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  • Rustic Mall site eyed for 75-100 housing units

    New units would attract pre-family professionals By:Eric Schwarz    The current Rustic Mall would be transformed into a new place known as Town Center, with the most ambitious development plans in Manville’s revitalization study.    At the planned Town Center, economic development consultant James E. Hartling told the steering committee about plans for 75-100 housing units, each…

  • Alverine Courtney

       Alverine Arnold Courtney, 84, died Aug. 5 at Capital Health System at Mercer hospital.    Born in Athens, Ga., she lived in Trenton, Hamilton and Ewing before moving to Pennington.    She was a member of the Bishops and Pastors’ Wives Circle; local, state and national Church of God in Christ and the state We-Twelves of South…

  • Scam artists prey on elderly victims

    Several pulled off recently in Lawrence By: Lea Kahn    Three men stopped to talk to an 80-year-old Princeton Pike resident about paving her driveway Saturday. The men and the elderly woman walked to the rear of her home and discussed the project.    One of the men asked the victim’s 78-year-old sister to write down what…

  • Audubon center coming to Plainsboro

    Building to feature amphitheater for classes and seminars, and an 18-by-30-foot observation window overlooking the lake By: David M. Campbell    PLAINSBORO – The Plainsboro Preserve, scheduled to open to the public this month, is expected to be the site of an Audubon Society-run nature center next year.    Mayor Peter A. Cantu unveiled plans Tuesday for…

  • MOST THINGS CONSIDERED

    Whoever knew weight loss could be so life-threatening? By:Minx McCloud    Of course, I knew the summer was going to get hot again. I knew it as soon as bought a nice shiny new bicycle last month to help me with my exercise program.    What kind of bike is it? I have no idea. Let’s just…

  • Seniors should have their picnic

    EDITORIAL By:Ruth Luse    Several Hopewell Valley senior residents pointed out in a letter to the editor last week that they had heard nothing about the Hopewell Township-sponsored picnic for seniors that had been held every summer for 15 years.    Indeed, the Hopewell Valley News also has received no news releases about this traditional summer event…

  • B-MS to pick up tab for schools’ Internet services

       As part of its ongoing support of education in the Hopewell Valley, Bristol-Myers Squibb will be picking up the Internet services tab for this community’s school district.    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s technical team has been working with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s telecommunications engineers and information technology specialists to maximize the schools’ Internet capabilities, while maintaining…

  • OBITUARIES, Aug. 11, 2000

    Lucille E. Grieves, Mel Robert Coakley, James J. Moran Jr., Dr. Michael Seth Burnhill Lucille E. Grieves Retired bank supervisor    WEST WINDSOR – Lucille E. Grieves of the Princeton Junction section of West Windsor died Tuesday at The Medical Center at Princeton. She was 94.    Born in Montandon, Pa., she lived in Milton, Pa., for…

  • Medicare, Social Security must be preserved

    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 phase out…