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  • Concerns about Lawrence’s fire department plan

    Catherine Salt-Gillispie of Lawrence To the editor:     I wanted to write in and renew my interest in the details of the fire department plan. Obviously, the funding issue has been addressed. However, I am curious to see how the plan breaks out and if it addresses any consistency issues. I am also interested in…

  • Elva Irene Hortman Weizer

       Elva Irene Hortman Weizer, 88, died Monday at Stonebridge at Montgomery.    Born in Harbourton, Mrs. Weizer had resided in Ewing and Pennington before settling in Skillman eight years ago.    A homemaker, she spent time playing bridge and gathering with friends at the Hopewell Valley Golf Club. She was known for her needlework.    Preceded in death…

  • LAWRENCE: ‘Shakesfest’ now on stage at the high school

    LAWRENCE: ‘Shakesfest’ now on stage at the high school

       The LHS Theater Company will perform its fall drama, “Shakesfest,” tonight, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Lawrence High School auditorium    Shakesfest is made up of a pair of spoofs on Shakespearean plays.    One of the two plays answers the question, “What would happen if Dr. Seuss told the story of ‘Romeo and…

  • Dispatches: Jobs must be job No. 1

    By Hank Kalet, Managing Editor    An economic report issued earlier this week confirms the obvious: We are in an economic sinkhole that appears to have no bottom.    According to the Sitar-Rutgers Regional Report, the first decade of the 21st century is likely to be “New Jersey’s lost employment decade.”    ”It could be — and we…

  • Loss to Palmyra puts Florence on road for state opener at Bound Brook

    By: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     The forces working against the Florence Township Memorial High football team last Friday night at Palmyra were so great, even a Flashes squad known for its incredible resiliency and toughness under pressure couldn’t overcome them.     Playing in front of one of their biggest and most excited home crowds…

  • LAWRENCE: Officials seek to showcase Nature Center

    LAWRENCE: Officials seek to showcase Nature Center

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    The Lawrence Nature Center, situated at the edge of the Drexel Woods property on Drexel Avenue, is a jewel in southern Lawrence Township — but how to make that jewel more widely known to township residents is a puzzle.    That’s why about two dozen people gathered at the Lawrence Nature…

  • Community Calendar: From the Nov. 13 edition

    Wreaths Across America     Through Nov. 21 — The Allentown Composite Squadron is holding a drive for residents to sponsor wreaths to be laid at the BG William C. Doyle Cemetery in New Hanover through the Wreaths Across America program.     To sponsor a wreath, call Captain Casady at 609-758-3081, or visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org and enter…

  • Mayor Zuza imposes town hiring freeze

    by Audrey Levine, Staff Writer    A round of applause from several residents closed out Monday’s Borough Council meeting after Mayor Lillian Zuza ordered a hiring freeze for all borough offices.    Mayor Zuza announced she was issuing the hiring freeze indefinitely in the borough, beginning immediately and affecting all employees, including borough workers and police officers.…

  • Mixed signals: Local economy could be weakening, but not all signs are negative

    Mixed signals: Local economy could be weakening, but not all signs are negative

    Mayor Anthony Ferrera (center) helps with a ribbon-cutting to open the La Costenita Mexican Grocery and Deli, with owners Alicia Arango and Fidel Ramos, Saturday. The new business in the Amwell Mall is among several new ventures in Hillsborough — despite the nation’s weakening economy. Photo by Gene Strupinsky