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  • County board investigating school referendum

    The Herald has learned the Mercer County Board of Elections is investigating whether inappropriate campaign materials were present at polling places during Tuesday’s East Windsor Regional School District referendum.    The Mercer County Board of Elections is investigating Tuesday’s school bond referendum in the East Windsor Regional School District, the elections board chairman said Wednesday.    Dominic…

  • Muslim-Americans will be bridge to peace

    To the editor    We Americans pride ourselves in being a nation of immigrants with an accepting and assimilating political and social culture.    In fact, however, from the beginning, most immigrant groups have generally found that the welcome mat is slow in coming, a process which has frequently taken two or more generations.    This lag in…

  • HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: With the Marines

    A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By: John Fabiano    In commemoration of the Allentown Messenger/Press entering its 100th year of continuous operation this October, over the next several weeks this column will feature past articles relative to that business. A display in the foyer of the Allentown Public Library is also recognizing…

  • Rebuilding South Brunswick harriers showing steady improvement

    By: Red E. Patrick    For a change, the expectations are not high for the South Brunswick High School boys and girls cross country teams.    Contenders for GMC and Central Jersey crowns for most of the 1990s, the boys program is going through its first year of rebuilding phase in quite some time, while the girls…

  • Project Graduation helpers thanked

    LEDGER FORUM By: To the editor:    We’d like to thank all the volunteers and contributors who helped make Project Graduation 2002 a great success.    Project Graduation is a series of events designed to provide Lawrence High School seniors with safe, drug and alcohol-free ways to celebrate their accomplishments at this defining moment in their lives.…

  • Fanfare in the Air

    Musica 2000 champions the works of contemporary composers. By: Daniel Shearer Rosalind Erwin, artistic director of the Doylestown-based orchestra Musica 2000.    You might call it "romantic pops."    During a trip to London several years ago, Marcel Farago — a composer and cellist who performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra for more than 30 years — saw…

  • New Egypt football gets first win

    Defeat McCorristin to even record at 1-1. By: Scott Morgan    HAMILTON–It was the passing game that scared them the most.    From the outset, the New Egypt High School Warriors understood how dangerous their opponent could be. The Iron Mikes of McCorristin Catholic High School had a potent weapon in No. 88, wide receiver Andrew Williams.…

  • Jack Burt

       MANVILLE — Jack A. Burt died Monday, Sept. 16, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 71.    Born in Nanticoke, Pa., and lived in Manville most of his life.    Mr. Burt was employed by John’s Manville Corporation in Manville for 38 years and was a member of the Quarter Century Club. He retired from the…

  • Offensive woes bring down Cardinals

    Field Hockey By: Steve Feitl    The Lawrence High School field hockey team struggled with putting the ball in the net even in its first three wins of the season.    So it wasn’t much of a surprise that those offensive woes came back to haunt the girls in their two most-recent games — both losses.    Penalty…