Category: archives
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Getting the house in order
Princeton Borough Council makes stable finances its top priority. By: Jennifer Potash Against the backdrop of looming budget deficits, smaller surpluses and shrinking grants to the municipality, the Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday made financial goals its top priority for 2005. Those goals include a study of the possible consolidation of emergency dispatching and police…
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Movie Timetables
Going to the movies tonight? Find out where and when the show you want to see is playing. Movies and times are valid from Feb. 11, 2005 to Feb. 17, 2005. Because of the possibility of last-minute schedule changes, it is wise to call the theater before leaving home. Please note: In the event that…
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State project is too little and too late
PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 11 By: Packet Editorial Montgomery Township officials have every reason to be pleased that theirs is one of six New Jersey municipalities chosen by the state to participate in a transfer of development rights demonstration project. On the other hand, anyone familiar with what TDR is and how it works has every…
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Week of Feb. 10. Kaplan explains request withdrawal To the editor: As a parent, a taxpayer and a member of the school board, I am concerned about how students perform and how school tax dollars are spent. Last year, I asked for information about how our students are doing and how much a particular school…
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Eckerd zoning planned
Residents voice opposition to zoning. By: Joseph Harvie The meeting room in the Municipal Building was packed Tuesday night by Brunswick Acres residents voicing their opposition to an Eckerd drugstore and two office buildings proposed to be built near their homes. At the Township Council meeting, the residents and their lawyer, Alan Zublatt, also of…
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Boys team swims past rival South
Lawrence swimming By: Jim Green The Lawrence High School boys swimming team already had accomplished its primary goal of winning the Colonial Valley Conference Colonial Division. But that doesn’t make the Cardinals’ Mercer County Championships title any less sweet. A mere four days after getting over the West Windsor-Plainsboro South hump by beating the Pirates…
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Brackett jumper propels Cardinals
Lawrence boys basketball By: Jim Green Junior center Brett Brackett didn’t have his most prolific game of the season Tuesday night. But, as usual, he was there for his team when it mattered most. After having his offense held in check most of the evening by Hightstown’s stifling defense, Brackett made the most of one…
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Obituaries for week of Feb. 10
Erica H. Weeder Erica Hamilton Weeder, 64, died Jan. 30 at home. Born in Boston, she was a longtime resident of the Princeton area. She attended Princeton High School and graduated from Wellesley College in 1962. She later earned a master’s degree in anthropology from Rutgers University. From 1988 to 1998, she was curator of…
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School opens computer lab
Culminates 18-month fund-raising effort By:Emily Craighead The wait is over. Less than 18 months after the start of fund-raising for a computer lab at Woods Road Elementary School, over 100 students, teachers, parents, administrators and other community members gathered to celebrate the grand opening of the lab. By saving up pennies, holding a craft fair…
