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Princeton Township prepares for bow hunting
Commitee introduces ordinance to open four parks and reservations to bow-and-arrow hunters. By: David Campbell The Princeton Township Committee on Monday night introduced an ordinance that would open four township parks and reservations to limited bow-hunting. The action is in response to a condition set by the state Fish and Game Council, which refused to…
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Plainsboro breaks ground for Village Center
$20 million project to become township’s main street. By: Gwen McNamara PLAINSBORO With the sun sporadically peaking through the clouds, political and community leaders broke ground for the township’s long-awaited Village Center on Monday. The group gathered on the side of Shalks Crossing Road to kick off work on the Village Center’s 15-acre site,…
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WW-P to welcome one-millionth virtual visitor
School system Web site racks up a milestone in three years. By: Gwen McNamara Three years ago the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District launched its Web site in an attempt to make district information readily available to the community. Now that site soon will receive its one-millionth visitor a big accomplishment for a school…
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War is hell for those who wait
"You just die, all the time," says a parent of a son in Iraq on hearing the news that another soldier has been killed. By: David Campbell As May Reinhardt knows all too well, when a child goes off to war, it can be hell on parents. Her 24-year-old son Mark, who served in Iraq…
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Borough Council has open space on agenda tonight
Parking fees, employee salaries to be addressed By: Jennifer Potash A public hearing on preservation of a small parcel of open space and another on municipal salaries fill the Princeton Borough Council agenda tonight. The council also is expected to introduce an ordinance raising parking permit fees the first increase in over a decade…
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Township takes interest in former sewer tract
Committee approves pact with Princeton Borough. By: David Campbell The Princeton Township Committee Monday night approved joint ownership with Princeton Borough of lands surrounding a former sewer plant off River Road. Township officials said the interlocal services agreement settles an old dispute with the borough over ownership and puts both communities on equal footing to…
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Lighten Up Princeton to offer health screening
Lighten Up Princeton, the healthy lifestyle program run by the Princeton Regional Health Department, will offer health screenings at no cost Saturday morning at Wild Oats Natural Foods Market. Kathy Griffis, a registered nurse, will be in the Wild Oats café to monitor weight, blood pressure and resting metabolic rate for interested Princeton residents from…
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Corporate culture clash
Author’s first book examines assumptions behind M&A strategy. By: Melinda Sherwood Out of roughly 10,000 mergers and acquisitions that occur each year, only a handful of companies emerge even stronger just look at the struggling empires of DaimlerChrysler and AOL Time Warner. The mystery of why many mergers fail and some prevail is the…
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Keen on helping
Seniors’ social club helps Crisis Ministry collect school supplies for homeless, foster children. By: Gwen McNamara WEST WINDSOR For more than 30 years one local club has been looking out for the needs of area senior citizens. The Keen Agers, a social club for seniors formed in the 1970s, is still going strong with…
