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Students walk to fight drugs
By: Amanda Bok Students of Brunswick Acres school will walk their way to better health and better school services Friday, when the school jointly celebrates Red Ribbon Week with its first Walk-a-thon. The Walk-a-thon will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. on the school playground at Kory Drive. The two-to-four-mile walk will culminate the…
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LHS eyes Princeton win
Football By: Steve Feitl The Cardinal football team’s challenging streak of playing undefeated football teams ends Saturday, when Lawrence finds a nice change of pace in its opponent – a winless team. Princeton will challenge the Cardinals (2-3) in the Lawrence homecoming game, starting at 2 p.m. After suffering three straight losses to drop their…
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OFFICE SPACE OBTAINS FAVOR
Facility at Showplace Farms receives nodThe 15,869-square-foot Showplace Office Park will be built on a 3.6-acre subdivision of Showplace Farms fronting the eastbound side of Route 33, said Howard Schoor, owner of the 150-acre Standardbred horse training facility. By: Frank C. D’Amico MILLSTONE – In it what leaders hope could be an emerging trend in…
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Absentee ballots available
For Nov. 7 election League of Women Voters The League of Women Voters of Hopewell Valley reminds area residents that Absentee Ballot applications are still available for registered voters who cannot vote in the General Election, Nov. 7. Applications must be received by the Mercer County clerk in Trenton by Oct. 31. Ballot applications are…
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Residents fight temple’s design
Sikh structure’s architecture target of Springfield petition By:Vanessa S. Holt SPRINGFIELD – Residents opposed to the design changes in a Sikh temple planned on Old York Road have begun to circulate a petition against the revised building plan, which now includes several large gold domes. The original site plan, submitted by Khalsa Darbar of…
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Bringing life’s lessons back to her classroom
By: Amanda Bok Many things go into teaching and it’s not just textbooks. To teach is, after all, the ability to tell a story of people and places, ideas and events. And if the story is one’s own, the lesson really becomes interesting. South Brunswick sixth-grade teacher Lisa Easaw has such a story. She is…
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Henry K. Smith Jr.
Service Friday Henry K. Smith. Jr., 87, of Pennington, died in J. F. K.Memorial Hospital at Edison Oct. 9. Born in Elizabeth, he had resided in Pennington for two years, moving here from Wyomissing, Pa. He was a U. S. Army veteran of WW II, serving with the 101st Airborne Division in the European Theater.…
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Council introduces ambulance ordinance
By:Vanessa S. Holt FLORENCE -The Township Council introduced a bond ordinance to acquire a $130,000 ambulance for the Roebling Rescue Squad. Council voted 3-1 on Oct. 4 to introduce the ordinance, with Bruce Garganio opposing the measure. "I have concerns about that type of expenditure," said Mr. Garganio. "They’re having trouble getting ambulances out…
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Cards look for consistency
Field hockey If the Lawrence High School field hockey squad begins playing the way head coach Shannon Marucca feels they can, future opponents better beware. By: Mike Molaro Despite the 6-2-1 record and a probable NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III Tournament berth, Marucca feels the Cardinals are having difficulties putting together two solid halves of…
