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  • Residents play vital role in local affairs

    Editorial "All the world’s a stage. And all the men and women merely players." — William Shakespeare "As You Like It"    Lawrence residents have taken their places and are preparing for what should be a busy year.    This week, the Township Council decided who will be mayor for 2002 and swore in two council members…

  • Man charged with assault of local police officer

    Mount Laurel resident faces two counts aggravated assault and resisting arrest in Washington. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — A Mount Laurel man is facing two counts of aggravated assault and resisting arrest, among other charges, after allegedly kicking out the window of a township police car and fighting with officers Dec. 30.    Police were called…

  • Taking to the Web to make Post better

    DISPATCHES By: Hank Kalet    When I turn on the computer in the morning, the first thing I do is click on the Internet.    I head to the ESPN Web site first, to check on the previous night’s basketball or baseball scores, on trade rumors (will the Mets get slugger Juan Gonzalez or trade for a…

  • Lady Mustangs rally too late

    Shooting spree not enough vs. Oak Knoll By: John E. Powers    Down 35-14 early in the second half of last Friday night’s game with Oak Knoll, the Manville High School girls’ basketball team found the kind of shooting touch it so badly need — unfortunately, it was for just a brief time.    In a span…

  • Upcoming events

    For the week of January 10. By: Friday, Jan. 11    Washington Township Little League’s final registration for the 2002 baseball/softball season, 7 to 9 p.m., at the batting cages located in Tantum Park, off Meadowbrook Road. This registration is for all baseball/softball players ages 5-18 before July 31. If you did not play in the…

  • Monsignor John J. Endebrock

    LAWRENCE — Monsignor John J. Endebrock, 89, died Monday at St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center.    Born in Trenton, he graduated from Cathedral High School in 1930 and attended Our Lady of Angels Seminary at Niagara University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 1934 and a master’s degree in 1949. He was ordained at St. Mary’s Cathedral in…

  • Board OKs Commerce Bank plan

    Will be built opposite Charlie Brown’s Restaurant By:Alec Moore    Commerce Bank is coming to town.    At its Jan. 3 meeting, the Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the application of Commerce Bank to construct and operate a Commerce Bank branch at the intersection of Route 206 and Andria Avenue.    The bank will be located on…

  • Township Council may get pay raise

    Members have agreed in principle to include a 3.6 percent cost-of-living increase for themselves in the new budget. By: Brian Shappell    The Township Council has tentatively decided to increase its pay for the upcoming year.    Council members by an informal 4-1 vote agreed in principle to include a 3.6 percent cost-of-living increase to their salaries…

  • Book Notes: The life and times of ‘Theodore Rex’

    BOOK NOTES by Joan Ruddiman: A look at Edmund Morris’ biography of Teddy Roosevelt. By:    The president in talking to the press at his ranch in Crawford reports that he’s finished "Theodore Rex." Me, too. I wondered if President Bush was as impressed with Edmund Morris’ biography of Theodore Roosevelt as I was.    My dad…