Category: archives
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Include every option in effort to control deer
PACKET EDITORIAL, Feb. 13 By: Packet Editorial A contingent from the Mercer County Deer Alliance paid us a visit last Friday to press that organization’s case against implementation of Princeton Township’s deer-management plan. Listening to the group’s heartfelt concerns, it was hard not to admire its members’ abiding commitment to the cause of animal rights.…
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Machold closes the books on public service career
Retired state treasurer lauded for service to New Jersey. By: Jennifer Potash It’s time to be a kid again for Princeton Township resident Roland Machold, who stepped down Feb. 1 as New Jersey’s state treasurer, a post he held for two years. "When you’re a little kid, like the little boy I was, I had…
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Expert: Downtown prime for public transit
An urban planning professor for Rutgers says taking the bus or train may actually improve a person’s quality of life. By: Jennifer Potash Public transportation is not simply for "losers" and could, in fact, increase a person’s quality of life, according to a local urban design expert. Anton Nelessen conducted a visual design survey of…
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Princeton men stop Penn
Tigers move into sole possession of first place By: Justin Feil PHILADELPHIA For the better part of 36 minutes, the Princeton University men’s basketball team took the sell-out Palestra crowd of 8,722 out of the celebrated basketball arena. The Tigers controlled the game from the outset with an 11-2 start to set Pennsylvania and…
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Discrimination trial set to resume
The attorney for a former Princeton Borough police officer says he expects to conclude testimony on his client’s behalf Tuesday. By: Jennifer Potash The court trial in which a former longtime Princeton Borough police officer alleges he had been denied promotions and discriminated against due to his race resumes today in Mercer County Superior Court.…
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Cat scratch fever
The Canadian band Kittie has been through a whirlwind of success since their video appeared on MTV a year ago. They will be one of the acts on stage this weekend when the Sno-Core Tour comes to a close in Asbury Park. By: Brian Shappell The Canadian band Kittie has co-headlined the Sno-Core Tour, which…
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16 students treated; alcohol at clubs cited
Alcohol mixed with Bicker Week at Princeton University. By: David Weinstein Alcohol mixed with Bicker Week at university eating clubs played a large role in 16 students or students’ friends being treated at Princeton University’s McCosh Health Center, The Medical Center at Princeton or Capital Health System Fuld Campus this past weekend, law enforcement…
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School tax rate falling
The Montgomery school board’s proposed 2001-2002 budget would drop the tax rate by 2 cents, but a revaluation of township properties means tax bills may rise. By: Helen Pettigrew MONTGOMERY The school tax rate would drop 2 cents, from $1.64 to $1.62 per $100 of assessed value, under the township school district’s proposed 2001-2002…
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‘Criminal Acts’
THEATER REVIEW: The script is slightly flawed, as is the production, but it will be many months before you will see a work with as much excitement and promise of writing talent on view. By: Stuart Duncan From left to right, Tina Frantz, Derek Richardson and John McCarthy star in the production of Criminal Acts.…
