Category: archives

  • Who we are

    A closer look at the Lawrence Ledger staff    Steve Bates is the managing editor of The Lawrence Ledger, a position he has held since November 2000. Prior to that, he served as news editor for the South Brunswick Post and The Cranbury Press, a Packet Group Publication. He is a graduate of Steinert High School…

  • Emma Smith-Smith

       Emma Smith-Smith, 66, died Friday at home.    Born in Princeton, she lived in Lawrenceville many years.    She was a social worker for Mercer County Community Action Council before working as a home-health aide.    She was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses for 21 years with the Lawrence congregation.    She attended Mercer County Community College and Trenton…

  • Local boy joins O’Neill’s crusade

    Bobby Marx interviews Yankee right fielder on World No Tobacco Day Editor’s note: The following is a transcript of an interview conducted by 10-year-old Lawrence resident Bobby Marx with professional baseball player Paul O’Neill of the New York Yankees. The interview was conducted as part of a World No Tobacco Day event May 31 in…

  • ALL IN GOOD HUMOR:

    We all get them — amusing stories, jokes and tongue-in-cheek pieces of advice passed along from family, friends and co-workers. We’ve compiled some of them here, but if you run across something you think others would enjoy, please share it with us by sending it to: All In Good Humor. Funny stuff from the web

  • Fruits of referendum will blossom in fall

    SCHOOL BOARD NOTES by Bruce McGraw and Rebecca Gold    The results of the technology referendum will be fully operational for the opening day of school in September. The massive construction of the infrastructure to support the wide use of electronic technology in each and every classroom of the Lawrence Township schools is nearing completion.    The…

  • Offer to help with insurance claims floods borough

    But is 50 percent commission too much? By: Eric Schwarz    A public adjuster is fishing for flood-damage claim work in Manville, though at least one resident and the mayor say his commission of 50 percent is just too high.    Edward J. Gaffney Sr., an adjuster from Brick, this week mailed about 1,300 solicitation letters to…

  • Manville schools lose ‘joint custody’ case

    Court rules district must share cost of girl’s special education tuition By: Eric Schwarz    The school district must repay about $36,000 to the Somerville school district for a special-education student’s tuition because the student’s parents, one of whom lives in Manville and the other in Somerville, share custody, a court has ruled.    The ruling is…

  • Water woes fuel talk of line repairs

    Narrow connection between service areas frustrates some businesses By:Mark Moffa        EAST WINDSOR — Jim Carnevale, the executive director of the Wonder Museum on Route 130, is in quite a predicament.    His business was granted a certificate of occupancy by the township of East Windsor before opening in November, 1998. But the fire marshal prevented…

  • Circus’ record points to cruel treatment of performing animals

    By: Theresa Fritges To the editor: In response to the letter from Renee Storey of the Clyde Beatty- Cole Brothers in the June 2 issue of the Herald, I believe the record of the circus speaks for itself. All of these violations are documented and more information are available: Feb. 23, 2000: The U.S. Department…