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  • Viking tennis team practices optimism

    By: Rich Fisher    If practice makes perfect, what does a good "practice season" make?    Evidently, the South Brunswick High tennis team will find out if coach Barbara Whitman’s analysis is correct.    "We’ve had a tremendously successful practice season, I don’t know how else to put it," Whitman said. "We’ve done a lot of challenge matches,…

  • Bus service unchanged

    Suburban Transit says dispute over lots in East Brunswick won’t have any impact in South Brunswick. By: Brian Shappell    Suburban Transit Corp. representatives say South Brunswick bus service will not be affected by a dispute between the company and Academy Bus Inc. over who can use lots in two East Brunswick locations.    "We will continue…

  • Trent meeting story was inaccurate

    Letter to the editor    Many people have been talking about the towns forum held Aug. 20 by Councilmen Rick Miller and Mark Holmes. For those of us who could not attend, we rely on The Lawrence Ledger to keep us informed and describe the meetings in their truest form. If an inflammatory incident takes place,…

  • New era has leftover attitude for MHS football team

    Grifin hopes to build on foundation Theodosatos built By: Ken Weingartner    Milt Theodosatos is gone, but there’s still plenty of "Coach T" left with the Monroe High School football team.    And it’s all about attitude.    "The problems in the past with Monroe football have been in the mirror," said Jim Griffin, the Falcons’ new coach…

  • Sterlecki seeks improvement on various levels for PHS football

    By: Bob Nuse    Ray Strelecki knows the first place people will look in order to see if the Princeton High football program is improving is the won-loss record.    But as a coach, he knows improvement doesn’t always mean more wins.    "We had 21 guys go to the Princeton University football camp this summer, and we…

  • Student’s first day of school means staying with family

    Principal says that once a child starts attending Christ the King the other siblings almost always follow. By: Krzysztof Scibiorski    School opened yesterday at 8:30 a.m. for first-grader Kelly Loebes of Hillsborough, who joined her two brothers at Christ the King School in Manville.    In fact, Kelly’s parents, John and Angela Loebes, are turning Christ…

  • Lisa M. (Klimowicz) Robertson, 41

       MANVILLE — Lisa M. (Klimowicz) Robertson passed away Tuesday, Sept. 4, at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. She was 41.    Born in Somerville, she had been a lifelong resident of Manville.    Mrs. Robertson was a legal secretary for three years with Copeland, Shimalla & Wechsler, LLP Counsellors At Law in Warren and was a member…

  • Township may not test for police chief

    Washington officials say they are exploring options for replacing retiring Chief Paul Krych. By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — Township officials said this week they may not require police lieutenants and sergeants to take an exam to fill the upcoming chief vacancy.    While officials refused to provide a specific plan, outgoing Chief Paul Krych said the…

  • Theresa Brady, 91

       Theresa Brady, 91, died Wednesday, Aug. 29 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold.    Born in New York City, she had been a resident of Elmwood Park and Edison prior to moving to Kendall Park 20 years ago.    Her husband, William C. Brady, is deceased.    She is survived by two daughters, Rosemarie Schwindinger of Kendall Park and…