Category: archives
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PHS hoping to fare better in next back-to-back
Little Tiger girls’ basketball starts 0-2 By: Justin Feil Bill Visokay tried to prepare the Princeton High girls’ basketball team for one of the more unique challenges of season. The Little Tigers played their first two games of the season within 21 hours of each other. "You do it in tournaments and maybe a couple…
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Fire damages century-old building
Officials seeking cause of Allentown blaze. By: Cynthia Koons ALLENTOWN A 97-year-old building that used to house a Farmers National Bank on North Main Street erupted in flames Sunday night, injuring no one but causing extensive damage to the building’s second floor and its roof. The fire began at about 8:20 p.m. in the…
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Reward offered in hit-and-run case
Rocky Hill residents offer $6,400 to help find perpetrator By: Steve Rauscher ROCKY HILL Sympathetic neighbors are seeking justice for a borough man struck down by a hit-and-run driver Dec. 16. Friends and neighbors of Brad Alexander, who broke his arm and leg when an unidentified vehicle struck him as he was crossing Washington…
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Bill would offer protection from builder’s remedy suits
Princeton Borough, Princeton Township and Plainsboro will benefit By: Gwen Runkle In response to recent legal challenges by the New Jersey Builders Association, the state Senate has passed a bill upholding and clarifying the state Council on Affordable Housing’s authority to grant extensions to towns whose affordable housing certifications have expired. And that means good…
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‘The perfect tree’
There’s no such thing as Christmas magic? Think again By: Geraldine Trickle Reprinted with permission from "Chocolate for a Woman’s Soul" (Simon & Schuster). The Christmas season blew into the house along with a rush of icy December air. My son’s handsome bulk filled the doorway. Behind him followed Melissa, his about-to-be fiancée. "Okay, let’s…
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State trims Route 206 bypass interchanges
Montgomery officials pleased, but hope for more changes By: Steve Rauscher MONTGOMERY State officials amended a plan to widen Route 206 through Hillsborough Township south to Belle-Mead-Griggstown Road this week, eliminating a pair of interchanges in service of smart growth principles. The new plan is intended to alleviate traffic congestion on Route 206 without…
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Murphy keys PHS rally
Lone returner helps Little Tiger boys’ hoops win opener By: Bob Nuse When Bennett Murphy takes a moment to look around the basketball court this year, there probably isn’t a whole lot that the Princeton High senior recognizes. Not only is Murphy playing for a new head coach, but nearly his entire cast of teammates…
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Solebury OKs budget with no tax hike
$800,000 surplus averted higher taxes By: Linda Seida SOLEBURY Residents will not see a hike in the property tax rate next year, despite several increases in the township’s operating expenses. "We are not increasing millage for property tax," Chairman William Tinsman emphasized Dec. 17 when the Board of Supervisors passed a $4.5 million budget.…
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State wants to preserve stone arch bridges
Two slated for preservation are in Solebury By: Linda Seida SOLEBURY PennDOT is asking the public for input as it attempts to preserve some of the stone arch highway bridges in Bucks County. The agency, in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration, is trying to develop a management plan that will prioritize the needs…
