Category: archives
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South girls’ soccer in familiar spot
Pirates need win to make state tournament By: Justin Feil Jenna Shaughnessy was one of the junior players who vowed not to repeat last year’s bitter scene when West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s girls’ soccer team failed to make the state tournament on the last possible day for qualifying. But after a 1-1 tie with Hopewell Valley…
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Ordinances to reduce cell antenna visibility
Encouraging a more stealthy approach to what could be an eyesore. By: David Campbell Officials in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have taken steps to promote more "stealth" cell-phone tower sites within their borders with an eye to keeping visual impacts from telecommunications installations to a minimum. Last week, the Princeton Borough Council introduced an…
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Pirates field hockey together at right time
WW-PS going into counties confident By: Mike Newman It wasn’t pretty. In fact it was a little bit ugly. But amongst all the chops and whistles Tuesday night emerged a victorious West Windsor-Plainsboro South field hockey team that appears to have rebounded from a shaky start. With the 2-0 victory over Nottingham, WW-P South improved…
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Rocky Hill gets road repair grant
Crescent Avenue and Grove Street targeted for repairs. By: Paul Sisolak ROCKY HILL The State Department of Transportation has granted the borough $35,000 for road repair projects. The funds will go toward road overlays on Crescent Avenue and Grove Street, according to Mayor Brian Nolan. "Neither road has been done for 16 to 20…
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Letter: Stave deserves re-election
To the editor: I urge Cranbury voters to re-elect Mayor Pari Stave for Cranbury Township Committee this Nov. 4. Regardless of whether you follow this advice, I also urge you to vote for the candidates of your choice on Nov. 4 at Cranbury Town Hall. The reasons that I believe you should vote for…
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Borough race comes down to a referendum
PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 24 By: Packet Editorial This year’s race for mayor and two seats on the Princeton Borough Council is shaping up as much more than a contest pitting candidate against candidate. It is, in fact, nothing less than the long-sought referendum on the downtown redevelopment project. This is precisely what opponents of the…
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Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m.: Secret policy
Crafting law behid closed doors. By: Hank Kalet Here is how policy is made in America in 2003. Apparently, the secretive and seemingly undercover approach to legislation used to craft the USA PATRIOT Act was no aberration. Whatever happened to our great democracy?
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Editorial: Endorsement
EDITORIAL: Monroe Township candidate endorsements Monroe residents have an easy choice when they go to the polls Nov. 4. They can vote to keep the township moving in the right direction by supporting the Democratic incumbents. Monroe enjoys the lowest overall tax rate in Middlesex County and, while the housing boom is starting to make…
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Two professors win top scientific honor
W. Jason Morgan of Princeton University and Edward Witten of the Institute for Advanced Study will receive National Medal of Science. Princeton University geophysicist W. Jason Morgan and Institute for Advanced Study physicist Edward Witten are among the eight scientists and engineers who will receive the National Medal of Science the nation’s highest scientific…
