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  • Charge of students’misbehavior disputed

    By:Alec Moore    A recent charge alleging members of the North Brunswick High School marching band were taunted, teased and insulted with racial slurs and personal insults by some local students has Hillsborough school officials and police scratching their heads.    According to the parent of one North Brunswick band member, the incident occurred several weeks ago…

  • Facilities panel to present report to BOE

    Members support converting Lawrence Intermediate School into a K-5 facility providing it doesn’t cost too much. By: Lea Kahn    The school district’s Facilities Advisory Committee, a group of 30 citizens formed to explore overcrowding and other issues, is set to deliver its report to the Lawrence Township Board of Education on Dec. 12.    The advisory…

  • New activities addedto recreation offerings

    Registration set for Monday By:Alec Moore    More than 2,000 residents registered for Hillsborough Recreation Department programs this fall, and Recreation Director Bob Evans expects this winter to be just as popular.    Among the new offerings on the Recreation Department’s winter slate are a Senior Prom for the town’s senior citizens and mother-son and father-daughter date…

  • HHS gymnasts reached higher in 2001

    Yates, Miller defined program’s excellence for third straight year By: Rudy Brandl    They can’t believe it’s over.    Hillsborough High seniors Kim Yates and Ashley Miller competed in their final scholastic gymnastics meet a few weeks ago and went out in style, finishing in the top 20 in the state all-around at the NJSIAA Championships. They…

  • Judge should allow late ballots to count

    LEDGER FORUM    I recently read in The Lawrence Ledger that Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg will not allow absentee ballots to be counted that were delivered late due to the anthrax situation.    Many who vote by absentee ballot are elderly or infirm, others work long hours. Young folks are attending colleges and universities some distance…

  • Vigilant group fetes129 years Saturday

       Back in 1872, the Pleasant Valley Vigilant Association was formed "for the protection of its members property and for the detection and pursuit, apprehension, arrest and prosecution of thieves, tramps, marauders and other deprecators on persons and property and for the recovery of stolen goods."    The association will celebrate 129 years of attention to this…

  • Nightly anthem echoes in neighborhood

    At 7 o’clock every night since Sept. 11, Dominic Street resident Jim O’Reilly opens his garage door and emerges with a trumpet in hand. By:John Patten    Taking a deep breath, he begins to play "The Star-Spangled Banner."    Mr. O’Reilly, service manager for Manville heating and cooling contractor Cool-O-Matic, began the nightly performances, he says, "just…

  • Manville tax office target of investigation

    Though investigators acknowledge no discrepancies may exist By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Detectives from the Somerset County prosecutor’s office and Manville police conducted interviews Wednesday as part of an investigation into reports of money missing from the borough tax office.    "Interviews are being done today and they involve people that have access to the office," Sgt. Mark Sniscak…

  • Joyful diners

    Manville man’s gift of lifeleads to shared Thanksgiving By:Mary Ellen Zangara    For resident Bob Kita, this year’s holiday was indeed a very special Thanksgiving.    Last November, Mr. Kita was accepted as a bone marrow donor and on the eve of the operation, he wrote an anonymous, two-page note to the recipient. He knew only that…