Category: archives

  • Anchor House participants ready for 30th ride

    Riders cycle from Vermont to Lawrence Township By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer    On Sunday, July 13, 200 people working to raise money for a local cause will bike from Rutland, Vt., to Glens Falls, N.Y., over 68.8 miles over hilly terrain. And that’s only the first day.    Over seven days, those riders — including 17…

  • Marion Jones Thompson

       FLORENCE — Marion Jones Thompson, 91, of Florence, died on Wednesday, June 25.    Born in Roebling, she lived in New Brunswick, Sergeantsville and Flemington for many years before moving to Florence in 2007. She held a bachelor’s degree (Phi Beta Kappa) in English from Douglass College, a master’s degree in English from Rutgers University and…

  • Monroe celebrates Oak Tree Elementary School

    By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    MONROE — Gina Piro happily skipped out of the multi-purpose room, wearing a white T-shirt with a giant falcon, the mascot of her new school, on the front and a long, yellow ribbon in her ponytail.    ”The ribbon is from the cutting. Everyone let go of it except for me,”…

  • Freedom Fest to offer food, fireworks, fun

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ALLENTOWN — Fourth of July events may primarily take place this weekend, but freedom will continue to ring next week for thousands in Monmouth County.    The Freedom Fest Fair, entering its sixth year, will run from July 8-12 at the Horse Park of New Jersey on Route 524.    Approved as…

  • New store offers low prices on high fashions

    New store offers low prices on high fashions

    Nicole White said her Manville store is an outgrowth of her Internet business selling new — and nearly new — clothing. Staff photo by Eileen Oldfield

  • Police blotter

       George Kotsos, no address given, was charged with careless driving after his tractor trailer overturned on Dukes Parkway near North Sixth Avenue on June 23.    The incident, which was reported at 3 p.m., damaged two utility poles and a guard rail though no injuries were reported.    Police called PSE&G to repair the poles, and the…

  • History falls before progress

    History falls before progress

    STAFF PHOTO BY FRANK WOJCIECHOWSKI — Nick Loveless, of Reeder Avenue, stands amid trees that were removed from a portion of Rider University for a pair of new dorms. Mr. Loveless, as a teenager in the 1940s, carved his initials into a few of these pieces of history.

  • July 3, 2008

       Paul Buckley    Paul Donald Buckley, of Lawrence, died Saturday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 67.    Born and raised in Jersey City, Mr. Buckley resided in Livingston and most recently Wayne for five years prior to his move to Lawrence this past September.    He received his bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University,…

  • Golf club neighbors voice opposition to development plan

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    Depending on one’s view — and perhaps home address — the presentation by representatives from Erickson Retirement Communities on its 1,500-unit senior citizen residence community at the June 26 Planning Board meeting was viewed as encouraging for local seniors — or relied on scare tactics.    In a meeting lasting more…