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  • Home-based businesses draw attention

    Residents complain about noise By: Mark Moffa        WASHINGTON – While some home-based business owners believe they have been persecuted by the township, the neighbors of some home-based businesses are feeling harassed as well.    "It’s a beautiful area, why would you want to put up with something like this?" said Joan Benedetti, who lives next…

  • Ledger’s Past

    A look back at Ledger articles from years gone by 30 years ago    The Lawrence Township Board of Educatio has approved the establishment of in-service training in drug abuse for district teachers on the high school and intermediate school level.    Acting at a special meeting on Monday night, the Board voted unanimously to accept a…

  • Obituaries

    Elizabeth Shipp    MORRISVILLE, Pa. — Elizabeth Anne Shipp, infant daughter of Harry W. and Kimberly A. Carr Shipp of Morrisville, died Thursday, June 22, at St. Mary Medical Center, Middletown.    She is survived by her parents; a sister, Breanna Nicole Shipp; a brother, Tyler Robert Shipp; her maternal grandparents, Robert A. and Barbara Carr of…

  • Letters

    Fireworks battle just tip of iceberg To the editor:    At the May 23 Borough Council meeting, President Richard Hirschfield called for the Chamber of Commerce, our new Police Chief Jerry Speziale and members of the New Hope Eagle Fire Department to enter into a discussion on how to do fireworks safely.    When I learned that…

  • POST FORUM:

    What do you think should be done with the Kendall Park Shopping Center? What do you think should be done with the Kendall Park Shopping Center?

  • Class of 2000 looks back with joy and sorrow

    Graduates bid farewell to the black and gold By: Matthew Armstrong    It was an occasion filled with joy and sorrow as members of the Class of 2000 grabbed their diplomas and exited the school for the last time.    "Today was the last morning that you all woke up early for this school, the last time…

  • South superintendent says his good-byes

    Thomas Davidson hopes school keeps ‘sense of community’ By: Cynthia Williamson        WEST AMWELL — When Thomas Davidson arrived at South Hunterdon slightly more than a decade ago, the superintendent recalled some classrooms still were being furnished with desks from the old Lambertville High School that had closed 30 years earlier.    “I could see vestiges…

  • Editorial

    Have respect for Delaware and those in it    Each year, people get into trouble while boating, swimming or using personal watercraft on the Delaware River.    Many of these mishaps could be avoided; the key is to respect the river and its strength.    The Delaware is one of the most beautiful things about our area. It…

  • EDITORIAL: Fourth is time to celebrate, strive for freedom

       Tuesday is Independence Day.    While we enjoy our day off from work, partaking in the barbecues, the picnics, the fireworks, we also should take time to remember what the Fourth is – a celebration of American independence from Great Britain and our Founding Father’s proclamation that all people "are created equal."    This idea sets the…