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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council hears report on dangers of oil transport trains
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL BOROUGH — The dangers associated with freight trains carrying crude oil rumbling through Mercer County destined for refineries along the Delaware River and elsewhere were outlined to the Borough Council recently. Tracy Carluccio, deputy director of the nonprofit Delaware Riverkeeper Network, spoke to the borough’s governing body Aug. 6.…
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HOPEWELL: Hopewell’s Shvets sets a new standard for youthful success at Cryan tournament
In the biggest tennis tournament in the Middle States Region, residents of Hopewell Township came up big. The James Cryan Memorial Tennis Tournament at Mercer County Park features over 360 entries, and Hopewell Valley produced two champions and three finalists. Rising sophomore Brianna Shvets, who has already made her mark as a Colonial Valley Conference…
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HOPEWELL: Player of the Year Cook leads Pennington girls’ soccer honorees
Pennington School alumna Alana Cook, defender on the School’s girls’ soccer team and a member of the recently-graduated Class of 2015, has been named the All-American Player of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Formerly a boarding student at The Pennington School and hailing from Far Hills, N.J., Cook received the…
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HIGHTSTOWN: East Windsor’s Takter wins fourth Hambletonian as a trainer
He is not the flashiest horse on the racetrack, but Pinkman possesses the one quality all trainers hope to find in their horses: The ability to win. Last Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands, he proved it again. Pinkman won the 90th edition of the Hambletonian Stakes, giving trainer Jimmy Takter of East Windsor his fourth…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Forsgate to host Schiavone Pro-Senior event
Forsgate Country Club in Monroe Township proudly announces the fourth annual R.A. Schiavone Memorial Cup, Aug. 18-19. This two-day, pro-senior scratch tournament will be staged on Forsgate’s renowned 6,904-yard, par-71 Banks Course, ranked among the best courses in New Jersey by Golf Digest magazine. The Cup is named in honor of longtime Garden State golf…
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PRINCETON: Health Department sting operation reveals perfect compliance with local tobacco ordinance
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A sting operation by the Princeton Health Department last week found that local merchants are not selling tobacco products to underage purchasers, a sign that they are complying with a municipal law that forbids the sale of such products to anyone under 21. A high school student interning with…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: ‘HomeFront’ hoping to help homeless children with backpacks, clothes and self-esteem
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Lisa Butler’s children are grown, but she still remembers how exciting it was for them to show off their new outfits and the backpacks full of school supplies on the first day of school. “I would photograph them on the first day of school. They were so proud,”…
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WEST WINDSOR: Proposed Climate Action Plan can be viewed Saturday at Community Farmers’ Market
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — With its proposed Climate Action Plan in hand, the township Environmental Commission is setting up a booth at the West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market Saturday morning to get feedback from residents on it. The Environmental Commission also will have a booth at the farmers’ market on Aug.…
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WEST WINDSOR: Planning board hearing scheduled on Maneely Tract
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The second in a series of public hearings on a mixed-use development proposed for the 45-acre Maneely Tract, off Bear Brook Road, is set for a special Planning Board meeting next week. The Planning Board will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Municipal Complex to continue…
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