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  • Plainsboro’s Firmenich plans major expansion

    The flavor and fragrance company would add 420 new employees. By: David M. Campbell    PLAINSBORO – Firmenich Inc. is planning an expansion that would raise the number of employees from about 700 to 1,120 over the next five years while almost doubling the size of its Plainsboro Road facilities and offering some tax relief to…

  • Latino health special focus for Wellness Day

    By: Jennifer Potash    The second annual John-Witherspoon Neighborhood Wellness Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Mary Moss Playground, located on John Street at the corner of Lytle Street. The rain location is the Clay Street Learning Center.    The Wellness Day is sponsored by the Mercer County Hispanic Alliance…

  • Tiger Park walkway opens

    First 800 commemorative bricks were unveiled Tuesday By: Jennifer Potash    Albert Einstein may not have a sculpture downtown, but he does have a brick.    The Spirit of Princeton Committee has created the walkway at Tiger Park, at the top of Palmer Square, bearing the names of notable and ordinary Princeton residents as a fund-raiser for…

  • Jamesburg woman walks for a cure

    By:Kristy Klaus    It took Nicki Benvenuto about 40 seconds to decide she wanted to participate in the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day walk.    Ms. Benvenuto, a Jamesburg resident, said she heard a commercial on the radio about the walk and sent for additional information.    “As soon as I read the information I got so pumped,” Ms.…

  • Morrison returns to dominant form

    By: Rudy Brandl        Amanda Morrison must be feeling better.    Morrison, hampered by a back injury for most of the high school season, showed no weakness at all in two phenomenal pitching performances last week. The junior-to-be overpowered Immaculata and Delaware Valley to lead the Hillsborough Elite softball team to a pair of victories.    Only…

  • Palmer set for 1,000th tourney

    Instinet Classic begins Friday at Jasna Polana By: Bob Nuse    While most of the golf world is focused on what’s taking place in the British Open at St. Andrew’s, Princeton gets the opportunity to play host to the golf world’s greatest statesman.    The Senior PGA Tour’s Instinet Classic gets underway this morning with an impressive…

  • Washington tax information

    By: WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP TAX INFORMATION 2000-01 School tax: $1.69 per $100 of assessed valuation. Increase over 1999-2000: 11 percent (17 cents per $100). Taxes based on house assessed at township average of $165,000: $2,789. 2000 Municipal tax: 40 cents per $100. Increase over 1999:

  • Big Tobacco’s political power is up in smoke

    By: Packet Editorial    That $145 billion judgment a Florida jury handed down against the tobacco industry earlier this month may never translate into a single penny for the victims on whose behalf the landmark lawsuit was filed, but it sends an enormously powerful message that validates one of Abraham Lincoln’s more astute observations:    "You can…

  • Omnipoint might move tower location

    Has verbal agreement with Comcast for Suburban Propane site By: Frank C. D’Amico    WASHINGTON – Omnipoint Communications has reached a verbal agreement to place an antenna on a Comcast communications tower at the Suburban Propane site on Route 130, Zoning Board of Adjustment attorney Michael Camerino said Thursday.    If Omnipoint and Comcast finalize a written…