Category: archives

  • Shultz urges Japan’s rearmament during talk at PU

    Proposing a means to bring North Korea into line. By: Jeff Milgram    As Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, George P. Shultz took hard lines against terrorism and the threat to American medical students on the island of Grenada.    In a September opinion piece in the Washington Post, Mr. Shultz came out strongly in favor of…

  • Voters defeat Washington school budget

    Joseph Armenti joins incumbents Flo Gange, Faith Silvestrov and Patrick Foti on school board. Washington voters defeated this year’s school budget by a vote of 1,186 votes to 896. Of the township’s 6,474 registered voters, 2,120 turned out to vote Tuesday. There were a total of four seats up for election on the school board…

  • 2003 borough budget pared down

    Tax rate increase now projected at 4 to 5 cents. By: Jennifer Potash    By cutting additional expenses, Princeton Borough may be able to lessen the 2003 municipal budget’s impact on taxpayers beyond what was originally anticipated.    With the recent elimination of $120,000 in municipal spending, Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi said the tax rate increase is…

  • Delaware Township school budget passes

    Mumford, Pulkowski, Warren win school board seats. By: Budget Yes 490 No 472 School board — 3 seats Catherine Mumford 482 Joseph Pulkowski 416 Thomas Warren 389 Lawrence Wohl 387 Ted Ellis 373

  • BREAKING NEWS

    School budgets approved in Princeton, WW-P and Montgomery By:    School budgets were approved by voters in all three Packet-area school districts Tuesday, while a second ballot question went down to decisive defeat in Montgomery.    And it was a good day for most incumbent school board members, with two out of three sitting board members in…

  • Hopewell Valley school budget passes

    Second question defeated by seven votes; Main, Mitchell prevail over Curtin in close township race for board seats. By: John Tredrea    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District’s $45,818,068 school budget for 2003-2004 was approved by voters Tuesday by a 130-vote margin — 1,695 yes to 1,565 no.    A $170,000 separate ballot question was defeated by…

  • Dobkin named dean of faculty at university

    Will succeed Joseph Taylor, dean since 1997. By: Jeff Milgram    David Dobkin, chairman of Princeton University’s Department of Computer Science for the past nine years and a member of the Princeton faculty for 22 years, has been named dean of the faculty.    His appointment is effective July 1.    He will succeed Joseph Taylor, dean since…

  • School election results

    Budget passes, incumbent Grunwerg loses By: David Pescatore    HIGHTSTOWN — East Windsor voters elected incumbent candidates Stu Dolgon and Bruce Ettman along with newcomer James Hauck to seats on the Board of Education Tuesday. Voters overlooked incumbent candidate Sheri Grunwerg and newcomer Robert Oberle.    The three successful candidates were those endorsed by the teacher’s union,…

  • OBITUARY: David Roy Holmes

    By:    BURLINGTON — David Roy Holmes, 48, died Friday, April 4, at the Burlington Woods Nursing Home in Burlington Township, after a long illness.    When Mr. Holmes became ill in June 2002, his relationship with Jesus was revived. Throughout the illness and the many treatments, he remained hopeful and trusting in the Lord. He was…