Category: archives
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Plainsboro committee adopts $16.9 million budget
By: Shanay Cadette PLAINSBORO The Township Committee adopted a $16.9 million budget for 2004 on Wednesday. The budget reflects a municipal tax rate increase of less than a penny, bringing the rate up to 34 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The current rate is 33.5 cents. "We had four goals with this budget,"…
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Students’ book donations are gift for needy children
Montgomery Middle School and Village Elementary School aid Children’s Home Society. By: Jill Matthews MONTGOMERY With community service on their minds, students from the Montgomery Middle School and the Village Elementary School collected and donated record numbers of books and school supplies to the Children’s Home Society of New Jersey last month. The idea…
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Hard-working Tervooren makes most of senior year
Moves to first singles for Hun tennis By: Bob Nuse Andrew Tervooren was happy he had the same head coach for soccer at The Hun School as he did for tennis. That made it easier for him to let the soccer coach know he wasn’t going to play as a senior because he wanted to…
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Janet H. Wright
Hopewell Borough native Janet H. Wright, 82, died Monday at her residence. Born in Hopewell Borough, Mrs. Wright was a lifelong resident She was a homemaker and was on the board of trustees of the Hopewell Museum. Preceded in death by her parents Hervey S. and Permelia W. Hill, her husband Arthur M. Wright and…
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Brown sisters recall landmark desegregation case
U.S. Supreme Court decision reviewed at 50th anniversary conference at university. By: Jessica Stahl Linda Brown-Thompson and Cheryl Brown-Henderson reminisced about their childhoods and put a face to a landmark piece of American history Saturday at Princeton University. The two sisters are the daughters of Oliver L. Brown, the namesake of the landmark Supreme Court…
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Stay the course on road toward ‘transit village’
PACKET EDITORIAL, April 20 By: Packet Editorial The potential transformation of the Princeton Junction train station into a mixed-use "transit village" got a big boost last week when the West Windsor Township Council took the first steps toward designating the area surrounding the station as an area in need of redevelopment. This is no mere,…
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BUSINESS WRAP-UP
Issue of April 20-22, 2004. Healthcare costs hit employers hard There’s good news and bad news in the New Jersey Business and Industry Association’s 2004 Health Benefits Survey. The good news is New Jersey employers only expect health insurance costs to rise an average of 11 percent in 2004. The bad news is it would…
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Dodge Foundation grant to help Montgomery schools
MONTGOMERY The school district received a $15,000 grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation to be used for the Schools Attuned project, the school board announced last week. The program is a professional development program that helps educators acquire the skills to meet diverse learning needs of students throughout the district, according to a…
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Experts discuss fulfilling NJ’s affordable-housing needs
One planner sees a demand for 650,000 units in next 15 years. By: Jennifer Potash The fight for more affordable housing in New Jersey, one of the wealthiest states in the union, is about a green matter money. Legislators, academics and housing experts gathered Friday at Princeton University for a conference on affordable housing.…
