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  • Borough supports PHS parking permits.

    New ordinance introduced to establish parking permit district near PHS and Westminster Choir College. By: Jeff Milgram    After hashing out the details, the Princeton Borough Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday night that would set up a parking permit district near Princeton High School and Westminster Choir College.    The ordinance is slightly different from a companion…

  • C-P 12s do what few could have predicted

    Moves on in losers’ bracket with magical win By: Justin Feil    Ryan Brazel is no psychic, and that’s a good thing for the Cranbury-Plainsboro 12-year-old all-star baseball team.    Clinging to a 10-8 lead with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the C-P reliever figured he’d have to face…

  • Local author leaves behind a novel legacy to his wife

    Sam Zitter, author of "Stars to Steer By" By:Joseph Harvie    MONROE — Sarai Zitter remembers her husband as a gentle, loving, family-oriented man. She recalled him as ambitious and someone who always completed what he pursued.    Sam Zitter planned on retiring early so he could free up time to write, a passion he had since…

  • First public meeting set to discuss transit village.

       WEST WINDSOR — The first public meeting to discuss the proposal to build a transit village at the Princeton Junction train station is set for Tuesday.    The Princeton Junction Project Advisory Committee, along with NJ Transit, will present preliminary ideas and possible scenarios for the transit village at the West Windsor Senior Center. The committee…

  • Monroe receives preservation grant

    Township gets $400k to preserve land By:Joseph Harvie    MONROE — The township is now $400,000 closer to getting the area of land adjacent to Farmer Al’s on Buckelew Avenue preserved.    The Township Council approved a resolution July 7 that enabled it to acquire a $400,000 grant for the extension of Thompson Park III to the…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: Reading Bush: a pre-election book list

    DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet:A short list of books the educated voter should read By:Hank Kalet    Summer is the time for reading. At least that’s what they tell me.    Most summer reading lists are filled with bestsellers, mysteries and romances.    But with a presidential election a little less than four months away, I figured I’d offer…

  • Borough plan sparks needed discussion

    EDITORIAL    The Herald this week received almost a dozen letters about the borough’s proposed Redevelopment Plan. It is exciting to see residents interested in such an important local development, one that would create 72 condominiums, 10 townhouses, office and retail development at the site of the rug mill on Bank Street.    We continue our concern…

  • Borough budget OK’d with 2 cent cut in tax hike.

    Council vote on $21.94 million spending plan follows 11th-hour infusion of state aid. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Borough Council approved its $21.94 million 2004 budget on Tuesday night, shaving about 2 cents off a formerly projected 14-cent tax rate increase with an 11th-hour infusion of state aid.    In related action, the council voted to…

  • Grow or fall behind, hospital study says.

    Princeton HealthCare strategic plan urges expansion of programs and services to remain a top facility. By: David Campbell    Princeton HealthCare System’s 2004-2007 Strategic Plan, which was distributed to Princeton officials early this week and released to the public Thursday, appears to draw a rather urgent conclusion about the challenges facing the hospital system.    Stated in…