Category: archives

  • Lawrence joins chorus against COAH ruling

    Officials calling 830 unit request unrealistic By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township Council plans to protest the state Council on Affordable Housing’s proposed rules, claiming the new regulations — which call for 830 new affordable housing units in Lawrence — are unrealistic.    The council gave Municipal Manager Richard Krawczun the go-ahead to send the township’s…

  • Sacred Heart announces Saturday food blessings

    By Mary Ellen Zangara Special Writer    Sacred Heart Church will once again uphold Polish tradition by holding the annual blessing of the food for the Easter holiday on Saturday.    As a tradition, blessing of the food in European countries and Poland is a time of great pageant and customs. A piece of the traditional dinner…

  • Easter Mass

    The Diocese of Trenton announced the Holy Week schedule for area parishes. In Bordentown at St. Mary’s, The Passion and Death of Jesus will be observed on Good Friday at 3 p.m. and Living Stations of the Cross will be held at 7 p.m. Confessions will be held at 8 a.m. on Saturday, and the…

  • LeRoy F. Umholtz

    CHESTERFIELD — LeRoy F. Umholtz, 85, died March 8 at the Masonic Home in Burlington.     He was born in Easton, Pa., and was a 1940 graduate of Easton High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after Pearl Harbor and served as a platoon leader and demolition specialist in the Pacific Theater until…

  • Court rules against council in OPMA suit filed in 2006

    By Jessica Ercolino, Staff Writer    ROBBINSVILLE — A state Superior Court judge has determined that the Washington (now Robbinsville) Township Council violated the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) by meeting with a private consultant behind closed doors in 2006.    John Paff, chairman of the state Libertarian Party’s Open Government Task Force, filed the lawsuit Aug.…

  • Rediscovering the long-forgotten

    Buckingham offers residents an array of programs By Madeleine Johnson, Social Editor    As far as Stephanie Gaber is concerned, she has the best job in the world.    The activities director for The Gallery at Buckingham Place, Ms. Gaber spends her days working with senior citizens as she keeps them active and engaged, and even helps…

  • Community Education

       The South Brunswick Adult Community School has begun its Spring 2008 semester. Brochures have been mailed to all township residents and residents of neighboring communities.    Terrific new courses include Italian for Beginners and Advanced Beginners, Cooking for One or Two, Springtime Seafood, Easy Indian Dishes, Learn to Bead, Home Gardening, and Hand and Foot Card…

  • South Brunswick pans state affordable housing rules

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    Township officials say they’re going to challenge proposed changes to the way affordable housing obligations are calculated.    The township will be submitting a resolution to the state, including suggestions for changes for what new third-round obligations should look like, by Friday.    The proposed rules, which more than double the number…

  • The true story of St. Patrick’s Day

    By Sean Ruppert, Staff Writer    To many, St. Patrick’s Day means green beer, green clothes, a parade and possibly a hangover.    But to those who know the story of the day and the man, it means the beginning of Catholicism in Ireland.    ”He brought the faith to Ireland,” Sister Eileen White of St. Cecilia’s R.C.…