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  • Lady Bulldogs eye state tourney

    Field Hockey By: Mike Molaro    Only once in Barb Skiba’s previous 27 years of coaching the Hopewell Valley Central High School field hockey squad have the Lady Bulldogs failed to qualify for the state tournament.    As she enters her final season on the HoVal sidelines, Skiba wants to make sure it doesn’t happen again.    "We…

  • Firefighters pursue equipment through special election

    Election to be held Oct. 24 By:Vanessa S. Holt        FLORENCE – Fire District No. 1 will hold a special election Oct. 24 to ask voter permission to modernize firefighter air packs and to purchase a new air compressor with money originally slated for the purchase of a new fire truck.    The Fire Department has…

  • PLANE to meet Sept. 13 in Ewing

       PLANE (People Limiting Airport Noise and Expansion) will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, in Hollowbrook Community Center, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing.    The center is located off of Green Lane, south of the College of New Jersey and east of Route 31.    PLANE Chairman Sharon Squicciarino of Titusville said primary attention will be given…

  • POLICE BEAT 9/7

    From the Sept. 7 edition of the Register-News By: BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP    On Aug. 26, a Bordentown man reported his 2000 black Honda Civic, valued at $20,000, stolen from his residence.    On Aug. 29, the vehicle was located by Burlington Township Police. Police said items valued at a total of $5,000 had been removed from the…

  • LHS 2000 football schedule

    Football Date Opponent Time Aug. 26 at Ewing (scrimmage) 11 a.m. Sept. 2 SOUTH HUNTERDON (scrimmage) 10 a.m. Sept. 9 at WW-P North 11 a.m. Sept. 15 at Hightstown 7 p.m. Sept. 23 NOTTINGHAM 11 a.m. Sept. 29 at Hamilton 2:30 p.m. Oct. 7 STEINERT 11 a.m. Oct. 14 PRINCETON 2 p.m. Oct. 21 TRENTON…

  • Liberty Academy not discriminatory

    To the editor:    On behalf of the Liberty Academy Charter School Committee I am writing this letter in response to Peter and Ann Kindfield’s letter ("Would view on gays affect school policies?" Hillsborough Beacon, Aug. 31).    In that letter the Kindfields implied that, due to co-founder Laura Burshnic’s religious beliefs regarding homosexuality, the Liberty Academy…

  • Crosswicks’ 12th Village Festival nears

    Festival will be held Sept. 23 By:Vanessa S. Holt        CHESTERFIELD – Visitors to the 12th annual Crosswicks Village Festival on Sept. 23 may find themselves dropping in on another century, with Civil War soldiers setting up camp on the Village Green as passengers board carriages for a ride around town.    The Crosswicks Festival Committee,…

  • Service center bus fund drive a worthy cause

    EDITORIAL    Maurice Wright has been the executive director of the Lawrence Neighborhood Service Center for five years. Over those years, Mr. Wright has done a good job of increasing and improving the services the center provides to Lawrence residents.    Now, to continue providing its day-care pick-up service and field trips, the center needs a new…

  • Ledger’s Past

    A look back at Ledger stories from days gone by 30 years ago    The report of the Board of Education’s desegregation committee will be released to the public and discussed at the Board’s public information meeting, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. in the new Intermediate School.    The report is the one filed with the state…