Category: archives

  • LIS odyssey comes to an end

    Team captures fourth in world championships By: Kristy Klaus ‘I was more nervous at states. We weren’t missing out on anything at worlds if we didn’t win.’ Emily Goodell    Learning how to be independent, how to compromise and that it’s all right to be different are just a few of the things that Lawrence Intermediate…

  • YWCA will continue after-school service

    One-year contract has two one-year options By: Lea Kahn    The Princeton YWCA should provide after-school care for elementary and intermediate school students for the 2000-01 school year, the school board’s Educational Program Committee has recommended.    The school board subcommittee recommended signing a one-year contract with the Princeton YWCA, with the option to renew it for…

  • Amy Calvo

    Athlete of the Week    Amy Calvo is the Lawrence Ledger Athlete of the Week for the period from June 1 through June 7. (This will be the last Ath­lete of the Week until the fall season begins at Lawrence High School.)    Many school records were shattered by the Lawrence High School track squads this season,…

  • Maryann Langer, 62

       Maryann Newitzke Langer, 62, of Jamesburg died Friday at her home.    Born in New Brunswick, she resided there until moving to Jamesbug last year. She was a communicant of St. Mary of Mount Virgin R.C. Church, New Brunswick.    Surviving are her husband, Thomas; three sons, George of Jamesburg, Thomas of East Brunswick, and Michael of…

  • Jones, Meyer gain bronze medals

    Take third places at Meet of Champions By: Rudy Brandl    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Miguel Jones and Kristen Meyer had to settle for third place medals at last week’s NJSIAA Meet of Champions in South Brunswick.    Hillsborough High’s track and field distance stars found the outdoor state championship meet more challenging and competitive than the indoor…

  • King’s Highway meeting set for tonight

    Proposal for historic designation up for discussion By: Lea Kahn    In the mid-1600s, the King’s Highway/Route 206 through Lawrence Township was little more than a trail through the woods, known only to Native Americans.    By 1700, the path was wide enough for a horse and rider to pass on it. Specially marked trees guided travelers…

  • LMS students get together with future classmates

    Washington Township students attend Unity Day in Lawrence By: Kristy Klaus ‘The kids get to know each other before they walk in the door as ninth-graders and say, "Who are you?"’ Rich Nolan LMS Assistant Principal    Sweltering 90-degree temperatures didn’t seem to bother the students from Pond Road Middle School or Lawrence Middle School as…

  • Transportation legislation needs help

    By:Michele S. Byers    Traffic. Ugh.    In New Jersey, we’re all familiar with traffic. We just hope our elected officials in Trenton will help reduce it. Unfortunately, the transportation bill now in our state Legislature is a blank check to fund more sprawl and traffic. But it’s not too late to fix the bill to actually…

  • Mary M. Bezek Soltis

       Mary M. Bezek Soltis, 86, died June 10 at Tandem Health Care.    Born in Czechoslovakia, she lived in Trenton before moving to Lawrenceville in 1957.    Mrs. Soltis was a former employee with Switlik Parachute Co.    She was a former member of Saints Peter and Paul Altar/Rosary Society and Mount Carmel Guild.    Daughter of the late…