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  • School board swears in returning members

    Subcommittees may be shuffled for coming year. By: Lea Kahn    Newly re-elected school board members Michael Brindle, Michael Wilson and Michael Winka were sworn into office Monday night at the Lawrence Township Board of Education’s annual reorganization meeting.    The school board members also re-elected Mary DiMartino and Laurel Goodell as the board president and vice…

  • HoVal falls to cross-town rival

    Baseball By: Mike Molaro    For the first 10 games of the season, the Hopewell Valley Central High School baseball team made fans forget about the down times of the past couple of years with solid performances that pulled them into a first-place tie with Ewing in the Valley Division of the Colonial Valley Conference.    After…

  • Developer sues after plan ruled ‘invalid’

    Centex LLC has sued Mansfield Township after the Township Committee said the developer’s plan had changed too much and was invalid. By:Eve Collins    MANSFIELD — A developer filed a lawsuit against the township last week, challenging a Township Committee decision that invalidated the company’s plan to build 414 houses on almost 500 acres on Petticoat…

  • Department plans for second citizens academy

    Program opens up for 25 new interested residents. By: Lea Kahn    Fresh from the success of its first Citizens Police Academy, which ended in March, the Lawrence Township Police Department is gearing up to offer another 10-week session in the fall.    The goal of the academy, which will meet one evening a week, is to…

  • No autographs or photographs please

    PERCEPTIONS by Steve Feitl By: Steve Feitl    So I spent my Saturday night with an Academy Award-winning actress.    Since that’s not the normal lead statement in a local newspaper column, I’ll repeat it. I was at "Cirque du Soleil — Varekai" at Randall’s Island in New York on Saturday evening and who should sit down…

  • Creating stronger advocates

    Upper Freehold groups helps parents of special-needs students work toward more inclusion in the school district. By: Cynthia Koons    UPPER FREEHOLD — The idea is to devise a plan.    Special educators, psychologists, administrators, therapists, parents and sometimes children (if they’re old enough) meet to determine the expectations and guidelines for educating a student with special…

  • Music Makin’ Mama

    A blues legend in her own right, Ann Rabson has turned audiences on to pioneers such as Eddie Bo, Cow Cow Davenport and Brownie McGhee. By: Matt Smith    Thanks to modern-day keepers of the flame like Ann Rabson, many overlooked blues legends are finally getting some overdue recognition. A blues legend in her own right,…

  • ‘And in this corner…’

    Former Hillsborough mayor to face former pro in boxing match for charity. By:John Patten    Sports fans’ memories of "Friday Night Fights" may never be the same after "Gentleman Gerry" Cooney faces Freeholder Ken Scherer in a special charity bout June 7.    Heavyweights Mr. Cooney (lifetime record: 28 wins, 3 losses) and Mr. Scherer (lifetime record:…

  • Medical Center offering free child safety fair on Sunday

       In celebration of National SAFE KIDS week, The Medical Center at Princeton is providing, free to the community, a variety of indoor and outdoor events on Sunday.    Sunday’s child-centered indoor events will take place at the main hospital campus in Ground Floor A&B conference rooms and in the Lambert House classrooms 1, 2 and 3.…