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  • EPA launches mall cleanup

    A public hearing on the proposed two-year, $18 million federal environmental cleanup of the Rustic Mall in Manville will be held Sept. 11. By: Alec Moore    Residents will have their chance to chime in on a proposed two-year, $18 million Federal environmental cleanup of the Rustic Mall during a second public hearing at 7 p.m.…

  • Joseph J. Posda, 86

       MILLSTONE — Joseph J. Posda died Monday, Sept. 3, in Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 86.    Born in Plymouth, Pa., he grew up in Wilkes Barre Pa., and lived in Manville before moving to Millstone in 1952.    Mr. Posda was a maintenance supervisor with Johns-Manville Corp. in Manville for 37 years retiring in…

  • Township OKs LHS parking proposal

    The superintendent of schools believes that real relief for the high school’s parking problems may have to come through a referendum. By: Lea Kahn    Despite some residents’ opposition, Township Council adopted a parking ordinance Tuesday that sets aside parking spaces for nonresidents on several streets across from Lawrence High School.    The council voted 3-2 to…

  • Police dog should be used in New Hope

    EDITORIAL    Illegal drugs are rampant in this area.    And for New Hope not to use all its resources to fight the problem is just ludicrous.    Cpl. Frank DeLuca was given permission to use Gunner, a dog trained to sniff illicit substances. But Mayor Laurence Keller suspended the program last May after Cpl. DeLuca accumulated 40…

  • Lawrence wins despite sloppy effort

    FootballSince the West Windsor-Plainsboro North football team is only entering its second season of existence, what it will bring to field this season is a bit of a mystery. By: Steve Feitl    But Lawrence High School football head coach Rob Radice didn’t need to be a detective to know that the Cardinals need to improve…

  • A special tribute to those who labored on Labor Day

    To some, this was just another day of work. By: Linda J. Field    Labor Day 2001 proved to be a welcome end to a long, hot summer in Lawrence. Crowds flocked to the beaches and vacation areas and local traffic thinned out.    There were, as usual, those dedicated few who labored away Monday while so…

  • Arts Council features fall literary programs

       In its upcoming fall semester, The Arts Council of Princeton will host two unusual literary programs — one engaging participants in active writing and one centered in reading and discussion.    The first, "Guided Writing Group," will continue to meet Monday mornings during the new fall session. Originally begun as a guided memoir writing course last…

  • Timothy Kirby, 39

       Timothy Kirby, 39, died Monday, Aug. 27, at his home in South Brunswick.    He had been a landscaper with Rezco Landscaping in Hillsborough for 12 years.    Mr. Kirby is survived by his mother, Annamarie Kirby; his father and stepmother, James and Kaye Kirby; four brothers, Mark Kirby, Jeffrey Kirby, Eric Kirby and Kyle Morris and…