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  • Dry conditions lead to drought

    By: Brian Shappell    Below average rainfall throughout 2001 probably won’t have a negative impact on the 2002 growing season say local farmers.    Still, the Department of Environmental Protection is urging people to begin conserving water in case of another long dry spell.    With most of the state in a drought watch or drought warning, multiple…

  • Kontos leads partial Lawrence squad at Garden State Classic

    Wrestling By: Mike Molaro    Lawrence High School senior Evan Kontos finished second at 130 pounds in last Saturday’s Garden State Classic at Princeton High School.    The Cardinals placed eighth with 29 points in the team competition won by Roselle Park with 132½ points.    Cardinals sophomore Mike Savino finished third at 125 pounds, senior Andrew Bell…

  • PTO treasurer repays group

    Dolores Harbison sentenced on theft charge. By: Nick D’Amore    A former treasurer of the Upper Elementary School Parent-Teacher Organization pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $26,000 from the organization and was sentenced to 18 months probation.    Dolores Harbison, 39, was charged in August with stealing $26,328.87 after the Board of Education conducted an audit…

  • Local man is charged with burglary,making 900-number phone calls

    Hopewell Township police have charged David Pollock, 20, of Pennington Road, Pennington, with burglarizing two houses and making about $1,600 worth of calls to 900 numbers from the residents’ phones in the middle of the night By: John Tredrea    Hopewell Township police have charged David Pollock, 20, of Pennington Road, Pennington, with burglarizing two houses…

  • Other Vikes ‘Biri’ helpful

    By: Redd E. Patrick    As his team searched for identity, South Brunswick High School boys basketball coach Hayward Vereen knew he could count on Drew Biri to lead the way in the meantime. That was the early plan for the 2001-02 season.    So far, so good.    The Vikings seem to be finding an identity —…

  • Carrying the torch

    Local woman in Olympic relay through Princeton By:John Patten    When the Olympic torch relay cuts through Princeton on Sunday, Stratford Court resident Lois LaGrua will carry the burning symbol of the Games down Nassau Street.    Ask her friends or co-workers at Coca-Cola Bottling of New York in New Brunswick, where she is an account manager,…

  • Long way around

    Change in job position keeps school board busy By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    A secretary in the high school guidance office will become an instructional assistant at Weston School on Jan. 2. The Board of Education followed a long path to arrive at the decision, however, and at one point the status of the employee was left in…

  • Lawrence boys pick up needed win

    Swimming By: Steve Feitl    It was a significant day for the Lawrence High School swim teams on Tuesday when the Cardinals took on Hamilton.    In their the Colonial Valley Conference contest of the young season, the boy team picked up its first win of the year.    And the girls added not only their second win…

  • Lawrence raises manager’s pay to $160,000

    The ordinance also combines the jobs of community development director and municipal manager. By: Lea Kahn    Municipal Manager William Guhl will receive a $30,000 salary increase for 2002, under the terms of an ordinance adopted Tuesday by Township Council.    Mayor Pam Mount, Deputy Mayor Greg Puliti and Councilmen Mark Holmes and Rick Miller voted for…