Category: archives
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Increased parking meter fees to face vote
The council removed provisions that would extend meter hours in the evening and into Sunday. By: Jennifer Potash The Princeton Borough Council is expected to vote on a package of parking meter changes tonight that would boost the rates in the center of town but not extend enforcement later in the evening or on Sundays.…
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FORUM: Health board
Should the Board of Health be an autonomous body or an advisory board to the Township Council? Should the Board of Health be an autonomous body or an advisory board to the Township Council?
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Boys academy closes on Our Lady site
The school also gets a year extension on a $1 million challenge grant. By: David Weinstein It’s quite a site. And now, each and every handsome building, rolling hill and perfect view at the former Our Lady of Princeton property belongs to the Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart. Friday afternoon, Academy officials found themselves…
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Censorship at PTA book fair alleged
A parent’s complaint in the West Windsor-Plainsboro district prompts removal of Maya Angelou’s autobiography. By: David M. Campbell A complaint by the parent of an Upper Elementary School student prompted school officials to remove a volume of Maya Angelou’s biographical writings from a book fair’s shelves last week, drawing charges by parents of censorship, and…
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Township seeks grants to install exercise path
Princeton seeks $175,000 for Community Park South project By: David Weinstein With the goal of installing a multi-purpose exercise path around Community Park South, Princeton Township has completed two applications for funding that could cover a large percentage of the project’s estimated $200,000 cost. If the funds are received, an 8- to 10-foot-wide asphalt track…
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Students think rocks are out of this world
Kids learn from moon rocks at Princeton Charter School By: Jeff Milgram Mark Schlawin carries an aluminum case into the classroom at the Princeton Charter School. The security procedures for the case are stringent. Every morning at 8:15, Mr. Schlawin goes to the Summit Bank branch on Nassau Street and signs the case out of…
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Charter School plans to grow
Charter renewal application says school will add 96 students By: Jeff Milgram The Princeton Charter School plans to increase enrollment by 96 students, better than 50 percent, within the next five years, according to the application to renew its charter. The school also plans to add a kindergarten class in the 2002-2003 school year, which…
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FORUM: Temple
Should the Cranbury Planning Board approve the new plan submitted by the Chinmaya Mission Ashram and Cultural Center? Should the Cranbury Planning Board approve the new plan submitted by the Chinmaya Mission Ashram and Cultural Center?
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Foreign students face holiday away from home
Distance, expenses among many reasons pupils stay near Princeton By: Lauren E. Brady As Santa Claus prepares himself for his yearly gift-giving sleigh ride around the world on Christmas Eve, one of Santa’s neighbors, Princeton University sophomore Jessica Illaszewicz, is busy making other holiday plans. Ms. Illaszewicz is one of a handful of Princeton students…
