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  • Former teammates face off on gridiron

    Notre Dame football team boasts numerous players from Allentown Pop Warner program. By: Kyle Moylan    Joe Murphy and Greg Mordas have a rare kind of color blindness.    The two Allentown High School assistant football coaches can not make out the colors baby blue and white when they are put on certain uniforms — such as…

  • Commemorating a Cranbury landmark

    The Old School officially becomes Cranbury’s Town Hall this Sunday. By: Casha Caponegro    On Sunday, the building known to residents as the Old School will officially become Cranbury’s Town Hall.    The event will be a momentous occasion in the history of a building that has withstood several demolition attempts and has remained an integral part…

  • School budget input sought

    Board welcoming ideas and comments from public as spending plan develops By:Krzysztof Scibiorski    Next year’s school budget is slowly coming into place and the Board of Education is welcoming public input about its shape.    During Monday night’s meeting, board and Finance Committee member Steven Sloan reported on the efforts to receive public input about the…

  • Orleans acquires The Glen at Mason’s Creek

    Five luxurious floorplans are offered at Hainesport community    Orleans Homebuilders has announced its acquisition of the active adult community The Glen at Mason’s Creek in Hainesport. The acquisition brings together the Delaware Valley’s oldest and most respected homebuilder with one of the area’s most beautiful active adult communities.    The Glen at Mason’s Creek combines a…

  • Cards eye second season

    FootballFor the first time in a month, the Lawrence Cardinals enter a football game this weekend as something other than the underdog. By: Steve Feitl Orlando Kane (9) blocks a point-after attempt. Staff photo by Robyn C. Stein    The Cardinals (1-4) visit Princeton (0-5) at 2 p.m. Saturday.    Lawrence recently completed the roughest four-game stretch…

  • Personal choices will end racism

    LEDGER FORUM    I was pleased to see the letter by Iffaaz Salahudeen in the Oct. 4 edition of The Ledger. It was helpful for a prominent Muslim in our community to speak out against intolerance toward American Arabs and Muslims, which has increased markedly since the Sept. 11 tragedy. I share his conviction that understanding…

  • ‘A November Night’ to remember

    A black-tie gala to benefit The Medical Center at Princeton will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, at historic Colross House.    "A November Night’s Crystal Ball," a black-tie gala to benefit The Medical Center at Princeton, will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, at historic Colross House on the Princeton Day School Campus. The evening’s highlights will…

  • Commercial growth sought to offset development costs

    This article is part of a series looking at ratables in Washington Township. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Over the past two decades, typical suburbs have experienced significant residential growth in association with sprawl, leading to increased costs for services and the need to expand facilities, such as schools.    "Washington Township is basically the prototypical…

  • Letters to the editor

    For the week of October 11. By: Join in support of Greg Bellotti To the editor:    I have been reading the local papers regarding the upcoming election for the Millstone Township Committee. Surprisingly, Mr. John Pfefferkorn, for whom I build a house of Lyle Farm Lane (which once was a farm) has come out against…