Category: archives
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LAWRENCE: ‘Shakesfest’ now on stage at the high school
Members of the cast of ‘Shakesfest’, which opens tonight at Lawrence High. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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LETTER: Szabo promises to do best for town
I would like the thank all of the people of Manville for electing me for a second term as councilman. I am thrilled with this opportunity and will do my best to serve the town’s needs. I am sorry that I will not be working alongside my running mate Kathy Quick, in the upcoming term.…
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Helping soldiers during the holidays
by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer Iraq and Afghanistan are not the most ideal places to spend the holiday season, yet those places are where many of America’s fighting men and women will be this December. Though some troops will be a world away from their families for the holidays, Corinne Gaylord’s Vietnam Era class at…
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LAWRENCE: Residents turn out to honor their veterans
From left, Township Council members Rick Miller and Pam Mount join American Legion Post 414 Commander Charles Brothers in laying a wreath at the veterans monument. Staff photo by John Keating
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LAWRENCE: Vacancies offer opportunities for citizens to serve
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Wanted — a few good volunteers to serve on Lawrence Township’s advisory boards and committees. That’s what Township Council is seeking, as it tries to fill 30 openings on boards and committees that range from the Affordable Housing Board to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The deadline to apply is…
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An ailing GOP can’t succeed in New Jersey politics
After suffering its worst defeat in a presidential election since 1964, the Republican Party has some thinking to do. If it wants to reassert itself in the Northeast, the Rust Belt, the West Coast, Florida and the half-dozen swing states it ceded to Barack Obama last Tuesday, the GOP will have to decide whether to…
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LAWRENCE: Lawrence and Hopewell townships to share playing fields at former airfield
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A concept plan for the proposed development of the former Twin Pines airport into recreational fields, which would be shared by Lawrence and Hopewell townships, was unveiled before Township Council last week. The plan was prepared following a series of meetings between Kinsey Associates and subcommittees from Lawrence and Hopewell…
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Residents’ input on next superintendent invited
by Eileen Oldfield, Staff Writer The New Jersey School Boards Association is inviting residents to share their views on the state of Manville schools and the requirements for selecting the district’s next superintendent on Nov. 20. The public input session, held by New Jersey School Boards Association consultant Gwen Thorton, is scheduled for 7 p.m.…
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LAWRENCE: Retired Lawrenceville School Head Master Bruce McClellan dies
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. — Bruce McClellan, head master of The Lawrenceville School from 1959 to 1986, died Oct. 31. He was 84. Mr. McClellan began his Lawrenceville career in 1950 as a member of the school’s English department and became the Hamill housemaster in 1953. He was appointed head master in 1959 at the age of…
