Category: archives
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Lawrence grapplers head to District 17 tourney
Wrestling By: Mike Molaro Sophomore Mark Savino picked up his 20th win of the season on Feb. 13 when the Lawrence High School wrestling squad dropped a 44-21 decision at Colonial Valley Conference foe Steinert in its final regular-season match of the year. Savino, this year’s 125-pound county champ, registered an 8-1 triumph at 119…
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School board mustseek spending cuts
To the editor I usually whine and complain about the tax situation in Hillsborough to my wife, but a comment I read in last week’s Beacon sent me into a new orbit. The article titled "District bracing for state aid cut," outlined a worst case scenario of losing 10 percent of state aid for the…
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Life center repeats as Penn-Jersey champions
LCA wins, 88-60 By:Sean Moylan On Thursday night at Girard College, the Life Center Academy boys’ varsity basketball team won a 88-60 decision over Pine Forge to win its second consecutive Penn-Jersey League Title. This year the Warriors have defeated great teams like St. Patrick’s Celestial Prep ‘A’ and Fredrik Douglas. Their guard Mike Lasme…
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Syncopation in Yiddish
The Györ National Ballet of Hungary and Budapest Klezmer Band perform Purim at the State Theatre. By: Susan Van Dongen The Budapest Klezmer Band Mongolian throat-singing. Tibetan trance music. Inuit "ay-yas." "It’s not stage music, its the music of the shtetl (the village),"says Ferenc Jávori, com poser for Purim, the first full-length klezmer ballet, and music…
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Planning on the Web
Everything from caterers to jewelers and photographers can be found with the click of a mouse. By: LORETTA SHERMAN Your wedding day is one of the most important events in your life and the Internet can help you make it memorable. Click to view the print ads in this magazine! Battleground Country Club Casa dei…
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OBITUARIES 02/21
From the Feb. 21 edition of the Register-News By: Kathryn Hopkins Reiss MANSFIELD Kathryn "Kay Kay" Hopkins Reiss, 94, died Feb. 17 at home. Born in Pittsburgh, she lived in Columbus for more than three years. She was a secretary for Care Inc. in the Pittsburgh area for many years. Wife of the late…
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Football coach steps down
Replacement could be appointed on Monday By: Nick D’Amore One of South Brunswick High School’s winningest football coaches won’t be returning for another season. John Coppola, with a 41-43-1 record during his nine years as head coach, said he resigned in November for "mostly personal reasons." "I want to pursue other interests," he said. SBHS…
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Church is an asset to local family
LEDGER FORUM I would like to thank The Lawrence Ledger for its editorial about the Phillips House and add my voice to the support for Westerly Road Church. The church and its members were a crucial source of support when I returned to Lawrence after college to begin work and when I dated the lady…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING UPDATE
At its Feb. 6 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved three hardship variances for residential properties By: Marianne Hooker At its Feb. 6 meeting, the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved three hardship variances for residential properties. One of the variances will allow the homeowner to build an addition to his…
