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  • Veterans to honor those who served

    Of the 5 million suriving veterans of World War II, about 150 live in Lawrence. By: Lea Kahn    "Patriotism is the ‘in’ thing," said Nicholas Loveless, chairman of the township Veterans Memorial Committee. "It wasn’t for 20 years, but now it is."    Committee members hope that spirit of patriotism translates into a high turnout at…

  • ‘Endurance’

    This documentary retraces the path of a daring-but-doomed 1914 Antarctic expedition.   [Unrated] By: Kam Williams

  • East Delaware Avenue residents want sidewalk extended

    Pennington officials accept petition, say they’ll consider plea By: John Tredrea    Pennington residents living on a nearly half-mile section of East Delaware Avenue that lacks sidewalks say they want them installed on their side of the busy road as soon as possible.    About a dozen residents who want the sidewalks attended Monday night’s Pennington Borough…

  • Klueber chases down Fox for Skyland title

    Boys take second in team standings By: Rudy Brandl    Mike Klueber is happy he listened to his coach.    Klueber was about to let Hunterdon Central’s Jon Fox go past him and settle for second place at last Friday’s Skyland Conference Cross Country Championships at Deer Path Park in Readington. Then, after hearing some encouragement from…

  • District panel to provide direction

    The committee will make its reccomendations to the school board at the end of November. By: Lea Kahn    An expanded rewards program for township volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians and a proposal to increase the municipal open space tax gained voter approval Tuesday.    Township voters voted 4,863 to 1,460 to expand the Length of…

  • Master Plan changes presented to public

    Public hearing in Upper Freehold scheduled to start in December; plans include increasing lot sizes for development. By: Scott Morgan    UPPER FREEHOLD — A proposal to increase minimum lot-size requirements for development has created concern among some landowners as the township continues its Master Plan review.    The Planning Board finalized preliminary discussions regarding its Master…

  • NBC boys’ soccer opens playoffs with pair of wins

    Defensively, Northern looks better than ever By:Sean Moylan    The Northern Burlington County Regional High School boys’ soccer team picked the best time to get goalkeeper John Posey back and play its best soccer of the season — the playoffs.    On Friday at Burlington Township, the Greyhounds beat the best when they edged the top-ranked Falcons,…

  • Storybook season ends in 1-0 loss for Cardinals

    Field HockeyLawrence eliminated by top-seeded Warren Hills By: Steve Feitl    The final chapter of the 2001 Lawrence High School field hockey team was written Monday night. While the ending may have been sad for Cardinal fans, the story itself was an incredible journey full of twists and turns that could make a wonderful Hollywood script.…

  • School taxesare unaffordable

    To the editor    I am writing this letter to join my fellow neighbors Ms. Sweeney, Ms. Ricca and Dr. Munley in griping against the outrageous school taxes being forced down our throat by the Hillsborough school board. I write this letter representing not only myself but also the many neighbors and friends that asked me…