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  • Taxpayers have local advocate

    Leonard Steinberg of West Windsor is one of four people representing New Jersey on the new national Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Words like taxes and Internal Revenue Service rarely put a smile on anyone’s face, but one township resident is hoping to change that.    Leonard Steinberg, an independent certified management…

  • Garage price details still eluding borough

    Disclosure of financial details not expected until second week of November. By: Jennifer Potash    Financial details for the proposed downtown Princeton Borough garage will not be released until the second week of November.    The developer’s agreement between Nassau HKT Associates and the borough is still in negotiation and the guaranteed maximum price for the garage…

  • Princeton housing officials won’t discuss firing

    Executive director dismissed at hastily called meeting. By: Jennifer Potash    Princeton Borough’s Housing Authority fired its executive director in a hastily scheduled meeting Oct. 11. Few officials will discuss the decision.    Deborah J. Davis "was terminated without cause" and relieved of her duties, housing authority attorney Glenn Cochran said Thursday. She will continue to receive…

  • Princeton House wins board approval for addition

    Neighbors voice concern about further expansion of mental-health and addiction-recovery facility. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Regional Planning Board on Thursday night unanimously approved a new, two-story wing of the Princeton House mental-health and addiction-recovery facility at the intersection of Herrontown and Mount Lucas roads.    Mount Lucas Road residents commended Princeton House for working with…

  • Breaking ground on the future

    Montgomery High construction is officially under way By: Steve Rauscher    MONTGOMERY — Judging from the mounds of mud and construction equipment visible everywhere, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Montgomery High School came a bit late Thursday.    Work at the site actually began in late September, but a few weeks hardly matter in the course…

  • University refuses to join the pack on admission policy

    Early decision applicants not allowed to apply to other colleges. By: Jeff Milgram    Princeton is bucking the policy of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling by refusing to allow early-decision applicants to apply to other colleges.    Brown, another Ivy League university, is joining Princeton in refusing to go along with the policy that permits…

  • ‘Dining by Design’

    The Arts Council gala — 15 soirees, one round of applause By: Faith Bahadurian    All things artistic were on the menu Saturday night at "Dining by Design," the Arts Council of Princeton’s annual fund-raising gala. No fewer than 15 dinners, each with an arts component, took place in private houses, followed by a grand party-for-all…

  • Gillespie SWAT team aims to defuse PR crises

    Steven Emery: ‘Give it all, tell the truth and tell it right away.’ By: Gwen Runkle    In today’s business environment, where instances of corporate wrongdoing continue to capture top headlines, an area public relations firm is trying to help other companies prepare to limit potential damage.    Gillespie, a Lawrenceville-based communications agency, has developed a crisis…

  • Yan’s versatility boosts Knights’ field hockey

    Senior is leader on field for WW-PN By: Justin Feil    Liz Yan seems the perfect fit for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North field hockey team’s center midfield position. She’s athletic, a gazelle who tracks the ball end-to-end and she’s a leader.    After playing the left midfield last season, the center midfield gives her more freedom…