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  • Car thefts hit record low in Lawrence for 2002

    Incidents lowest since 1978, police say. By: Lea Kahn    Fewer than 100 cars were reported stolen in Lawrence Township last year — the lowest number of car thefts since 1978, when 94 cars were reported stolen, according to Lawrence Township Police Department records.    There were 99 reports of stolen cars in 2002, Chief of Police…

  • Sexism at work on committee

    To the editor    Alec Moore penned a thorough article outlining the goals and objectives of our newest Mayor, Mr. Gwiazdowski. Indeed, much of the article was comprised of direct quotes from Tuesday’s Township Committee Re-Organization meeting.    Unfortunately, Mr. Moore stopped short of relaying one very telling quote: after citing the great need for parks and…

  • Clerk to assume administrator role

    Hightstown Borough Clerk Candace Gallagher proposed to take over the borough administrator position. By: Scott Morgan    HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council last week appointed Borough Clerk Candace Gallagher as its acting administrator — a move that has been questioned by Councilman Eugene Sarafin.    In October of last year, Borough Administrator and Chief Financial Officer Phil…

  • Parents get their say on school organization plan

    Mulling over SBHS continues. By: Rebecca Tokarz    Parents expressed mixed feelings about possible changes in the way the high school students are internally structured.    About 150 parents of middle and high school students attended a two-hour meeting Tuesday, where members of the school district’s Steering Committee presented three proposed reorganizational plans for the high school,…

  • Plazma lab offers free Saturday science lectures

       The Princeton Plasma Physics Lab’s annual "Science-on-Saturday" lecture series, with topics ranging from cryptography to climate change, begins Saturday.    The seven talks, which run through March 15, are geared toward high school students, but are open to anyone.    The lectures begin at 9:30 a.m. and are usually finished by 11:15 a.m.    There is no preregistration.…

  • Ari Gabinet leaves Valley school post

    An attorney, Mr. Gabinet took a full-time job with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). By John Tredrea    Arthur "Ari" Gabinet, one of Pennington Borough’s two members on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education, has resigned.    David Goldschmidt is the second Pennington Borough member.    Mr. Gabinet’s resignation was announced at the outset of…

  • Lawrence defeats Princeton, Ewing

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    What a difference a couple of days made for coach Chris Lynne and his Lawrence High School wrestling squad.    After losing to West Windsor-Plainsboro South 35-27 Jan. 4 – a match Lynne felt the Cardinals should have won – the veteran coach told his wrestlers it was time for them to…

  • District should focus on teachers’ quality

    To the editor    I hope in their efforts to achieve "a fair ethnic representation" among its teaching staff, Hillsborough’s administrators do not forget that the first and by far the single most important qualification for a teacher is competency and not national origin or skin color.    A good teacher is a good role model regardless…

  • Three school board seats will be filled in April

    Two seats are open in Hopewell Township and just one in Pennington Borough, which loses a seat this year, because of population changes within the school district. By Ruth Luse    On April 15 — income tax day — some Hopewell Valley voters will pick members of the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education and voters…