Category: archives
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Town begins plan review
Zoning plans may be too restrictive By: Joseph Harvie A Planning Board subcommittee says that some requirements in areas zoned for commercial use are too restrictive. The subcommittee, made up of Planning Board Chairman Robert Southwick, Mayor Frank Gambatese, Planning Board Vice Chairman Joe Spataro and Planning Board member Deb Roedel, met in the Theodore…
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Equipment cash gets council OK
New police vehicles to be purchased By: Joseph Harvie The Township Council unanimously approved a $1.67 million bond ordinance July 25 that will be used to purchase police motorcycles, repair air conditioner units at the Municipal Building and to buy equipment to maintain the township parks. According to the ordinance, $613,000 has been set aside…
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Art, music rooms set for fall completion
Work part of $18.8M high school project. By: Lea Kahn School might be out for summer, but the renovation project at Lawrence High School continues at a steady pace. Work is under way on new art and music classrooms, with work expected to begin shortly on the school’s new main entrance, said schools Business Administrator…
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Letters to the Editor
Aug. 3, 2006 Council showed disrespect to residents To the editor: At the Washington Township Council meeting July 27, 2006, item No. 8 was "Fire District Dissolution Public Hearing." First was discussion, reports and presentations by the township’s various speakers and they spoke with no time limit. When it came time for the public…
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Ward V. Eldridge
Ward V. Eldridge, Jr, 81, died in the University Medical Center at Princeton on Monday. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he had been a resident of Hopewell Township for 20 years, moving there from Atlantic City. He served with the Third Army in Europe during World War II and was a member of the Veterans of…
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Stepping into the labyrinth
Age-old practice helps bring meditative thoughts By: Molly Petrilla BORDENTOWN CITY Maureen Walls has just been doused with lavender-scented water, and she is now entering the series of circular swirls laid out on Gilder Field. She walks quickly at first, passing several of the other women, but when she reaches the center of the…
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Week of Aug. 3
By: Margaret H. Prescott Margaret Hayes "Peggy" Prescott, of Lawrence, died peacefully at home July 25 of metastatic breast cancer after contending with the disease for more than seven years. She was 61. Raised in Norwich, N.Y., she graduated from Pembroke College of Brown University and subsequently earned a master of divinity at Princeton Theological…
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Menacing messages
SBHS teacher charged with making online threats By: Joseph Harvie A 42-year-old South Brunswick High School special education teacher is free on $25,000 bail after being charged with threatening to harm an online acquaintance and have someone rape her 4-year-old daughter while he watched, police said. William Friend, of Hunters Glen Drive in Plainsboro, has…
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Snyders enjoyed Legion baseball summer
Team finished at 10-10 By: Rudy Brandl The Somerville American Legion baseball team, coached by Manville’s own Gregg and Robert Snyder, was playing its best ball at the end of the season. It’s unfortunate that Post 12 didn’t get the opportunity to continue its late-season momentum in the state playoffs. Post 12 put together a…
