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  • NEW MAYOR OUTLINES IDEAS, GOALS

    Attracting business, preserving open space top listJohn Wooden, the legendary former college basketball coach, once said that failing to prepare was preparing to fail. Dave Fried, who last week was selected by the all-Republican Washington Township Committee to serve as mayor in 2001, believes a similar philosophy can be applied to municipal government. By: Ken…

  • The state of ‘Ed’

    Michael Ian Black, a 1988 graduate of Hillsborough High School, plays one of the wacky characters on the NBC sitcom Ed. You may have also seen — or rather heard — him as the Sock Puppet dog on pets.com commercials. By: Eric Schwarz    Fine Corinthian turkeys, Kobe beef, "the bowling-alley lawyer," and "wall-to-wall whores." These…

  • Other lawsuits still pending

       With Greenbriar litigation now apparently settled, Hillsborough Township still has two outstanding builder’s remedy lawsuits to settle, with PEC Builders Inc. and Bielanski Building Group. By:Laura Toto    PEC has proposed building about 800 residential units on 240 acres of land off Falcon Road, near Route 206. Bielanski wants to build an age-restricted community of 450…

  • Community center in 2002 is new councilman’s goal

       The borough is looking to build a community center for 1,000 people by next year, and new Councilman Martin Wierzba has many ideas about what might work well in the proposed center. By:Eric Schwarz    Mr. Wierzba ran for council in the fall with a community center as one of his goals. Mayor Angelo Corradino on…

  • John Marut

       John F. Maut, 83, died Thursday, Jan. 4, at Ewing Nursing and Care Center.    Born in Trenton, he lived in West Trenton 32 years before moving to Lawrenceville.    Mr. Marut was a lieutenant detective with the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, retiring after 25 years, and had been an officer with the Trenton Police Department eight…

  • Editor seeks residents who fought for civil rights

       In preparation for and in honor of Black History Month, The Lawrence Ledger is looking for residents with stories to share about their experiences with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, or more recent experiences that exemplify the value of the struggle for equal rights in America.    The stories will form the basis of…

  • Hillsborough boys win first game

    Spencer leads four men in double figures By: Rudy Brandl        The most important aspect of last Friday night’s Hillsborough High boys’ basketball victory had nothing to do with breaking a five-game losing streak or improving the team’s record.    Hillsborough’s 49-36 triumph showed second-year head coach Kevin McGuire that the young Raiders could handle the…

  • Poet to extol area’s natural beauty

    Central New Jersey is not just suburban sprawl By: Matthew Armstrong    Sometimes central New Jersey can seem like nothing but suburban sprawl for as far as the eye can see.    But a local poet and nature-lover is coming to Kingston to reveal some of the many unspoiled places residents can go to get away from…

  • Tindall put Washington first

    By: Mark Moffa    WASHINGTON — The last of an era.    That’s how local leaders described former Mayor Nancy Tindall, who left the Township Committee last week after serving 24 years.    Ms. Tindall, who served as mayor in 2000, decided not seek re-election to the committee last year.    Henry Horowitz of H & H Gas on…