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  • Millstone busiing dilemma half-solved

    Service to Notre Dame High School will begin on time By: Cara Latham    Millstone students who attend Notre Dame High School in Lawrence will have busing this year.    Superintendent Mary Anne Donahue said she got the word from district Transportation Coordinator John Griffiths at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday that he had negotiated a deal with a…

  • Timberlane, Central High get ready for Sept. 6 opening

    Principals discuss programs, list new staff members By Ruth Luse    When schools open Sept. 6, Timberlane Middle School, which serves grades six-eight, can expect about 970 students, about 20 more than in September 2006.    Hopewell Valley Central High School, which serves students in grades nine-12, began last year with an enrollment of about 1,223. Projected…

  • Wal-Mart site gains approval amid protest

    Nearly 100 people showed up for pre-Planning Board protests to the controversial proposed Spruce Street mega store (See related The Lawrence Ledger editorial) By: Lea Kahn    It was standing-room-only Monday night as the township Planning Board voted 7-2 to grant preliminary and final site plan approval to Wal-Mart for a 143,233-square-foot store at 1060-1100 Spruce…

  • School officials OK personnel recommendations

    SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE By John Tredrea    A series of personnel actions approved unanimously by the school board Monday night include those listed below.    The teacher salaries are pending ratification of a new teachers’ contract, on which negotiations currently are under way.    • Appointment of Susan Corvo-Miller as a speech language therapist at Central High School and…

  • Book Notes

    Grasping unwritten rules By: Joan Ruddiman    School is around the corner, and for some children and their parents the back-to-school angst has begun.    School is not only about academics. It also has a lot to do with relationships. Anxiety about getting along and making friends (Will they like me?) can be overwhelming to children and…

  • The new boys of summer

    Cricket, baseball’s distant cousin, is growing in popularity. By: Paul Koepp    Baseball may be the national pastime, but one of its cousins is getting plenty of play in parks across South Brunswick and throughout the state.    The sound of bat on ball rang out across Veterans Park Sunday morning as Kings Cricket Club, a local…

  • Ivan Filimonchuk

       HILLSBOROUGH — Ivan Filimonchuk died Aug. 16 at Hunterdon Medical Center in Hunterdon. He was 83.    Born in Vasylivka, Ukraine, he had been a resident of Hillsborough for the past 30 years.    Mr. Filimonchuk worked as an engineer for the U.S. government at the Picatinny Arsenal in Wharton and Fort Dix for 30 years, retiring…

  • EDITORIAL: Election reform bills deserve attention now

    Changes need to be made to ensure there will not be a repeat of the 2000 Florida recount.    As we’ve remarked in this space before, we’re not enthusiastic about New Jersey moving up its presidential primary to February 2008.    We’re not persuaded that giving more clout to high-rollers who bankroll presidential candidates by holding an…

  • Redesign for municipal complex considered

    Adding a pergola, benches, more trees and landscaping would make the area in front of the municipal building more inviting. By: Audrey Levine    The township is moving forward with plans to add a pergola, benches and more trees and landscaping to the front of the municipal building to make it more inviting for residents.    "We…