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  • SPRINGHOUSE FARM JOURNAL

    August 2000 By:Heather Lovett    I took a tape measure along on my morning walk the other day to check the height of several mullein plants growing on the edge of a farmer’s field. Tall and ramrod straight, they tower over all the other roadside weeds, and I wanted to see if they’d topped the six-foot…

  • Police chief to lead Montgomery force

    Committee plans to hire from within department by the end of the year By: David Weinstein    MONTGOMERY – A unanimous vote Thursday night during a special meeting of the Township Committee has paved the way for a new chief of police to be hired from within the department by the end of the year.    Following…

  • President stops by to support Holt

    Local politicians react to visit By:Michelle Ruess    In case you weren’t invited, President Bill Clinton visited Hopewell Township this week to bolster the campaign warchest of hometown Democrat Rep. Rush Holt.    The president was scheduled to sip wine, enjoy jazz music and mingle with up to 300 Holt supporters paying $1,000-per-person for the fund-raiser at…

  • Deadline shift for Labor Day

       Please note The Ledger’s offices will be closed on Monday, Sept. 4, in observance of Labor Day.    Due to the shorter work week, our deadlines have been moved up for the Sept. 7 issue. All press releases, photos, church notices and wedding and engagement announcements for the Sept. 7, 2000 edition of The Ledger must…

  • Analysis: A new era of ‘miracles’ for board

    A new dynamic is at work at Princeton Regional Board of Education meetings By: Jeff Milgram    Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn didn’t utter a word until nearly an hour into her first meeting of the Princeton Regional Board of Education meeting Tuesday, but she clearly set the tone.    "She’s only been here seven weeks, but she’s…

  • Borough looks into moving town offices

    Resolutions approved Monday start process of buying GPU building for possible Borough Hall relocation By: Mark Moffa        HIGHTSTOWN – The borough expressed interest Monday in purchasing a building on Mercer Street owned by GPU Energy with hopes of eventually moving the municipal complex there to allow for an expansion of the downtown commercial district.…

  • Don’t watch the deer

    Deer-gazing causes two accidents By:David Learn    Deer-gazing was blamed for two separate accidents this week, both in the same area.    No one was injured in either accident. Both occurred on Hillsborough Road, in the Belle Mead portion of the township.    In the first accident, which happened about 7:20 p.m. Aug. 11.    Jeanette Orenga, 62, of…

  • ShopRite hearing pushed back one month

    Engineer’s absence causes delay By: Lea Kahn    For lack of its engineer’s presence before the Planning Board this week, the developer of the ShopRite grocery store will have to wait until next month for final approval of the project.    The application for final approval of the grocery store, proposed by Brunswick Circle Associates LLC, was…

  • OBITUARIES, August 25, 2000

    Rebecca S. Mackey, Lorna G. Bierns, Fred Wetzel Sr., Michael W. Tkacs, Selma Feldman, Theresa Thomas. Rebecca S. Mackey Princeton teacher, coach    HOPEWELL BOROUGH – Rebecca Sachs Mackey died Thursday at her home in Hopewell. The cause was ovarian cancer, which she had battled for four years. She was 63.    Born in Oil City, Pa.,…