Author: Central Jersey
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SOLUTIONS: Coaltion is helping make Mercer County sustainable
Huck Fairman In the fall of 2014, an off-shoot of Sustainable Jersey was formed, the Mercer County Sustainability Coalition, which serves our county, and is one of six such regional hubs in the state addressing sustainable issues. The purpose of these hubs, and MCSC’s in Mercer, is to bring together the many ideas, plans…
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No longer afraid of the meat industry
Jonas Bennett, Princeton I was never scared of all the witches, zombies, and assorted goblins wandering around on Halloween this Saturday night. What really used to scare me was the meat industry. This is the industry that mutilates, cages and butchers billions of cows, pigs, and other feeling animals, that exposes thousands of undocumented workers…
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Uber and Lyft should be held to taxi cab standards
Murray Rosenberg, New Jersey Tax Cab Association We, the New Jersey Taxi Cab Association, are writing you to provide clarity to an illegal activity that has been occurring in New Jersey for far too long. This illegal activity puts the safety and financial security of the residents of New Jersey on the line and yet…
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Friends book sale has many to thank for success
Sherri Garber and Eve Niedergang The Friends of the Princeton Public Library held their Annual Book Sale the weekend of Oct. 16-18. Although it was chilly in our tent on Friday evening and Saturday morning, the weather did not deter book lovers from our own community and those traveling from as far away as…
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There’s more to the story on Ben Bernanke
Richard D. Smith, Rocky Hill The Oct. 23 front page article on former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s talk at Princeton University (“Bernanke on bailouts: ’it …had to be done’ “) reports that Mr. Bernanke defended the Fed’s 2008 rescue of American International Group. AIG had become came dangerously overextended by heavily insuring investments…
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PRINCETON POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 29
Richard Gibbs, 30, of Milford, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for $106 from Princeton Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on Madison Street at 9:59 a.m. Oct. 26. He was also charged with possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Someone scratched profane words into…
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MONTGOMERY POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 29
An undisclosed amount of cash and an assortment of jewelry were reported stolen from a Goldenrod Drive residence between Oct. 16 and Oct. 25. The burglar forced his way into the house through the locked front door and ransacked the house.
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WEST WINDSOR POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 29
A thief stole irrigation equipment valued at a combined $2,000 from two locations in the Princeton Greens subdivision. The theft was reported at 3:33 p.m. Oct. 8. Similar thefts have occurred throughout the township. Rosanna Soto, 27, of Trenton, was charged with shoplifting for allegedly putting clothing worth $708.58 in a shopping…
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PLAINSBORO POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 29
Samuel J. Brandt, 20, of East Brunswick Township, was charged with speeding, failure to maintain lane, possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle after he was stopped for speeding and failing to maintain his lane on Scudders Mill Road at 11:30 p.m.…
