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  • LHS parking program covers 3 more streets

    By: Lea Kahn    An ordinance that extends the permit parking system established on streets near Lawrence High School gained final approval Tuesday by Township Council.    Three streets — Rydal Drive, Millbrook Lane and Florham Drive — have been added to the list of streets that require a permit for those who wish to park on…

  • Robert Kerr

       LAGRANGE, Ill. — Robert S. Kerr, 47, formerly of Lawrence died Tuesday, Jan. 29.    Born in Harrisburg, Pa., he had resided in St. John, the U.S. Virgin Islands for 23 years and recently moved to LaGrange.    Mr. Kerr was a licensed architect and builder.    He was a 1972 graduate of Lawrence High School, a 1974…

  • School budget sessions slated

       The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will hold a special board meeting today, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the administration building to discuss the 2002-2003 school budget.    Budget information on technology, transportation, special education and staffing will be discussed. The building principals also will present an overview of their respective budgets.    The Feb.…

  • SCHOOLS- Constable

    Given initiative, students read and reap prizes By: Stacey Gorski    Teachers and administrators at Constable School are providing students with every excuse they can — excuses to read.    In four separate programs at the school, students are being encouraged to read as much as possible outside the regular curriculum. Readers are given rewards that range…

  • Cliques runninghigh school life

    To the editor    High school is a life changing experience. A person’s life can be defined by her experiences in high school, or during her school years. Students are affected by their friends, high school groups, and teachers (The way teenagers are affected by these changes, their self-image, and impacts their behavior in college, and…

  • Writers Among Us

    Nancy Hasty’s solo play Florida Girls is a journey through her childhood. She plays more than a dozen characters, all based on real people. The play is part of the Passage Theatre’s 2nd Annual Solo Flights Festival. By: Susan Van Dongen    Big, loud, extroverted families filled with talkative type-A personalities, beware. There may be a…

  • Report: Land deal was mishandled

    Finds no criminal wrongdoing by former Township Committeeman Bill Kastning in open space incident. By: Scott Morgan    MILLSTONE — An investigation into alleged improprieties by a former township committeeman regarding a potential deal to preserve open space found no evidence of illegal activity, but said his actions might have been detrimental to the township’s plans…

  • School had a humble start

    St. Augustine’s grew with community’s help By: Stacey Gorski    Like many religions, the Roman Catholic faith values a community of believers. The of St. Augustine of Canterbury School truly is a product of this type of community.    The building itself, which opened in September 1963, has grown by increments over the years, thanks in large…

  • Press freedoms can’t be taken lightly

    DISPATCHES By: Hank Kalet    When the news was released late last month that a reporter from The Wall Street Journal had been taken hostage by a group allied with the Taliban, a shiver went down my spine.    Daniel Pearl, 38, has been missing since Jan. 23 when a group identifying itself the National Movement for…