Category: archives
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Princeton Township administration seeks police-force reduction
In wake of efficiency study, a plan to cut 35-officer department by four By: Rachel Silverman In the aftermath of its $100,000 police efficiency study, the Princeton Township administration this week asked its 35-officer police force to slim down by four. The move, announced Friday in an internal memo to police from township Mayor Phyllis…
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Restructuring police requires public scrutiny
PACKET EDITORIAL, Nov. 11 By: Packet Editorial When consultant Carroll Buracker completed his six-month, 400-page, $100,000 study of the Princeton Township Police Department back in June, his principal conclusion was unambiguous: The department was top-heavy and overstaffed and it could, in Mr. Buracker’s professional judgment, sustain a reduction in force without compromising public safety.…
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University colloquium aims to attract girls to engineering
By: David Campbell The Princeton University chapter of the national Society of Women Engineers will host a daylong colloquium Saturday on campus for area high school girls interested in science and engineering. The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Friend Center for Engineering Education, on the university campus at Olden…
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Three decades later, Alito’s senior thesis draws interest
With manuscript missing from university archives, a retired professor comes to the rescue By: David Campbell Princeton University Emeritus Professor of Politics Walter F. Murphy has been having a tough time getting much reading done these days. Most recently, he had been trying to re-read the senior thesis written by U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge…
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Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week
Fucetola enjoys a good shootout By: Justin Feil Lauren Fucetola figures she isn’t quite like every other goalkeeper, especially when it comes to shootouts. "I’m probably the only person who will tell you I really like them," said the West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls’ soccer keeper. "I like them because I’m not expected to do that…
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Pair of graduates to receive top alumni honors at university
Princeton University graduates George Rupp, president and chief executive officer of the International Rescue Committee, and Arthur Levinson, president and chief executive officer of Genentech, have been selected as the 2006 recipients of the university’s top honors for alumni. Mr. Rupp, a member of Princeton’s Class of 1964 who also has served as president of…
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Persistence is the key to quitting smoking
By: Jonathan Krejci, Ph.D., in Collaboration with Gloria N. Beck "Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times." Maybe you’ve tried to quit smoking, and like the writer who coined that phrase (Mark Twain), you’ve tried it more than once. If so, you’re not alone. The fact is, quitting smoking is not easy,…
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Princeton University Class of 1981 to fund new dormitory
The first class since World War II to have a residence hall named in its honor By: David Campbell For the first time at Princeton University, a class that graduated after World War II will have a dormitory named in its honor, the university announced this week. The planned 1981 Hall, a gift from members…
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Historic Montgomery farmstead is a hot buy at auction
Township-owned Van Dyke-Beekman property sold for $555,000 with many restrictions attached By: Jake Uitti MONTGOMERY The winning bid for the historic Van Dyke-Beekman farm and residence was $555,000 in an auction held Wednesday. In the crowded Montgomery Municipal Courtroom where only standing room was left available, Fred Daniel of Max Spann Real Estate Auctions,…
