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  • MANVILLE: Students get a lesson on manners, days before Thanksgiving dinners

    By Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer    Roosevelt School students know to say “please” and “thank you,” and to keep their elbows off the table during a meal.    Though normally practiced at home, the students brought their manners — and the simple table etiquette — to school Nov. 26, for the school’s Thanksgiving Manners Banquet.    The Manners…

  • Group makes progress ‘greening’ local business

    Ralph Copleman, Executive Director, Sustainable Lawrence We note with interest The (Trenton) Times’ coverage of the expansion of Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrence Township.     Sustainable Lawrence has encouraged all parties involved in planning the enlarged, redeveloped mall to think not only about present-day circumstances but also about longterm environmental effects on Lawrence Township and…

  • MANVILLE: Baptist church’s caroling event gains new singers, musicians

    MANVILLE: Baptist church’s caroling event gains new singers, musicians

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    The church community of Emmanuel Baptist Church held its 10th annual Christmas caroling event Dec. 21 with about 80 people participating in the tradition at the church on Washington Avenue.    The program was led by “Shepherd’s Pie,” a 10-member band with three singers performing both traditional and classic holiday…

  • CRANBURY PRESS: Report sites local nursing homes

    By John Saccenti, Managing Editor    The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently released ratings of 15,800 nursing homes that participate in Medicare or Medicaid, the first time the agency has issued such a report, and several local homes earned top marks.    According to the report, the Cranbury Center Genesis Healthcare, a for-profit facility…

  • EDITORIAL: Bill aims to spur savings on property tax

    New Jersey is No. 1, but not in an area that should please residential property taxpayers.     The state, according to the Tax Foundation, has the highest median property tax bill in the nation at $6,082 — almost $1,700 more than second-ranked New Hampshire. It also ranks fifth in the amount of property taxes paid…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Township briefs

    Appeal plan approved    In an effort to avoid potential lawsuits, the Township Committee unanimously approved an ordinance Dec. 23 to create an Appeals Committee in the Recreation Commission’s background check system.    The change was approved by a 4-0 vote, with Committeewoman Lisa Nisivoccia absent.    The purpose of this ordinance is to ensure that potential volunteers…

  • LAWRENCE: Liberty Bell replica to appear at historic re-enactment

    LAWRENCE: Liberty Bell replica to appear at historic re-enactment

    RCS Lawrence resident William Agress, shown in this 2008 file photo, has portrayed Col. Edward Hand in historic re-enactments for the past 27 years.

  • LAWRENCE: Council split on method to fill Holmes vacancy

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer True to their word, Republican Councilmen Bob Bostock and Rick Miller skipped Tuesday night’s special Township Council meeting, which was called to interview three candidates who had hoped to fill one vacancy on the governing body.     This means the Township Council won’t be able to choose a replacement until…

  • LAWRENCE: Housing manager retires after three decades service

    LAWRENCE: Housing manager retires after three decades service

    A Lawrence Ledger file photo of Fred Eggert, who retired this week after 34 years managing Eggerts Crossing Village. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski