Category: archives
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Borough faces ‘balancing act’ on capital projects
Council must decide to either cut back road and sewer projects or raise taxes. By: Jennifer Potash Princeton Borough faces the harsh dilemma of cutting back on the number of road and sewer reconstruction projects or keeping up the present pace of the capital program by imposing higher property taxes. The Princeton Borough Council on…
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Latte
"Latte," is a 3-month old kitten is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Latte" or another dog or cat, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html
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Trial begins for WW-P coach accused of abuse
Former high school athlete claims she developed eating disorder. By: Gwen McNamara The civil case of a former three-sport athlete in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District who claims a coach’s abusive behavior caused her to develop an eating disorder went to trial Wednesday in Mercer County Superior Court. Jennifer Besler, now 24, and her…
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Bookmobile delivers the gift of reading
Monroe’s bookmobile brings bestsellers to those who can’t get to the library. By: Rebecca Tokarz MONROE A small boxcar with colorful books and the words "Monroe Township Public Library" drawn on the side turned the corner and parked itself in a parking lot of the Rossmoor club house. Quickly, a group of four bag-carrying…
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Montgomery church offers drive-through pageant
As a gift to the community, the Montgomery Evangelical Free Church in Belle Mead will present a variation on the traditional Christmas pageant on Dec. 12, 13 and 14 from 6 to 9 p.m. While the story remains age-old, this special presentation won’t require the audience to leave their cars. The start to "Drive through…
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Buying locally made possible by parking plan
PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 5 By: Packet Editorial, Dec. 5 So far, so good. That appears to be the consensus of business owners in Princeton as the first unofficial week of the Christmas shopping season draws to a close. After a rainy and windy "Black Friday" drove many shoppers away from downtown streets and sidewalks into…
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A 12-year-old’s war story
Writes a prize essay on relative’s troubled life after Vietnam. By: Gwen McNamara Tiffany Simmons may only be a sixth-grader in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, but she already knows what she wants to do with her life. "I want to be a writer," the 12-year-old Thomas R. Grover Middle School student said in…
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PDS, Stuart upbeat despite tourney losses
Basketball teams hope to build on positives By: Bob Nuse While both Tony Bowman and Sue Repko would have liked to have seen their respective girls’ basketball teams come away from the Stuart Tip-Off Tournament with at least one more win, each coach did come away with plenty to feel positive about. Bowman, the first-year…
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Letters to the Editor, Dec. 5
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Dec. 5 By: Mayor, council leave tragic legacy To the editor: Your editorial, "Garage lawsuit is unsupported by logic or law" (The Packet, Nov. 28) poorly mixes your established separate strong biases against the Bush administration and Concerned Citizens of Princeton. Now you connect them by equating Concerned Citizens with…
