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  • Belle Mead woman injured in accident on Route 206

    Car’s engine compartment ignited and she was trapped inside the vehicle. By: Melissa Edmond    Belle Mead resident Martha Spencer, 63, was seriously injured when the 1994 Lincoln Towne Car she was driving in the northbound lane of Route 206 crossed the center line and struck a Ford van driven by Manville resident Jerard Galaini, 41,…

  • August 25, 2005 — Part 3

    By: infoUSA/Donnelley Marketing of Ames, Iowa The Princeton Packet Inc. publishes information on real estate transactions in its core market as a public service because it believes the information is newsworthy and appropriate. The information is all on the public record. In some cases the listing represents the property’s mailing address rather than the municipal…

  • Mayor vetoes salary ordinance

    Mayor Angelo Corradino: "The more I thought about it and the more I listened to the people, I realized that the ordinance was not fair to residents and not fair to the borough." By: Melissa Edmond    A salary ordinance passed by the Borough Council on Aug. 8 was vetoed Friday by Mayor Angelo Corradino because…

  • Timberlane addition held up by high bids

    The delay will push back the estimated opening of the addition to December 2006. Officials had hoped to open the new space in September 2006. By Ruth Luse    Bids for the construction of the new addition to Timberlane Middle School were rejected by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education on Monday night.    The project…

  • Early deadline for Sept. 8 edition

    NEWS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES    The normal deadline for submission of news copy is Mondays at 3 p.m.    In the case of the Sept. 8 edition, the deadline for letters, news and photos is Friday, Sept. 2 at noon, because of the Sept. 5 Labor Day holiday.    Those who have items ready before that should submit them…

  • Hopewell Valley school board looks for candidates for vacancy

    Sept. 30 is deadline for application letters. By Ruth Luse    Those interested in seeking the Hopewell Township school board seat being vacated Aug. 31 by Michael Bruno have until 4 p.m. Sept. 30 to declare their intentions.    Early this month, Mr. Bruno, who has almost two years left of his three-year term, announced his plans…

  • Giovacchini to lead RU soccer defense

    Rider men’s soccer By: Jim Green    With Donnie Giovacchini signed on for the 2005 season, the Rider men’s soccer squad suddenly looks a lot more formidable than last season’s six-win total would suggest.    Giovacchini, a 2003 graduate of Hopewell Valley Central High School who led the Bulldogs to the 2002 Group II state championship game,…

  • Letter to the Editor, Aug. 25, 2005

    Make park an oasis, not ball fields To the editor:     Lawrence Mayor Pam Mount’s statements at the Aug. 18 Mercer County freeholders’ meeting, as published in an area newspaper, reveal a couple of misunderstandings about the property known as the Pole Farm, a part of Mercer County Park Northwest.    Mayor Mount implies that development…

  • LETTERS

    Letters to the editor from the issue of Aug. 25, 2005. Committee ‘on point’ on Hovnanian plan To the editor:    I was astonished by the Aug. 11 letter written to the Beacon by Nancy Gold, the politically active wife of Township Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gold.    She blasted the Township Committee for opposing the development…