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BY RICH FISHER Listening to Megan Meng discuss pressure on the golf course, one would think they were talking to a three-time U.S. Open champion rather than a sophomore in high school. “Sometimes, pressure can get to your head. It always ends up being better when you focus on the next shot,” the Hopewell Valley Central High 10th grader said. “If you think ‘Oh I need to birdie this next hole,’ I feel like it puts on a lot more pressure and makes you more nervous than if you just tell yourself, ‘I need to hit a good shot.’ If you hit a good shot, then you worry about your next shot. It’s a step-by-step process. If you get too ambitious it makes you a lot more nervous and there’s more expectations.” How does one so young gain such wisdom? “You just figure it out yourself,” she continued. “A lot of the time you’re alone on the course, you talk to yourself, you just see what type of mindset you end up playing See GOLF, Page 14
Janet Purcell at the Hopewell Train Station in Hopewell Borough, where local artists gather and work every week. (Photo by Thomas Kelly.)
At Hopewell Train Station, Tuesdays are for creativity BY THOMAS KELLY When thinking of train stations, we tend to think of hurried, busy places where semi strangers gather to catch transport to and from destinations that are easier and more efficient to get to by train than any other mode of transportation. The Hopewell Train Station used to be in this category.
Built in 1876, the Hopewell Station helped spur the growth of Hopewell and Pennington. It saw 20 trains a day between Philadelphia and New York City in its heyday. Retired from service in 1982, the station — with its distinctive mansard roof, gingerbread woodwork, and decorative arches showcasing the building’s Second Empire style — is still alive and kicking.
The building is owned and maintained by Hopewell Borough. Its large first-floor room serves as a community center and is named after David Knights, a Hopewell councilman who was integral to rejuvenating the station. Currently the room is used for election voting, community meetings, and the weekly meeting of artists who are there every TuesSee STATION, Page 5
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Mercer County is currently working on plans for the construction of a major expansion at the Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing Township that will increase the size of the current terminal by almost five times and allow for an increased number of flights from the facility. The terminal expansion passed a major hurdle recently when the federal government gave the county the green light to move forward with the design and construction of the new terminal and other improvements on the site. The estimated start date of construction of the project is currently not known, and Mercer County did not respond to a request for an update on the project. Once started, construction of the expansion is expected to take place over a 26-month time frame. The project calls for replacing the current 28,000-square-foot terminal, which was built in the 1970s, with a new 125,000-squarefoot facility to be located adjacent to See AIRPORT, Page 12
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