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  • Budget up, tax rate not

    New developement offsets an increase in spending By: Matt Kirdahy    Township spending is slated to increase 20.7 percent this year, but taxes will not rise because of a growing ratable base, according to a budget introduced by the Township Committee on Monday.    The proposed $7.89 million budget calls for a 47.8 percent increase in debt…

  • PU fights back before losing to Penn

    Tigers host Ivy leader Brown, Yale By: Justin Feil    PHILADELPHIA — Ugonna Onyekwe’s dunk 21 seconds into Tuesday’s Penn-Princeton game was an inauspicious opening for the Tiger men’s basketball team.    The Quaker forward looked every bit the part of the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year with game highs of 22 points and 12…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Miller finishes as double winner By: Justin Feil    Lisa Miller is not a very fast starter, but the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South runner certainly is a good finisher. She proved that much again at the Mercer County Championships on Sunday at Widener University.    Miller’s day started with a bang. For the past two seasons, she’s…

  • Plan in works to slow campus alcohol flow

    New policy gets backing from students and municipal officials. By: Jennifer Potash    While Princeton Borough officials have long struggled to deal with the problem of underage drinking at the Prospect Avenue eating clubs populated by Princeton University students, a municipal substance abuse coalition appears to have made great strides in developing a policy acceptable to…

  • Township eyeing stable tax rate

    East Windsor’s municipal tax rate will not change for the ninth year in a row. By: David Pescatore    EAST WINDSOR — Mayor Janice S. Mironov on Tuesday presented the Township Council with a 2003 budget proposal that would not increase the municipal portion of the property tax rate.    The current tax rate of approximately 38…

  • Bill targets crimes against seniors

    State Assembly introducing stiffer penalities By: Al Wicklund MONROE — State Assembly members Gary Guear and Linda Greenstein reviewed proposed legislation, including two of their bills to increase penalties for crimes against senior citizens and the disabled, to a group of senior citizens Jan. 5.    Talking to a predominantly senior audience in the main meeting…

  • Pantry is safety net for local families in need

    Cranbury food pantry continues its mission, even when the holidays are over By: Matt Kirdahy    Their job is never done.    Skeet’s Food Pantry of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury continues its mission even after the holidays, and despite a drop in donations, by providing more than 60 families of the Cranbury area with food…

  • TANGENTS: Because war stinks, that’s why

    Tangents by John Saccenti: Considering the consequences of invading Iraq By: John Saccenti    War stinks. People die. Usually a lot of them. I know it seems obvious, and I’m guessing that’s why most people don’t like it.    On second thought, maybe it’s not as obvious as I think, considering that many people are having a…

  • WW mayor to host meetings of new business alliance

    Goal is to foster a stronger bond among business, local government and residents. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh will host two breakfast meetings of a new West Windsor Mayor’s Business Alliance on Wednesday and Feb. 25 at the township Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road.    The alliance’s goal is to foster a…