Category: archives
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LAWRENCE: Paying tribute to a toppled tree
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Taped to an orange cone on top of the tree trunk is a hand-lettered sign — “Goodbye our beautiful tree.” That trunk is all that remains of an American beech tree that had stood guard over the graveyard at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville for two centuries. …
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BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP: Church family marks 50 years
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP What began just over 50 years ago as local people of faith meeting in the auditorium of the Peter Muschal School has grown into the Holy Cross Lutheran Church. This Sunday, the Crosswicks Road church will celebrate its humble beginnings in a gold-themed celebration at about 11:30…
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SENIOR MENUS
Oct. 22-29 All meals are served at noon at Hibernia Apartments in Lambertville. Reservations are required. Call 609-397-2228 24 hours in advance. The value of each meal is $4.95. Any amount donated over this is a tax-deductible contribution. All menus are subject to change and include milk and margarine. The sodium-controlled menu is the same…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Scout project with merit
Annual program to collect food for pantry By Davy James, Staff Writer As hordes of trick-or-treaters canvas the township to collect treats next weekend, there will be a food collection of a different kind as well. Local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will begin the Scouting for Food program next weekend by dropping shopping bags…
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A REASON TO CELEBRATE!!! FANTASTIC SAMS GUEST TURNS 100!!!
100 year old Lillian Patterson is surrounded by daughter Janet, FS stylists, Nicky, Mirian and Diana.
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LETTERS: Victory in fight to preserve Van Dyke property
William Klimowicz, South Brunswick The Van Dyke farm — in and out of the news for about six years now, a treasure more than 300 years old — has had amazing luck to even be in existence today. And now it is preserved forever. From the very beginning of the ordeal to save this farm…
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FLORENCE: Police Beat from the Oct. 22 edition
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer A Roebling man faces numerous charges after police said he was involved in an open-air drug deal and then ran from them. Cody A. Vogel, 21, of Norman Avenue was charged Sunday with possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute within 500 feet of a park, resisting…
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Vote ‘yes’ on Question 1
Jennifer Coffey, Policy director, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association Are clean water and open spaces important to you? How about protecting our farmland and natural resources? If so, join me in taking action on Nov. 3 to protect our water and environment for future generations. A “yes” vote on public Question 1 on Election Day will…
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Reader dismayed by negativity
Beverly Hancock of Lawrence Having been a subscriber to the Lawrence Ledger for over the past 10 years, I now find it necessary to write my first letter to the editor regarding the upcoming Township Council election. I have been a registered Republican for the past 60 years. My late husband and I were…
