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  • Marshall Fund benefit a success

    Nancie Silvestri of West Amwell     The first Emily J. Marshall Scholarship Trust Fund benefit was a huge success.    I would like to thank the following local and surrounding area businesses for their overwhelming and generous donations:    GSG Home Improvements, Procerus MedSpa, Better Homes Reality, R&R Painting, Red Goddess, River Signs, Triangle of East Windsor,…

  • State prison conditions deserve airing

       It would be easy to laugh off the lawsuit filed by inmates at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, charging that the conditions of their confinement are unsafe, degrading, inhumane, unhealthy and unsanitary.    As a rule, prison inmates are not the most reputable of plaintiffs — nor, if their case ever comes to trial,…

  • Contracts await OK

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    The township has reached new labor agreements with unions representing Public Works employees and fire dispatchers, while also agreeing to contracts for nonunion employees such the township manager and the police chief.    Separate four-year agreements reached with the Public Works Employees Association and the Local 90 Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association…

  • HomeFront helping to equip needy children for school

    HomeFront helping to equip needy children for school

    By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    The costs of backpacks, pencils and binders can add up.    That’s why HomeFront, an organization that fights homelessness, has hosted its annual Back to School campaign for the past 20 years.    This year, over 100 sponsors helped approximately 800 children receive the supplies they need to start the school year.…

  • Trying to recall a Lawrence business

    Marty Bloomenthal of Lawrence To the editor:     Having lived in and around Lawrence Township since 1970, I vaguely recall that “Just Delights,” the ice cream parlor at Manor’s Corner, once had a different name, and that the former name was also a catchy phrase. However, I can’t remember what that previous name was.    Is…

  • Corzine discusses tax relief

    by Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — The setting was small and intimate as Gov. Jon Corzine and several local and state officials gathered in the backyard of a Rossmoor home Aug. 20 to announce a new federal property tax relief initiative that would impact thousands New Jersey residents.    The new property tax deduction will…

  • Lawrence Hamnett has a lot planned for 51st season

    SOCCER    After a very successful 50th anniversary season last year, the Lawrence Hamnett Soccer Association enters its 51st season providing more training, more education, and more fun then ever before.    ”Our goal is to constantly improve how we provide a positive experience for Lawrence Township soccer players,” said LHSA president Rico Scardelletti. “If last year…

  • State should disclose medical errors

    To the editor:    Over 98,000 people die each year as a result of preventable medical errors.    A plane crash would need to occur every day in the United States for an entire year to even come close to the preventable medical error death toll.    More than 150 people were tragically killed Wednesday when an airliner…

  • Schools getting ready for opening day

    by Davy James, Staff Writer    In buildings that have lain dormant since the summer began, teachers, administrators and maintenance workers are busy readying each school in the community for the oncoming deluge of students soon to fill their halls on Sept. 7.    At Monmouth Junction Elementary School, the staff is working feverishly to make the…