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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Joseph Gibus, 85
MANVILLE — Joseph "Lefty" Gibus died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, at Somerset Medical Center, Somerville. He was 85. Born in Bath, N.Y., he lived in Manville most of his life. Mr. Gibus was a licensed New Jersey state master plumber and an owner of Gibus Brothers Fuel Oil Company of Manville, retiring in 1992. He…
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Dominick Patero, 74
PISCATAWAY — Dominick P. Patero died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000, at home. He was 74. Born and raised in Manville, he moved to Piscataway in the 1960s. Mr. Patero was a school bus driver for the Piscataway Board of Education for 20 years, retiring in 1990. He was a communicant of Our Lady of Fatima…
