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  • Vaughn A. Lujan

    Father is coach at university     EWING — Vaughn Aldrich Lujan died April 19 after a brief illness. He was 2.    Great-grandson of the late George S. Kemp Jr. and Philip S. Osborn, he is survived by his parents, Arron R. and Heather Hardman Lujan; grandparents Virginia A. K. Hardman of Richmond, Va., Carroll Lance…

  • Cardinals rally with three-game streak

    BASEBALL By John E. Powers, Sports Editor    The season has turned for the better for the Lawrence High School baseball team. Now, the question is how long the Cardinals can prolong it, and whether they can make a run to qualify for the sectional playoffs.    Lawrence entered the week with a 4-7 record and a…

  • Barbara Brewer

    FLORENCE — Barbara Brewer, 79, died April 21, at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly.     Born in Kaimling, Germany, daughter of the late Johan and Margaret Steiger, she had been a resident of Willingboro and Columbus before moving to Florence four years ago.     Wife of the late Sidney T. Brewer, Ms. Brewer is survived…

  • Agriculture Dept. might be spared

    Local leaders say Corzine got message By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer Local farmers and municipal officials who have been fighting Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposal to eliminate the state Department of Agriculture say this week they’re glad to see their efforts are reaping results.     Nearly a month after proposing to cut the DOA and close…

  • Group aims to expand ‘Gifted’ initiative

    Program currently only at Lawrence Intermediate By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Many Lawrence Township schoolchildren have special gifts and talents, but the only formal program in place for those children is at the Lawrence Intermediate School.    That is about to change, as the Lawrence Township Gifted and Talented Task Force and Design Team has recommended…

  • Tamara Dolgis

       HIGHTSTOWN — Tamara Dolgis died at her home April 22.    Born in 1931 in Moscow, Russia, she studied at Moscow University’s Institute of Pharmacology and worked as a pharmacist in Moscow.    She is survived by her daughter, Anastasia-Posadskaya-Vanderbeck; granddaughters Genya Daukshta and Dorothy Vanderbeck; great-grandchildren Sasha and Zachariah Gardee; grandson-in-law Rafi Gardee; and son-in-law Michael…

  • Local author’s work focuses on Indian life and culture

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer     ROBBINSVILLE — In her day job, she works for the state Department of Labor, supervising a program which helps workers hit by mass layoffs. In her spare time, she writes.         But what she calls her “hobby” has turned into a double two-book deal with the Kensington Publishing…

  • Recreation signups now available online

    By Audrey Levine Staff Writer    In what Mayor Anthony Ferrera called an effort to make “dealing with the government easier,” the Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution April 22 to begin Internet recreation program registration for camps and activities.    ”One goal I mentioned in my reorganization speech was to bring recreation into the 21st century,”…

  • Ann Pietrinferno Ferrara

       PRINCETON — Ann D. Pietrinferno Ferrara, 94, died April 24, in Sea Crest Village, Little Egg Harbor.    Born in Princeton, daughter of Biaggio and Marie Rivetti Pietrinferno, she attended St. Paul’s School and graduated from Princeton High School in 1933. When her mother died during childbirth, she took over the motherhood of the family of…