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  • GOOD EARTHKEEPING

    What have you done for your soil today By: Sandy Batty    Soil is as critical for maintaining life as water and air, though much less appreciated. Some misguided folks even call it dirt! But as any natural scientist or farmer will tell you, soil is the stuff of life.    Healthy soil teems with activity. One…

  • Committee researchingpossible school cuts

    Meetings with school board members reviews school spending priorities By:Alec Moore    The question before the Township Committee is not whether this year’s defeated $81 million school budget will be cut, but which items will be getting the ax.    "This is really a balancing act," said Mayor Joseph Tricarico.    On Monday, the mayor and Second Deputy…

  • Anthony Vocolo

       Anthony C. Vocolo, 76, formerly of Lawrence, died April 1 at his home in Delray Beach, Fla.    Born in the Chambersburg neighborhood of Trenton, he was a longtime resident of Lawrence before moving to Florida four years ago.    Mr. Vocolo was a graduate of St. Joachim’s and Trenton High School. And he was a summa…

  • Defense lifts Redbird softball in MCT

    It was the kind of move that can be lost in a boxscore. It was also the kind of move that prevented a loss. By: Kyle Moylan    It was the kind of move that can often be lost in a boxscore. It was also the kind of move that prevented a loss in the linescore.…

  • Trailer plan irks parents

    Unexpected overcrowding means portable classrooms at Brunswick Acres By: Nick D’Amore    Several parents in the Brunswick Acres School community are upset that some students will have to attend class in portable trailers in September.    Last week, the Board of Education approved revisions to a redistricting plan originally approved in June 2001. The changes mean 90…

  • TOWN TALK: Saving land from development

    News and happenings from the mayor of Plumsted Township. By: Ron Dancer    With the financial assistance of a $1.25 million grant the Township Committee obtained from the state’s Green Acres program, Plumsted will purchase an additional 80 acres of wooded uplands that will be saved from development.    An estimated 55 acres of the 80 is…

  • Committee passes campaign finance reform

    New rules will limit contributions from businesses that wish to contract with Washington Township. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The Township Committee last week passed a campaign finance reform ordinance that would limit campaign contributions made by businesses seeking township contracts.    By a 4-1 margin, the committee on April 25 passed a measure that restricts…

  • Golfers expect hectic week

    Golf By: Steve Feitl    There’s no two ways to slice it. At 9-1, the Lawrence High School golf team is having a heck of a season.    "Based on records alone, we’re doing fairly well," co-coach Sam Caccallori joked after the Cardinals’ most-recent victory.    Lawrence defeated McCorristin, 191-242, at Springfield Golf Course on Tuesday.    Austin Hoggan…

  • Takeover ends troubledValley Road sewer service

    MUA will make improvements to lines, treatment plants to ends years of pollution and leakage By:Alec Moore    Customers of the Valley Road Sewerage Co., primarily residents of Belle Mead and southern Hillsborough, will soon see their bills for sewer service nearly cut in half, after the service was formally taken over by the Hillsborough Township…