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  • Green named sports editor

    Rutgers grad takes over for Feitl    Jim Green has been named the sports editor of The Lawrence Ledger.    Mr. Green takes over this week for former sports editor Steve Feitl, who is now the managing editor of The Ledger. Mr. Green has also been named the sports editor of the Hopewell Valley News. Both The…

  • Pennington looks at crosswalk concerns

    Council focuses on South Main and Curlis By John Tredrea    At the suggestion of Pennington Borough Councilwoman Liz Muoio, Police Director William Meytrott and other Pennington officials will look into increasing the safety of the South Main Street crosswalk at the Curlis Avenue intersection.    Located at that intersection is Toll Gate Grammar School. Many students…

  • Downzoning sessions set Monday, Tuesday

    Hopewell Township will schedule additional public hearing dates if necessary. By John Tredrea    Two special Hopewell Township Committee meetings on a proposed downzoning of most of the 58-square-mile township have been scheduled for the evenings of Monday, Dec. 9, and Tuesday, Dec. 10, in the auditorium of Hopewell Valley Central High School.    Both sessions, which…

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  • Hopewell officials focus on truck issues

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL UPDATE By Sandra Phelps    Hopewell Borough Council adopted an ordinance on Monday restricting truck weight limits on certain streets.    The purpose of the ordinance is to stop trucks from using streets where truck traffic might pose a problem. For traffic safety purposes, changes in traffic patterns will be made to Lanning, Broad…

  • Foes pan train line at hearing

    Residents and officials had mixed opinions about the value of a train line that would link Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties with New York. By:Rebecca Tokarz, Sharlee Joy DiMenichi and Al Wicklund    Residents and officials expressed mixed emotions about a plan that would link Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties to New York City by the…

  • Pennington firefighters get Mayor Loper’s praise

    Timely Thanksgiving response By John Tredrea    The quick response of the all-volunteer Pennington Fire Company to an alarm on Thanksgiving Day elicited praise, respect and gratitude from Mayor Jim Loper during Monday night’s Pennington Borough Council meeting.    During the Mayor’s Report portion of the meeting, Mr. Loper briefly recounted an incident involving a fire alarm…

  • Family preserves traditions of iftar

    By: Sharlee DiMenichi    The call to prayer is broadcast on television, not directly from the mosque. The meal to break their fast occurs in a climate-controlled house instead of outdoors in oppressive heat.    In spite of differences in the practical aspects of iftar, the sunset meal which breaks the daytime fast during Ramadan, one South…

  • OBITUARIES, Dec. 6, 2002

    Henry Chauncey, Theodore T. Tams Jr., Gledhill C. Zapolski, Robert P. Popino, John E. Hunt, Marian F. Favalion, Alice Rhoades, Roger H. Maren, Phyllis Maller. Henry Chauncey Founder, first president of ETS     SHELBURNE, Vt. — Henry Chauncey, founder of Educational Testing Service and considered the person responsible for making the SAT a household word…