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  • Washington public question

    By:    Shall the township of Washington acquire land for conservation, public recreation and farmland preservation purposes, develop lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes, maintain lands acquired for recreation and conservation purposes, acquire for historic preservation properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas or objects and increase the annual levy from one cent (.01) to five cents…

  • Batting cages to open soon

    By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON – Township officials said the municipal batting cage facility in Tantum Park is expected to open in three weeks.    Interim Administrator Richard Van Noy said carpeting will be put down this week at the indoor facility and netting will be installed next week.    The batting facility will be located in…

  • Deer shoot approved in Princeton Township

    Five-year management plan would begin in mid-January with professional marksmen reducing the herd. By: David Weinstein    In front of a standing-room-only crowd sprinkled with vocal opponents, the Township Committee on Monday night unanimously approved a five-year deer-management plan along with a contract with a firm to conduct six weeks of intermittent sharpshooting to start in…

  • Voters face state, local questions

    In addition to two state questions, many local voters will be asked to approve questions on open space taxes and emergency volunteer benefits. By: Jennifer Potash        Voters in The Packet coverage area will face several statewide and local referendum questions on the ballot next week.    Public Question No. 1 proposes a constitutional amendment that…

  • OBITUARIES, Oct. 31, 2000

    Ralph D. Hulit, Kathleen M. Edwards, Helen S. Beckwith, Doris M. Williams. Ralph D. Hulit Headed shoe store    Ralph D. Hulit of Princeton Township died Saturday at the Merwick rehabilitation unit of The Medical Center at Princeton. He was 82.    Born in Princeton, he graduated from Princeton High School and was a lifelong Princeton resident.…

  • Social program funding key issue in 12th District

    Candidates’ positions reflect those of parties at national level By: Jennifer Potash    While Democratic Rep. Rush Holt and his Republican opponent Dick Zimmer agree on a number of social issues, including safeguarding a woman’s right to choose an abortion, the two men disagree on funding of social programs, in particular the future of Social Security.…

  • Tainted dump site costly to West Windsor

    By: David M. Campbell    WEST WINDSOR – The Township Council approved a settlement Monday with NJ Transit that obligates the township to spend several hundred thousand dollars to clean up 2 acres of land sold to the transit authority without the authority being informed the land was contaminated.    In a 3-2 vote, with Council Vice…

  • Pangs open two more restaurants

    By: George Frey    Increasing their presence in the Princeton restaurant scene, Ray and Elsie Pang have opened two more restaurants in downtown Princeton to bring their total number of eateries to five.    The new Alma Mater and Waikiki restaurants are located at the Orchid Center, 235 Nassau St., at the intersection of Olden Avenue and…

  • Anthony Augilino, 96

       HILLSBOROUGH — Anthony Augilino died Sunday, Oct. 29, 2000, at Raritan Health Extended Care Center in Raritan.    Born in Italy, he came to the United States in 1918 and resided in the Bronx, N.Y., before moving to Hillsborough and then to Bridgewater in 1980.    Mr. Augilino worked at Johns-Manville Corp. in Manville as a forklift…