Category: archives
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Borough budget introduced
Residents lash out at council over 14-cent hike. By: Jennifer Potash A proposed 14-cent increase in the municipal tax rate proved too much to take for several Princeton Borough residents, who lashed out at the Borough Council on Tuesday. "It’s just a nightmare," said Charlotte O’Connell, a Patton Avenue homeowner who was one of the…
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Mabel Poitras
Mabel (Jordan) Poitras, 86, of Holyoke, Mass., died Saturday, March 20, with her daughter by her side. Born on June 6, 1918 in Palmer, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Albert and Josephine (Lynch) Jordan. She was raised in Palmer and graduated from Palmer High School before attending and graduating from Mt. Greylock…
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Verdict tells school officials to pay attention
PACKET EDITORIAL, March 26 By: Packet Editorial When we first heard about the 25-year-old woman who was taking her high school basketball coach to court, claiming she suffers from an eating disorder caused by the coach’s abusive behavior nine years earlier, we had what we assume was a typical reaction: Ho hum. Another frivolous lawsuit.…
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Princeton Democrats slate endorsement session
The Princeton Community Democratic Organization invites the public to meet local Democratic candidates at a forum Sunday. The event will be 7:30 p.m. at the Suzanne Patterson Senior Center, located behind Princeton Borough Hall. The invited candidates are Mark Freda, Andrew Koontz, Roger Martindell and Anne Waldron Neumann, who are seeking seats on the Princeton…
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Letters to the Herald
For the March 26 issue. Skate park would decrease illegal skateboarding in area To the editor: People say skateboarders and in-line skaters are ruining our town. But do the really mean harm? Every day, many skaters are being yelled at or taken away by cops for street skating on public property. Most storeowners hate…
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Criticism goes past decorum into vitriol
EDITORIAL Did you ever have the overwhelming urge to grab a politician by the throat, push him up against a wall and tell him to shut up? Ordinarily, we just ignore the empty rhetoric of opportunistic officeholders who weigh in on matters about which they know little or nothing but somehow manage to frame…
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Princeton Township introduces ban on engine idling
Measure affects public streets and public places such as parking lots; but there are a number of exceptions. By: David Campbell The Princeton Township Committee introduced an ordinance Monday night that would ban engine idling on public streets and publicly accessible venues like the Princeton Shopping Center parking lot. Under the ordinance, which is identical…
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‘Hidden children’
Holocaust survivor Ilse Loeb addresses a crowd at St. Anthony of Padua in Hightstown to share her story of survival. By: David Pescatore HIGHTSTOWN "Imagine that you are 13 years old, living happily with your mother and father and brother. Then, suddenly you are at the railroad station, going off to a strange country,…
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PU establishes 100% recycled paper policy
Purchasing costs will rise slightly. Starting April 1, Princeton University will begin using 100-percent recycled office paper. And this is no April Fool’s joke. The new policy was formulated by the Princeton Environmental Oversight Committee, established by President Shirley M. Tilghman in April 2002 to monitor the university’s environmental practices and to identify and recommend…
