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  • Voluntary rent controls receive approval in Plainsboro

    Five-year agreement limits rent hikes to 5 percent per year By: Gwen Runkle    PLAINSBORO — Township renters worried about spikes in rental rates can now breath a sigh of relief.    On Friday, the Township Committee unanimously signed off on a long-awaited voluntary rent-control agreement with the owners of the township’s six apartment complexes.    The five-year…

  • A resolution to drink from kindness’ cup

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Dec. 31 By: Packet Editorial    As the clock strikes midnight tonight, many of us will resolve to do things in 2003 that we never quite got around to doing in 2002 — like achieving world peace or cleaning out the basement. Or we’ll resolve to do them better in 2003 than we did…

  • Winter blues, or something more?

    Probing the mysteries of Seasonal Affective Disorder. By: Susan Van Dongen    The long winter nights may be romantic and the low light exquisite to see, but the elusiveness of the sun drives some people just a little bit crazy. No wonder birds fly south and bears hibernate.    If only human beings could do so.    Unless…

  • Chit-Chat: Lambertville a ‘fitting’ place to be

    By: Merle Citron    Lambertville is a tiny town with a big appetite, or so it would seem, considering we have more than 25 restaurants, all within walking distance for those of us who sometimes just don’t want to cook and prefer to eat out.    Therefore, it makes perfect sense that our tiny town also has…

  • PU’s growth plan: thinking outside the century

    Real estate development horizon extends to the east By: Jeff Milgram    With an endowment of more than $8 billion, Princeton University can afford to take the long-term view of things like real estate.    "The university has a long-time horizon," Thomas Wright, the university’s vice president and secretary of the board of trustees, told the Princeton…

  • Historical society delays revealing gift related to Einstein

       If you were on pins and needles waiting to learn what Einstein-related gift the Institute for Advanced Study is going to give to the Historical Society of Princeton on Jan. 6, you’re going to have to wait a little longer.    A press conference called to announce the gift was postponed in order to complete the…

  • U.S. Department of Commerce conducting business census

    The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau has sent questionnaires to more than 5 million businesses launching the 2002 Economic Census, which Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan says is "indispensable to understanding America’s economy."    The economic census, taken every five years, "ensures the accuracy of the statistics we rely on for sound economic policy and for…

  • Solebury plans to rewrite land use ordinances

    Primary change in comprehensive plan is defining ‘sustainable growth’ By: Linda Seida    SOLEBURY — Recently completed revisions to the comprehensive plan have set the stage for plenty of work for supervisors in the coming months.    "I think our primary goal for 2003 is to rewrite our subdivision and land development ordinances (also known as SALDO)…

  • Trotman slated to retain council president post

    Re-elected in November, she is likely to be named to a sixth term as president By: Jennifer Potash    The leadership of the Princeton Borough Council is expected to stay the same in 2003.    Councilwoman Mildred Trotman, re-elected in November, will likely be named by her colleagues to a sixth term as council president.    "Yes, I…