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  • 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…

  • Audrey Ransom fund is established

       VOICES Chorale has established a fund in honor of Audrey Ransom —mother of Dr. Lynne Ransom and a resident of Pennington — who died at age 83 on April 15.    Dr. Ransom, music director of The VOICES Chorale, reflected on her mother and VOICES. "Audrey was a supporter of VOICES from its beginning in 1987,…

  • Board changes plannedwithout communication

    To the editor    REACH parents do not object at all to enrichment in the regular classroom.    REACH parents object to the Hillsborough school district administration’s insufficient process and poor communication, related to terminating first grade REACH next year, with second grade REACH termination targeted for the following school year. That has been the discussion with…

  • United Way offers fund-raising update

    LEDGER FORUM    When we celebrated our 2001-2002 campaign kick-off on Sept. 10, we had no idea that this would be one of the most difficult years we would face.    As you may know, we’re in the midst of a very critical situation. Because of the $500,000 campaign shortfall, the United Way of Greater Mercer County…