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Borough Council grants final approval to 2005 budget
A 4-2 vote for spending plan with a 5-cent tax increase. By: Marjorie Censer The Princeton Borough Council approved the 2005 municipal budget at its meeting Tuesday night with a vote of 4-2. Councilmen David Goldfarb and Roger Martindell dissented. At the meeting, Mr. Goldfarb said he opposed the budget because the tax rate is…
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Play ball!
Vikings to play new season on new field. By: Josh Appelbaum The Cranbury School baseball team will play its season opener next week on a new, $25,000 ball field that was completed Wednesday. The Board of Education commissioned Precise Construction to build the temporary field just west of the school. It will be used by…
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OBITUARIES: Anthony D’Amico
Anthony D’Amico Anthony J. D’Amico, 75, died Friday, May 5, at the Applegarth Care Center, Monroe. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., he lived there before moving to Greenbriar at Whittingham 20 years ago. He was a longshoremen working out of Union Local 1814 in Newark for over 40 years, and was a superintendent at the Elizabeth…
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Letters to the Editor, May 13
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, May 13 Neighbors concerned about quality of life To the editor: In response to the article, "Architect proposes mixed-use plan for hospital site" (The Packet, May 6), we, the residents of the hospital neighborhood, feel that J. Robert Hillier’s tentative plans for the hospital site are designed with the community in…
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PRESS FORUM: Do you agree with the creation of pedophile-free zones?
PRESS FORUM Join the debate. The Cranbury Press is hosting a weekly forum that allow readers and users of the World Wide Web to offer their opinions on a variety of issues. The forum is designed to encourage debate and to offer the community information about the direction residents of Cranbury, Jamesburg and Monroe want…
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Fund established for park in honor of late Princeton professor
A trust fund has been established by Princeton Borough to accept donations in memory of the late Dr. David Bradford, Princeton University economics and public affairs professor and Pine Street resident, friends and neighbors announced. Dr. Bradford died in February from injuries sustained in a fire at his Pine Street home. The donations will be…
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Hun softball outlasts Lawrenceville
Raiders hold on for 15-inning win By: Justin Feil For a team that had lost twice before to the Lawrenceville School, the Hun School softball team sure had a lot of confidence going into a third meeting in the Prep A semifinals Tuesday. Confidence was rewarded after nearly three hours when Ashley Forman’s triple to…
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Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week
Lalli’s career high nets Knights win By: Justin Feil After an overtime loss to Pennington dropped the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ lacrosse team to 4-6, the Knights began to turn it around. Convincing wins over Princeton and Ewing were a start, but those teams had a combined record of 4-19. What the Knights needed…
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Hess notches 100th career track coaching win
By: Neil Hay Don Hess has been coaching at Hightstown for many years. He has more than 300 varsity coaching wins in basketball, and over 100 in soccer. Tuesday he achieved another milestone when he added his 100th track win. Hess’ tracksters also made it two consecutive CVC Valley Division titles. Tuesday’s 110 1/3 –…
