GMAC Real Estate in Pennington is pleased to announce that William (Bill) Dock has recently acquired his Pennsylvania real estate license. Mr. Dock is now a dually licensed agent and has the proper perspective to discuss the benefits of life in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.    Mr. Dock…

  • Hillsborough players keep the bowl super

    Shawn Mayer’s fourth-quarter tackle of Ricky Proehl helped slow down momentum of Carolina Panthers By:Rudy Brandl    Hillsborough natives Shawn Mayer and Ricky Proehl certainly made their hometown proud with some spectacular plays in Super Bowl XXXVIII.    Mr. Mayer and his New England teammates celebrated a Super Bowl championship Sunday night in Houston, but Mr. Proehl…

  • Police Beat

    BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    Alvin Putnam, 61, of Carbondale, Ill., was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol at 6:31 p.m. Jan. 24.    Officers observed Mr. Putnam traveling north on Route 130 in his 2003 Mitsubishi near Highbridge Road, according to reports. Mr. Putnam was driving erratically and made a U-turn without using a turn signal,…