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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Lester pays attention to the town’s bottom line
Fran Bartlett, Hopewell Township As a former Democratic mayor of Hopewell Township, I must respond to some opinions published on this page about the township budget under Harvey Lester’s management. Having watched the disastrous purchase and planning of the Pennytown-Kooltronics scheme (under, I am sorry to say, a Democratic administration) to the tune of at…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Reduce the burden of township property taxes
Peter Sandford, Hopewell Township Taxes are way too high in Hopewell Township. We all feel it; we all dread seeing the latest property tax bill arrive each spring. Together, we need to take more aggressive action to rein in out-of-control spending and reduce the burden of residential property taxes on families, empty-nesters and seniors, and…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Three injured in crash at Dublin Road intersection
A three people were injured in a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of county Route 546 and Dublin Road on Monday afternoon. Hopewell Township police were called to the intersection at 2:45 p.m. after a Mercury Sable and Honda Civic had collided. The driver of the Mercury, a 19-year-old Hopewell Township woman, was transported…
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PRINCETON: Mayor promises ‘exciting announcement’ at tonight’s council meeting
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Mayor Liz Lempert on Monday would not tip her hand on the “exciting announcement” that an undisclosed staff member planned to make tonight at the council meeting. At her regular twice-monthly press conference, the mayor was not budging when pressed repeatedly on what the news was or even which…
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PRINCETON: The ‘tenacious strength and courage’ of John and Alicia Nash is remembered in memorial service
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The late Nobel Prize winning mathematician John F. Nash Jr. and his wife, Alicia, were remembered Saturday for the life they shared amid the ups and downs that came with his bout with schizophrenia and subsequent celebrity as the focus of a Hollywood movie. Some 300 family, friends and…
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WEST WINDSOR: Park renamed in honor of John and Alicia Nash
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — “A beautiful place for a beautiful mind and a loving heart.” That’s how Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh described Nash Park — the former Princeton Junction Pocket Park, on Alexander Road next to the Valero gas station — that was renamed and dedicated in memory of John Forbes Nash…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Royce Brook Golf Course development is proposed
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Owners of Royce Brook Golf Course are proposing to build a conference center, offices, restaurants, villas and 325-room hotel on about half of their Hamilton Road property. Among the first needed steps would be expansion of a state water quality management plan to allow sewer service to be provided. Somerset…
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Writers converge on Princeton Public Library for annual ‘Local Author Day’ (with multiple photos)
The Princeton Public Library hosted its annual Local Author Day Saturday, which featured several writers who gave presentations and had books available for sale to the public. The day also featured workshops and four featured authors reading from their books. Those authors included Sung J. Woo, who has written for The New York Times, and…
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PRINCETON: Police seek pantless man who exposed himself to woman near Lake Carnegie
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A man who exposed himself to a young woman as she was walking on the towpath along Lake Carnegie shortly before noon Friday is being sought by the Princeton Police Department. The victim, 19, was sitting on a park bench at 11 a.m. on the towpath on the south side…
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