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  • New Beginning (again)

    Danik hopes to provide coaching consistency as South Brunswick gears for baseball season By: James McKeever    With five coaches in six seasons, the South Brunswick High School baseball team is just looking for some stability. Leo Danik thinks he can provide it.    Danik is the new head man, marking the third straight season the Vikings…

  • A dollar here, a dollar there, can help a lot

    EDITORIAL    Charities have long espoused the motto "Give ’til it hurts."    Well, it’s a lot easier to hurt the charitably minded these days. These times are not like the halcyon days when there was so much cash flying around that someone spent millions on a Super Bowl commercial featuring a sock puppet with a proclivity…

  • Police say teen held fatherat knifepoint in ATV dispute

    Police claim 18-year-old ‘is still incarcerated. His parents are not posting bail’ By: John Tredrea    A March 21 quarrel between a father and son about the use of an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) ended with the placement of an 18-year-old in the Mercer County Correction Center in Titusville, where he still was incarcerated Wednesday.    The quarrel…

  • SCHOOL BOARD CAMPAIGN CORNER

    Edition of March 28, 2002 Stony Brook excitement To the editor:    I have just come from the Stony Brook Elementary School Open House – Community Day. I was so pleased to see the excitement, support and dedication our community has shown regarding the new elementary school. I want to thank all those who took the…

  • Townsend talks scheduled for April 23

    Planners ran out of time Tuesday By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Township Planning Board, which had a long agenda, ran out of time Tuesday night before it could begin discussion of Townsend Capital’s plans for its land on Carter Road.    Townsend’s proposal now is on the agenda of the board’s April 23 meeting.    Township hopes…

  • Township must be more upfront

    LEDGER FORUM    Lea Kahn’s article in last week’s Lawrence Ledger about the sewer billing system again fails to address the concerns of township residents. We are all aware that the change, from a fixed charge to a usage based billing system, was mandated by the federal government. What we want to know is why and…

  • Meet the candidatesfor school board this year

    Six candidates vie for four seats    Editor’s note: There are six candidates vying for four seats in this year’s school board election. We asked the candidates to tell us a little bit about themselves and their community involvement. Next week, we’ll publish their goals and ideas for improving Manville schools. Asterisks indicate current board members.…

  • Stanley Siedlarczyk

       MONTGOMERY – Stanley P. Siedlarczyk died Thursday, March 21, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 59.    Born in Somerville, he was raised in Manville, where he lived for many years before moving to Montgomery Township in 1966.    Mr. Siedlarczyk was a Certified Public Accountant, as well as a Registered Municipal Accountant. He joined the…

  • Local baseball teams set for great seasons

    Teams gear up for another season By:Sean Moylan    Last year, with the help of some big bats and a patched together pitching staff, the Bordentown Regional High School boys’ varsity baseball team made the playoffs and posted a 13-10 record.    This year the Scotties’ pitching staff appears to be deeper but they lost four quality…