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Contact Us
Contact information,names and addresses. Street Address 10 Hopewell Village Square 52 E. Broad Street (Rt. 518) Hopewell, NJ 08525 Phone:(609)466-1190 FAX: (609)466-2123 Mailing Address P.O. Box 8, Hopewell, NJ 08525 Managing Editor Ruth Peterson Luse Staff Writer John Tredrea Photograher Robyn C. Stein Advertising Julie Matson Office Managers Betty Stellitano and Angela High Board Chairman…
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Golf tourney’s success raises hopes for return
Crowd for week estimated at 75,000 By: Jane Karlicek The Instinet Classic is expected to return to the Tournament Players Club at Jasna Polana next year after an overwhelmingly positive response to the Senior PGA tournament that ended Sunday. The 2001 version may take place a little earlier in the year, according to the tournament’s…
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Mercer budget delay taxing to local officials
Delay in passing the county budget means area town’s can’t send out their tax bills. By: Jeff Milgram Municipal and school officials may have to dip into the piggy bank to replace tax revenues that are being held up by the failure of the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders to adopt its budget. The…
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Montgomery school bond issue tax impact revealed
The average homeowner’s school taxes would rise $436.70 a year over the life of the bond issue. By: Jeff Milgram MONTGOMERY – The planned $70 million high school project would cost the average township homeowner $436.70 a year in new school taxes, according to a preliminary analysis released at Monday night’s Township Board of Education…
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Remember when conventions had meaning?
PACKET EDITORIAL, July 25 With the Republican National Convention coming up in Philadelphia, we can’t help feeling a twinge of nostalgia for the good old days – when political conventions were real events, full of suspense and drama, as opposed to packaged, made-for-television yawners. We find ourselves thinking back to 1960, when the roll call…
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Coming in Thursday’s Ledger
July 27, 2000 edition Here’s what you can expect to read in this week’s issue of The Lawrence Ledger: New superintendent Dr. Max Riley will take over as the new superintendent of schools in Lawrence on Sept. 18. Read what school board members have to say about their decision to hire Dr. Riley. Slow down…
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Post 148 places in top 12 in state in American Legion
Huzzy’s boys finish year at 19-7 By: Kyle Moylan WEST WINDSOR – Hightstown Post 148 may have missed out on its two chances to advance to the final eight in the state, but the consolation prize was still pretty good. "If someone had told me that we’d place in the top 12 in the…
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Big land purchase, volunteer pay OK’d
By: David M. Campbell WEST WINDSOR – The Township Council broke new ground Monday night – in open space and volunteerism. The council voted unanimously to approve an $11.8 million land purchase from Princeton-based landowner Bryce Thompson, closing the largest open-space deal in the township’s history, which was announced earlier this month. In another unanimous…
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Medical Center campus to go smoke-free
By: Jennifer Potash The main campus of The Medical Center at Princeton will become entirely smoke-free next year. The health care facility, which currently prohibits smoking indoors, will eliminate its employee outdoor smoking areas as of May 2001. A task force of hospital employees developed the smoke-free workplace policy, which was announced to employees in…
