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  • Mix of experience and youth lead Lady Bulldogs

    Hopewell Valley Girls Soccer By: Matt Nalbone    Even though school doesn’t start for another two weeks, the fall sports at Hopewell Valley Central High School are getting into full swing.    Over the past few years, the girls soccer program has been one of the most successful teams at the school, and this year doesn’t seem…

  • Celebrating a century of life with friends and family

    Margaret Panyko, 100, looks back on her life and family By: Rebecca Tokarz    Margaret Panyko, small and grayed haired, sits with the straightest of posture in her daughter’s Deans living room. Wearing an old powder-blue dress with simple navy sequins at the neck and waistlines, she glances at a wall crowded with portrait photographs of…

  • For the week of Sept. 5

    By: Nadia S. Zendaki    ALLENTOWN — Nadia S. Zendaki, 16, died Sunday, Sept. 1, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick.    Born in New Brunswick, she was a lifelong Allentown resident.    She was a student at Allentown High School and member of its marching band. She was a manager with the wrestling team and…

  • State study finds special-ed shortfalls

    Township school board adopts plan to remedy shortfalls in special education. By: Lea Kahn    A corrective action plan for the Lawrence Township school district’s special education program was adopted by the school board at its meeting last week.    The plan grew out of a routine review of the district’s special education program by three state…

  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: What’s so special about the New Jersey Highlands?

    THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers: A look at the Highlands    When conservationists talk about preserving New Jersey’s "special places," what do they mean? Over the last few weeks I talked about the Delaware Bayshore, the Western Piedmont Region and the Pine Barrens. This week we explore the Highlands.    You don’t have to…

  • Rae Allyne Schondel

       Rae Allyne Schondel, 76, of Titusville, died Saturday at home.    Born in Warren, Ohio, she lived in Tinton Falls most of her life, where she was a member of the Women’s Garden and Republican clubs.    A professional seamstress, her work for architects and interior designers was featured in several publications, including Architectural Digest.    She is…

  • Officials plan for terrorism possibilities

    If Lawrence Township officials had been asked about a terrorist attack 12 months ago, they likely would have replied that such incidents occur in Israel, Northern Ireland or a small African or South American nation. By: Lea Kahn    But in the days following the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center in New York…

  • BREAKING NEWS:

    SETTLEMENT REACHED Princeton school board, teachers reach tentative agreement, pending ratification; Two-day strike ends By: Jeff Milgram    The Princeton Regional Board of Education and the Princeton Regional Education Association reached a contract agreement Thursday morning after an all-night negotiation session, ending a two-day strike.    Teachers will return to their classrooms Friday.    "I do think this…

  • State study finds special-ed shortfalls

    Township school board adopts plan to remedy the district’s special education. By: Lea Kahn    A corrective action plan for the Lawrence Township school district’s special education program was adopted by the school board at its meeting last week.    The plan grew out of a routine review of the district’s special education program by three state…