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OBITUARIES, June 14, 2002
Audrée P. Estey, Centa Haring, Paul Williams, Sylvia Tuchman. Audrée P. Estey Ballet school founder DEER ISLE, Maine Audrée Phipps Estey died June 6 at the Island Nursing Home. She was 92. She was the founder and director of the Princeton Ballet Society, now the American Repertory Ballet. Her death follows by less than…
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Plumsted waves the flag
Township unveils first-ever flag at committee meeting. By: Scott Morgan PLUMSTED With a flick of the wrist, the banner unrolled and for the first time in its history, the township displayed its own official flag. The flag was revealed at Monday’s Township Committee meeting to coincide with Flag Day, which is Friday. Designed by…
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Miss New Jersey U.S.A. enjoying a rewarding reign
Although Miss Williams grew up in a small town in Cape May County, about 20 minutes south of Atlantic City, competing in a beauty pageant was not the first thing on her mind. By: Lea Kahn Robin Victoria Williams did not set out to be a beauty queen. Miss Williams, who is halfway through her…
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High school wasn’t as bad at you thought
LEDGER EDITORIAL The four years of high school haven’t been easy. There have been lessons in science, history and math, tests, essays, clubs to join, college applications to fill out and a lot of pressure to do well. And that doesn’t include having to do the everyday things that can sometimes make four years of…
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Task force nixes ideaof closing Dublin Road
The task force says township should continue to prohibit left turns onto Dublin Road during weekday rush-hour periods By: John Tredrea The written report of a task force of Hopewell Township officials and residents who live on or near Dublin Road says the road should remain open to through traffic. The group prefers that option…
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TOWN TALK: Plumsted buys open space
Township completes purchase of 80 wooded acres. By: Ron Dancer On June 4, our township completed the purchase of 80 wooded acres that were under the imminent threat of development and now the land will remain in its natural state forever. The certified appraised value of the 80 acres was $1.36 million and the township…
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HHS seniors face charges, suspension
By:Alec Moore Hillsborough High School students Andre Dennis and Daniel Phillips have been suspended for the remainder of the school year as a result of being charged with robbery last week. The two 18-year-olds, who reside on the Duke Estate in Hillsborough and Second Street in Somerville, respectively, will be forced to forgo the June…
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Post 339 relies on arms
Post 339 By: Steve Feitl The young Hopewell Post 339 baseball squad will lean heavily on an inexperienced pitching staff in search of improvement and success in the 2002 Mercer County American Legion League season, according to its manager Bruce Nocar. The Hopewell squad enters the summer season with just one pitcher on its staff…
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Escape from L.A.
Teddy Thompson performs at Princeton Community Church in Pennington June 16. By: Matt Smith While a majority of Americans probably haven’t been losing much sleep over the World Cup, most self-respecting Europeans are passionate enough about "football" to re-arrange their schedules for a few weeks every four years to catch every minute of the game’s…
