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  • This Week

    Thursday    Bamboo is king: The Lawrence Nature Center kicks off its summer Thursday Night Nature Program series with a presentation on "Bamboo! King of Grass," by Dave Bosted at 7 p.m.    Learn about this fascinating plant while walking through the bamboo stand at the nature center, off Drexel Avenue.    The program is suitable for children…

  • On Point

    Walking in a workout wonderland By: Linda McCarthy    A big part of my weight issue is a lack of exercise. I own every workout tape ever released but apparently the key to success is actually removing the plastic wrap and following along with the nice people in tights. Since everything I own is tight I…

  • WTLL softball rebounds to advance to final four play

    By: Kyle Moylan Kyle MoylanSports Editor    Washington got mad. It got better. And sometime later this week, it hopes to get even.    Washington’s 12-year-old girls opened play in the District 12 Tournament with a 7-2 loss to West Windsor back on June 28. With three games left on the schedule, the team was faced with…

  • Brothers prove boys can donate locks of hair, too

    Donors provide the raw materials for Locks of Love, which gives hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children with medical hair loss. By: Donna Lukiw    When Amsterdam Elementary School student Ian McCarthy came home from school last year and told his mother that he wanted to grow his hair 11 inches long to donate to the Locks…

  • Obituaries

    From the July 6 edition Frederick W. Noller    TOMS RIVER — Frederick W. Noller of Toms River died Saturday.    Mr. Noller was a retired self-employed farmer. He was a member of the East Dover Baptist Church, a life member of the Stuart-Jensen Elks in Florida, where he lived in the winter. He was an avid…

  • WTLL softball rebounds to advance to final four play

    By: Kyle Moylan Kyle MoylanSports Editor    Washington got mad. It got better. And sometime later this week, it hopes to get even.    Washington’s 12-year-old girls opened play in the District 12 Tournament with a 7-2 loss to West Windsor back on June 28. With three games left on the schedule, the team was faced with…

  • Mayor suggests creating regional police force

    North Hanover seeks input from neighboring municipalities By: Cara Latham    NORTH HANOVER — If the township partners with a few neighboring municipalities to form a regional police force, it could save money for all parties involved, according to Mayor William Tilton.    While the idea is still in its preliminary stages, Mayor Tilton said letters have…

  • Running on empty

    High gas prices spell fewer trips for area residents By: Cara Latham    ALLENTOWN — Even though some residents still followed through with their Fourth of July plans, higher gas prices are limiting their local trips throughout the summer.    Imlaystown resident Kristen Wilson said that while she was not planning on changing her plans over the…

  • A fond farewell, not goodbye, to The Ledger

    LIBERTIES, July 6 By: Jennifer Potash Managing Editor    When I signed on as managing editor of The Lawrence Ledger in March of 2005, I believed I was well-versed in the issues before the community. Not that I considered myself a know-it-all (others may), but before I was the managing editor, I was a reader of…