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  • Police stepping up DUI enforcement

    by Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Driving under the influence is dangerous and illegal, and for the next two weeks South Brunswick police will join the rest of the nation in stepping up efforts to stop those who would put everyone on the road at risk.    The department is participating in the national Over the Limit,…

  • Freeman’s players shared driving on great ride

    BY: Sean Moylan Sports Writer     Surprisingly, the Robbinsville 12-year-old Little League All-Star softball team’s long ride to the World Series championship game was not a particularly bumpy one.     The team beat Florence 10-0 to win District 12 then it topped Middletown 7-0 to capture the Section 3 title. While Robbinsville’s 3-1 win over…

  • Whither Imlaystown?

    Whither Imlaystown?

    Renovation, modernization could restore historic Upper Freehold hamlet — but the clock is ticking By John Dunphy, Managing Editor    UPPER FREEHOLD — The view and vibe from staring down Imlaystown Road in its eponymous section of Upper Freehold can best be summed up by electrician and property owner Jim Lombardo:    ”It looks like you’re in…

  • UF ponders options for affordable housing

    Appropriate locations to be identified next month By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    UPPER FREEHOLD — The township has identified four potential development options to meet its Council on Affordable Housing third-round obligations and will identify appropriate locations during the next month.    Officials held a joint meeting of the Planning Board and Township Committee Aug. 14…

  • The ‘Big Green Bus’ makes a stop in Lawrence in save-energy effort

    The ‘Big Green Bus’ makes a stop in Lawrence in save-energy effort

    Students Bennet Meyers and Lauren Ro Wang inside The Big Green Bus. The converted school bus runs on vegetable oil and solar power. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Lightning learn Cardinals’ drills

    FOOTBALL By Tim Falls, Sports Editor    Just as the Lawrence Lightning Jr. Football Club teams are learning the plays they will use this season and later when competing for the Lawrence High School football program, the club players are learning the same drills as the high school student athletes.    Cardinals head football coach Rob Radice…

  • Fischer tosses shutout in semifinals

    BY: Kyle Moylan Sports Editor     During the course of the Little League Softball Tournament, Lauren Fischer probably threw about a thousand pitches to the plate. When Fischer looks back on the tournament years from now, however, she’ll probably be thinking about a throw she made to second base.     Fischer picked off Mackenzie Staples…

  • Private health care system is failing

    Jeffrey R. Dzik of Lawrence To the editor:     I am writing in response to Bruce Seaman’s letter in the August 14, edition of the Lawrence Ledger. Mr. Seaman claims that guaranteed health care for all, or “socialized medicine” as he calls it, is not working in most countries.    I have friends and relatives in…

  • Friends of the Senior Center buy van

    By Maria Prato-Gaines, Staff Writer    MONROE — Living as a senior in Monroe comes with its perks, and as one local organization proves, the fringe benefits keep on coming.    The Friends of the Senior Center donated a brand new 2008 Chevrolet Uplander minivan to the Monroe Township Transportation Division last week, primarily to be used…