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  • Summer travel and day camps draw students back each year

    Rec department provides fun activities for local kids. By: Peter McElroy    With schools out, many young people in Princeton find themselves at the start of three months of monotonous inactivity, punctuated perhaps by a family vacation. But Adam Friedman, 14, of Princeton Township should have no trouble with boredom this summer.    This will be Adam’s…

  • DOT installs markers to guide errant pilots

    Mayor hopes plastic balls are a quick fix to a noisy problem. By: Jill Mathews    MONTGOMERY—In an attempt to better guide pilots so they avoid flying over homes located near the Princeton Airport, the state Department of Transportation had orange marker balls installed on power lines on Cherry Hill Road on Monday.    The large plastic…

  • Welcome back, Carter

    PHS grad returns as teacher, coach By: Bob Nuse    During his days as a student at Princeton High School, Jason Carter was a multi-sport standout for the Little Tigers.    Now that he has returned to his alma mater as a teacher, Carter is involved as a multi-sport coach.    While at PHS as a student, Carter…

  • Expansion OK’d, Arts Council has promise to fulfill

    With plan approved, council must create site plans, fund-raise. By: Jennifer Potash    The proverbial shouting may be over regarding The Arts Council of Princeton’s expansion plan, but the arts organization will still face challenges from within and without.    The next steps for The Arts Council include compiling the detailed site plans and embarking on another…

  • Arts Council’s struggle ends most fittingly

    PACKET EDITORIAL, June 22 By: Packet Editorial, June 22    It has been said that nothing gets done in Princeton unless it has been discussed and debated for at least five years. The public library, Hulfish North, the downtown redevelopment project, school expansion and renovation — these matters and many more have taken years and years…

  • Council to address proposed budget, high school parking

    Parking meter ordinance to be voted on at later date. By: Jennifer Potash    The municipal budget and high school parking top the Princeton Borough Council’s agenda tonight.    A proposed extension of downtown parking meter hours of operation will be deferred to the July 6 meeting.    The council will continue a public hearing on the proposed…

  • Township settles harassment lawsuit

    Deer cull videotaper awarded $25,000 payoff. By: David Campbell    A lawsuit against Princeton Township, its mayor and police chief filed by a former Humane Society of the United States investigator alleging he was wrongfully arrested and prosecuted after trying to film the township’s deer cull was settled with a $25,000 payout by a former township…

  • Township ponders environmental policy

    Recommendations will lead to sustainable community, committee says. By: Jill Mathews    MONTGOMERY—The Montgomery Environmental Commission recommended on Thursday that the Township Committee review the environmental friendliness of its operational policies and implement an Environmental Management System to promote environmentally sound practices.    The commission presented three broad recommendations for the township to consider, including:    • Conducting an…

  • Trinity member bikes cross-country to aid the needy

    Lawrence resident to end 2,800 mile journey in Palmer Square. By: Lea Kahn    When Stuyvesant Pell was a student at Princeton University, he often dreamed of riding a bicycle in the Tour de France. A half-century later, Mr. Pell is fulfilling that dream — but on this side of the Atlantic Ocean, in a cross-country…