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  • Last refuge for wildlife at edge of Kendall Park

    Residents push for tract to be preserved. By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Birdcalls and the occasional plop of a frog into a puddle punctuate the quiet in the 101-acre tract considered the last large parcel of open space in Kendall Park.    Nearby residents, who have petitioned the township and the county to preserve the land as open…

  • Greene wins CJ 1 javelin title

    Joins Cutler at State Group 1 meet By: Rudy Brandl        HILLSBOROUGH — Chris Greene did it again.    The Manville High senior track and field athlete never ceases to amaze. After making headlines in the high jump during the dual meet season and dominating the shot put during a series of bigger meets, Greene found…

  • Golf team shoots for first place

    Golf By: Jim Green    The Lawrence High School golf team found itself in an unenviable position Thursday.    After being defeated by a strong Hopewell Valley squad on May 21, the Cardinals were left needing to win two straight matches against West Windsor-Plainsboro South in order to claim their first Colonial Valley Conference Colonial Division title…

  • Joyce Jansen

       MANVILLE — Joyce E. Jansen died Saturday, May 24, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 47.    Born in New Brunswick, she had been a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mrs. Jansen was a homemaker.    She was a communicant of Christ the King R.C. Church in Manville.    Survivors include, her husband, John Jansen of Manville;…

  • GOP targets insurance firm

    Local Republicans push to sever ties with insurance broker it has retained for more than five years. By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Township Republicans are pushing the Township Council to sever its ties with an insurance broker it has retained more than five years.    However, the Democrat-controlled council agreed Tuesday to consider paying the Business and Government…

  • Students join postal celebration

    High-flying event launches new stamps By:Alec Moore    Hundreds of local residents gathered at the Central Jersey Regional Airport Friday for a celebration honoring the Wright Brothers as part of the U.S. Postal Service’s issuance of the First In Flight commemorative stamp.    The stamp honors the historic achievement of Orville and Wilbur Wright, who in December…

  • No contest in council primary

    Lawrence Township’s registered Democrats and Republicans to vote on their party’s candidates for elective offices Tuesday. By: Lea Kahn    Lawrence Township’s registered Democrats and Republicans will go to the polls Tuesday to select their party’s candidates for a host of elective offices, ranging from Township Council to the state Senate.    The polls will be open…

  • The threat of SARS: Responsibility, not panic, is the answer

    "When a new disease such as SARS emerges and poses a threat to the global population, it is important to learn the facts as they become available, to follow all recommended precautions, and to remain calm." By Alexander Ackley, Jr., M.D.    SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is a serious, contagious disease that can be deadly.…

  • School volunteers get their Cardinal Wings

    Board of Education presents nine volunteers with symbolic pins at a reception on May 14. By: Lea Kahn    Nine volunteers who have taken the Lawrence Township public schools under their wing have been presented with symbolic wings of their own by the Lawrence Township Board of Education.    The volunteers received the newly created Cardinal Wing…