Category: archives
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Income-tax hike may be easy way out
PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 11 By: Packet Editorial While Gov. James E. McGreevey is sticking to his ill-advised campaign promise not to raise taxes (later amended to apply specifically to income and sales taxes) to balance the state budget, there’s a growing movement in the Legislature to raise income tax rates for individual New Jerseyans earning…
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Soup’s on! And it’s just the thing for winter
IN THE KITCHEN by Pat Tanner: Three recipes that have one glorious feature in common: They are so full-flavored they hit the spot even on the darkest, coldest day of the year. Illustration by Judy Martin Although dead of winter is prime time for soup (especially the hot and hearty variety), the truth is that…
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February 2003
Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Newsletter www.princetonchamber.org Inside: Message from the Chairman, Michael Hierl, President & CEO, The Pacesetter Group of Companies. Download the current issue of the PRCC newsletter in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format (4 pages – 717kb) (Click here to download Acrobat Reader)
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Third a charm for Mercer track teams
PHS boys, South girls are area’s best By: Justin Feil The first Mercer County Championship in two seasons proved to be a solid ending to the winter track season and a good kick-start to the spring track season for many area teams and individuals. Held at Widener University on Sunday, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South…
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International markets offer expansion, sales potential
Global Business Initiative helps businesses get started. By: George Frey Does your firm have a product you’d like to sell a billion of? Want to expand your services to huge numbers of consumers? How about moving some production to a place with a markedly cheaper labor pool? You could try Asia, but shouldn’t before you…
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Animal-rights group fights deer plan on the airwaves
Radio ads critical of net-and-bolt method. By: Gwen Runkle In anticipation of the state Fish and Game Council’s upcoming Saturday vote on Princeton Township’s amended deer-management application, a nonprofit animal-welfare group is taking out radio advertisements in hopes of quashing the plan. The Coalition for Animals, based in Somerville, paid for the ad, which features…
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Gonzalez to retire from NJBIA
Board names Kirschner as successor. New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) President Joseph E. Gonzalez Jr. will retire on April 1 and Executive Vice President Philip Kirschner will become president of the 19,000-member-company organization, NJBIA Board of Trustees Chairman Bart Luedeke has announced. Since both Mr. Gonzalez and Mr. Kirschner have had long careers…
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Open spaces
The Glass House in Rocky Hill hosts D&R Greenway. By: Ilene Dube What could be better than, oh, chocolate in February? How about an afternoon of magnificent poetry, sleek architecture and breathtaking views, and wine and cheese, as well, and all for a good cause the preservation of the beauty of the environment? Did…
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PU plays at Penn tonight
Robins gives Tigers a lift off the bench By: Justin Feil Ray Robins is a changed man, more a pass-swinger and board-clinger than the gunslinger of years past. Maybe it was the year away from Princeton University, or perhaps it was losing his starting spot after the seventh game of the season, but most likely…
