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  • Local children try their best to see beyond the parade

    By: Linda J. Field    The Memorial Day was born in Waterloo, N.Y., on May 5, 1866, to honor the patriotic dead of the Civil War by decorating their graves. Last weekend, this holiday was again replayed, complete with patriotic music, flags and speeches, both in Waterloo and in Lawrence.    A replay of another event took…

  • Crawford dominates quarters at CJ 4 track meet

    Pfeiffer, Foster, Melendez also qualify By: Rudy Brandl    HOLMDEL — Erin Crawford put on quite a show in last Friday’s session of the Central Jersey Group 4 Track and Field Championships. Although the Hillsborough High junior just missed completing one of the toughest possible triple-gold performances the next day, she still scored 28 of her…

  • Night at the Opera

    Westminster Choir College professors Julia Kemp and Guy Rothfuss will perform an evening of opera’s best choruses with the Bucks County Choral Society June 1. By: Sally Silverman    With a nod toward the growing popularity of opera, the Bucks County Choral Society brings a lighthearted evening of opera’s best choruses.    The group’s June 1 season…

  • Foundation’s denial comes as no surprise

    LEDGER FORUM    I am disappointed, but not surprised, that the Lawrence Township Community Foundation has denied a grant to a local boy scout troop to buy a trailer.    Why do we punish children for the actions of adults? If you are angry about the national council’s policy, fight it at the proper level; why punish…

  • Synthetic field cut as board OKs final plan

    Move saves funding for Auten School library and late busing for middle and high schools By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    The Board of Education voted 8-1 to approve the final cuts needed to slice $1.2 million from the 2002-2003, including the contentious synthetic athletic field.    "We had the board attorney, the attorney general’s office, the county superintendent, and…

  • HISTORICALLY SPEAKING: Physicians of the past, part 2

    A look at the Allentown-Upper Freehold of the past. By: John Fabiano    From the "History of Medicine in New Jersey, and of its Medical Men (From the Settlement of the Province to A.D. 1800)," by Stephen Wickes, A.M., M.D., published in 1879 and found at the New Jersey Archives, these short biographies of our area’s…

  • Shah gearing up for state tourney tennis foe

    By: Ken Weingartner    When South Brunswick High’s Shangril Shah takes the court Saturday in the opening round of the NJSIAA Singles Tournament, only this much will be certain — his opponent will be good.    Shah, who plays at noon at Veterans Park in Hamilton, meets Alan Landy of West Essex in the first round. Shah…

  • Sony Pictures in casting call for ‘Peter Pan’

    By: Michael Redmond    If you’re a boy between the ages of 12 and 14, whether you’ve studied and participated in theater or not, stardom may be beckoning.    Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Princeton Marriott at Forrestal Village in Plainsboro, talent searcher Marty Keener Cherrix will be conducting an open casting call…

  • Library moving forward with expansion fund raising

    Various library supporters and groups are wooing corporations for donations in hopes of raising $250,000. By: Brian Shappell    "Timing is everything," said Library Director Lorraine Jackson of a campaign to raise money for a proposed expansion of the township library.    And barring anything unexpected happening this summer, the library will be ready for its full-fledged…