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  • Bond to cover roads, senior center

    By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council has introduced a $3.2 million bond ordinance for capital improvements, including road construction and renovation of the Suzanne Patterson Senior Center.    The council, which voted 6-0 to introduce the ordinance Tuesday, will hold a public hearing on the ordinance Sept. 12.    The borough’s 20 road projects, including traffic-calming…

  • Tax cuts, but only if Social Security is safe

    GUEST OPINION by Rush Holt    Recently, I voted to end the 1993 tax on Social Security benefits. It is not the first time I have crossed party lines to vote for what I think was good public policy. Since coming to Congress, I have stood for targeted and reasonable tax reductions, crossing party lines to…

  • Pennington seeking more sewage treatment

    By:John Tredrea    The Pennington Borough Council voted 3-2 Monday night to authorize Mayor Susan Riley to submit a letter and application to the Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority (SBRSA) requesting an increase in the amount of sewage the borough would be entitled to send to the authority’s treatment plant, off the northern side of Pennington-Rocky…

  • Ledger’s Past

    A look back at Ledger articles from days gone by 30 years ago    "If at first you don’t succeed, try again," is the reason Councilman Joseph Dalle Pazze gave for again placing on the Lawrence Township Council agenda a resolution removing debate on international and nation issues from teh Council meetings.    "I understand that there…

  • EDITORIAL: Revitalizing takes a team, not secrecy

    Newspapers exist to help the public, not hurt it By:The Manville News    It’s enough to raise the eyebrows, if not the hackles, of any small-town journalist.    The Manville revitalization steering committee met last Wednesday evening to make plans for the borough and to take a few more steps toward Manville’s economic rebirth. The borough, hit…

  • Princeton youth job effort extended into fall

    By: Jennifer Potash    A summer job program for economically disadvantaged youth in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township will be extended into the fall.    The joint Human Services Commission launched a work-study program this summer for 30 young adults between the ages of 14 and 20 to take enrichment classes in language arts and computers during…

  • Consultants to release plans Wednesday for borough remake

    Rustic Mall site would become ‘town center’ By:Eric Schwarz    The Rustic Mall would serve as Manville’s "town center" under a proposal by consultants to be presented to the public next week.    A team of consultants who started work in May last week presented a preliminary draft plan to borough officials and a steering committee of…

  • An anniversary, a new co-op and a scientific discovery

    AROUND CRANBURY By: Lorraine Sedor    A big 50th anniversary celebration was held at the First Presbyterian Church recently in honor of Beth and Ted Greczyn, who were married there on Sept. 30, 1950. They chose to commemorate the occasion in July so that more family members were able to attend. In fact about 100 guests…

  • Intense thunderstorm hits Hopewell

    Weather Service says storm caused ‘straight-line wind damage’ By:Ruth Luse    Cleanup continues as the Hopewell area recovers from a short but intense thunderstorm that whacked the area early Monday evening, toppling utility poles and trees.    Dean Iovino, meteorologist for the National Weather Service at Mount Holly, described the thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon as one with "straight-line…