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  • THE STATE WE’RE IN: What’s special about the Pine Barrens?

    THE STATE WE’RE IN by Michele S. Byers: A look at the Pine Barrens    When conservationists talk about preserving New Jersey’s "special places," what do they mean? In previous columns I talked about the Delaware Bayshore and the Western Piedmont Region. This week we explore the Pine Barrens.    Ask any Piney or Pine Barrens advocate…

  • Resident are warm to island proposal

    Chnages could ease Raymond Road traffic By: Sharlee Joy DeMenichi    A plan to add a curbed landscaped island to a section of Raymond Road between Douglass Drive and Sandor Drive met with widespread approval by residents Tuesday.    Plans were unveiled at the Township Council’s Tuesday meeting that call for an island running down Raymond Road…

  • Man found sleeping with gun

    Charged with unlawful possession of a weapon By: Nick D’Amore    A man was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon after police found him asleep in his car, parked in the Wendy’s parking lot on Route 1, Friday night.    Rubert Harrison, 36, of Maplewood also was charged possession of a defaced firearm. He was lodged…

  • Aloysius Maliszewski

       MANVILLE — Aloysius "Al" Maliszewski died Friday, Aug. 16, at home. He was 79.    Born in Somerville, he was a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mr. Maliszewski retired as a Millwright in 1981 from the John’s Manville Corp. in Manville where he was employed most of his life and was a member of the Quarter Century…

  • Cigarette taxes are not working

    To the editor    Raising the prices on cigarettes may have seemed like a good idea at the time, yet has led to many more problems.    Lawmakers and government officials have said that the sale of cigarettes is down, but I have noticed a rash of robberies involving the theft of cigarettes. Recently, an Eckerd store…

  • Lacrosse on its way to Lawrence High

    Two J.V. teams will take field in spring 2003 By: Steve Feitl    While the fall athletic teams are preparing for their rapidly approaching seasons, there is a focus within the Lawrence High School athletic department on a pair of spring teams.    It would seem a bit ambitious to concentrate on a spring team so far…

  • It’s catching: hummingbird fever

    Just ask Chico Marciante and Tania McLeery By John Tredrea    These days, when Charles "Chico" Marciante goes to a friend’s house for dinner, he brings along a special gift for the host. No, not a bottle of wine, bouquet of flowers or knickknack.    A hummingbird feeder.    "I’ve given away about 10 of them so far,"…

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  • Gordon Road work nearly complete

    Intersection with Meadowbrook Road-Route 130 could be done within a week. By: Cindy Koons    WASHINGTON — Construction on the realigned Gordon Road intersection with Route 130 is approximately one week from completion, Township Engineer John Reymann said Monday.    When the intersection is re-opened, a new traffic light will run as a blinking yellow light for…