Category: archives
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LAWRENCE: Water Works sale awaits Trenton vote
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Lawrence Township officials are waiting for Trenton City Council to approve the pending sale of the Trenton Water Works’ outside lines to the New Jersey American Water Co. The Trenton City Council, however, has not placed the item on its agenda yet, according to Trenton officials. The Trenton Water…
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LAWRENCE: Cardinal girls still looking to get started
Basketball team slips to 1-6 By Rich Fisher, The Packet Group There is a barrier known worldwide throughout sports, and it has been around since the first ball was ever invented. It’s called The Hump. And the Lawrence High School girls basketball team is trying to get over it. The Cardinals have started the season…
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McKenna James Dempsey, 17, Kennebunk, ME,
died December 19 at Maine Medical Center, Biddeford, ME. McKenna was born in Princeton, NJ on January 4, 1991, the firstborn of Richard and Patricia Mahoney Dempsey. He attended Kennebunk schools and was a senior at Cheverus High School. McKenna enjoyed his years at Cheverus, excelling in academics and playing lacrosse and basketball. He worked…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Man pleads guilty to theft from school
By Davy James, Staff Writer A South Brunswick resident pleaded guilty on Jan. 5 to conspiring to steal $105,000 in funds from the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation. Craig Maltese, 54, was charged with third-degree conspiracy to commit theft for diverting funds allocated for payment to a masonry subcontractor working on the construction of Newark…
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PLUMSTED: Assistant principal to start next month
by Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer PLUMSTED — The school district is looking forward to welcoming its new middle school assistant principal. James Osmond was selected last month to fill the vacancy at New Egypt Middle School. He is scheduled to begin working in the district Feb. 17. Mr. Osmond, currently a sixth-grade math and science…
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LAWRENCE: Nominees agree to meet with councilmen
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The three Democratic Party nominees to fill a vacant seat on Township Council will meet with Republican Township Councilmen Bob Bostock and Rick Miller in an informational interview late Tuesday afternoon. The interview between the two councilmen and the candidates — former Councilman Greg Puliti, Lawrence Township Democratic Municipal…
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SPRINGFIELD: New mayor cites COAH, budget as concerns
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD After six years as deputy mayor, Councilman Denis McDaniel was selected as mayor at the township’s recent reorganization meeting Jan. 7. He said the state Council on Affordable Housing is at the top of his list for the new year. ”2009 will have many of the same challenges…
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Common sense can overcome impasse
Falk Engel, Lawrence To the editor: The Township Council’s present procedural impasse in selecting a replacement for Mayor Mark Holmes is yet another illustration of poorly orchestrated political drama in Lawrence which leaves us as residents ill-served. Councilmen Rick Miller and Bob Bostock want the three prospective applicants for the vacancy to sit…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Greenbrook students get a taste of science
Staff photo by John Keating. Fourth-graders Mayan Ahmed, Zain Khan and Kavya Dubey work on a science experiment.
