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  • District seeks 20-year vision for special education

    First meeting for parents held this past Tuesday. By: Lea Kahn    The first step in developing the Lawrence Township School District’s 20-year vision for its special education program was taken Tuesday night at a special forum to discuss the topic at the Lawrence Middle School Library.    More than 50 people — many of them parents…

  • Bordentown City author pens second local history book

    Bordentown City author records history of New Egypt and Plumsted Township in new book. By: Sarah Winkelman    PLUMSTED — Children with woolen caps and heavy coats pose beside a horse-drawn "school bus" in 1913.    Young members of the Presbyterian Church’s Sunday school program gather on the steps of the church on a bright, sunny day…

  • Officials feel better prepared for emergencies

    Lawrence continues to improve plans, two years after 9-11. By: Lea Kahn    "We’re ready" — that’s the word from township officials on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.    Over the past 12 months, township officials have continued to polish…

  • Study: Towns like Manville good for health

    Researchers say communities where residentscan walk to services are healthier By:Beth Kressel    Lena Civitano of North Second Street says that a corporate job combined with a commute from the suburbs of Bridgewater was making life too difficult.    So last year, she left her job with Compact Financial Services in Berkeley Heights, moved to Manville and…

  • Tribute paid to Pennington’s black Civil War veterans

    Ceremony held at cemetery, for which a deed was issued to six Pennington residents at the height of the Civil War. By John Tredrea    State and local officials joined over 100 residents of the Hopewell Valley area under sunny skies Sunday afternoon for ceremonies honoring black Civil War veterans buried at Pennington’s African Cemetery.    The…

  • Harlingen church concert benefits young cancer patient

       The first of Harlingen Reformed Church’s "Songs for Hope," a series of benefit concerts, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m.    "Songs for Hope" will benefit the family of Hope Bertelsen, a cancer patient undergoing treatments at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Sloan Kettering in New York City. An eighth grader at…

  • Cards to lean on veterans

    Field hockey By: Steve Feitl    Melissa Hanford takes over the reigns of the Lawrence High School field hockey team this season, but she is by no means a stranger to many of the Cardinals.    The new varsity coach, who took over the position after Lauren Fares took a job in another school district, headed up…

  • Lewisville Road will close on Monday

    Reconstruction expected to take 60 days. By: Lea Kahn    The reconstruction of Lewisville Road, between Princeton Pike and Franklin Corner Road, is slated to begin Monday, according to Municipal Engineer Christopher Budzinski.    Lewisville Road will be closed to all motorists — except residents of the narrow, two-lane road — until mid-November, Mr. Budzinski said. The…

  • Planning for girth

    New study reveals connection between obesity and land use. By:Beth Kressel    Katie Vatter of Steinmetz Road says that when her kids were younger, they lived close enough to Hillsborough Elementary School to walk. But the busy roads forced them to take the bus to school in later years.    Suburban sprawl, she said, definitely makes traveling…