Category: archives
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Seminars, Meetings and Events
March 11 Referral marketing The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, Mercer Chapter invites you to learn about "The Power of Referral Marketing." The speaker will be Sandy Schussel, author, seminar leader and owner of Brass Ring Coaching a Montgomery-based business that helps executives and professionals get ahead in their careers, change careers…
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Furthering philanthropy
Princeton Social Capital aims to change the world by giving philanthropists strategic advice. By: Melinda Sherwood Suppose Wall Street’s savviest venture capitalists and financial experts joined the country’s top philanthropists to invest billions of dollars in cultural organizations and solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems. Would the world be a better place? Curt…
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BREAKING NEWS:Referendum questions get overwhelming support in Millstone
Voters Tuesday approve building of new middle school The following is a breakdown of voting results for each question on the middle school referendum. Question 1: 1,372 YES, 750 NO Question 2: 1,125 YES, 984 NO Question 3: 1,259 YES, 848 NO Of the township’s 6,060 registered voters, 1,862 (31 percent) casted votes in the…
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Seminars, Meetings and Events
March 30 Career enhancement In the process of leaving an organization or currently out of work? The Learning Key, Inc., is offering a workshop on how to "Expedite Your Transition and Enhance Your Career Opportunities." Steven P. DeMorro, a Learning Key representative with more than 30 years’ experience helping individuals in career transitions, will lead…
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Beauty and Obsession
‘Vanity and Industry: Women’s Work,’ a multimedia show at Bucks County Community College, is a cultural criticism of modern times. By: Amy Brummer "Synapse" by Merrill Mason with Aaron Igler. Descending the grand staircase of Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum and Library, Martha McDonald is a vision of delicate beauty and lavish elegance. Her silk taffeta dress,…
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Princeton Township grapples with spending plan
Committee facing 5 cent tax hike as number crunching continues. By: David Campbell The Princeton Township Committee continued to crunch numbers on its 2004 municipal budget Monday and so far has managed to shave 1 cent off a projected property-tax increase that now stands at 5 cents. But John Clawson, the township’s chief financial…
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Letters to the Editor, March 9
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, March 9 By: Spend money on necessities, not frills To the editor: The temporal juxtaposition of articles in one issue of a newspaper can be enlightening. On Page 1A of the March 5 edition of The Packet, we learn that big tax hikes are coming to Princeton Borough almost…
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EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT
Michele Siekera Mercer County Chamber of Commerce TITLE: Executive Director EDUCATION: Rutgers University, B.A., 1986; Temple University School of Law, J.D., 1989 RESIDENCE: Robbinsville FAMILY: Niel Siekerka, husband; twins Brian and Caitlin, 12. CAREER HIGH: "I represented veterans for service-connected disabilities, and after two years of bringing this gentleman’s case through many different levels of…
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Princeton GOP to host Senate minority leader
New Jersey Sen. Leonard Lance (R-Clinton) will address a Republican Association of Princeton breakfast Meeting March 16. The gathering, which is open to the public, will start at 7:30 a.m. and be held at the Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St. Sen. Lance, the Republican minority leader, is a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee,…
