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  • Use good traits to resolve workplace conflicts

    SPEAKING OF COMMUNICATION Susan Young    April is Workplace Conflict Awareness Month. Since most of us spend a majority of our time in the office and interacting with colleagues, there are bound to be disagreements, misunderstandings and differences of opinion.    Often-times, communication is at the heart of these situations of conflict. A combination of skilled tact,…

  • Voters OK West Amwell Elementary School budget

    School board candidates ran unopposed By: Linda Seida    West Amwell Elementary School’s $3,896,353 budget was approved 208-174 in the Tuesday school election.    Incumbents, running unopposed for three three-year terms, received the following votes:    Viktor Paerg 230 votes    Kimberly Bogdan 247 votes    Tom Reischman 226 votes    South Hunterdon incumbent David Beaumont, running unopposed for a three-year…

  • BREAKING NEWS — Voters pass most area school budgets

    Florence budget, which included no tax increase, fails at the polls by a narrow margin. By: Vanessa S. Holt In the Tuesday school board election, unofficial early results indicated that several area school budgets would pass. According to the Burlington County Web site, the Bordentown Regional School District budget passed by a vote of 548-329.…

  • Princeton voters reject school budget

    Cunningham, Bedford and Hegedus elected to school board    Princeton voters rejected the $56.2 million school budget Tuesday night by 69 votes and elected JoAnn Cunningham, Dorothy Bedford and Alan Hegedus to the Princeton Regional Board of Education.    Borough voters strongly rejected the budget, voting 269 against it and 169 in favor. In contrast, the budget…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of April 17, 2007 TECHNOLOGY    Sarnoff Imaging Systems announced the appointment of Michael T. Melle to the position of director of new business development for its commercial sector. Prior to Sarnoff, Mr. Melle managed the North American sales operations for Basler AG, a manufacturer of vision systems and components.    Sarnoff Imaging Systems, the strategic…

  • For startups, people trump ideas

    Four Princeton University alumni entrepreneurs give their views at forum By: Alex Gennis    A viable business proposal that can fund itself is essential to starting any company, said four alumni entrepreneurs at a Princeton University panel recently.    John Beyer, Ted Nadeau, Suzanne Martin and Peter Kellner gave advice about their experience starting up companies to…

  • Judy Shaw named HomeFront president

       Judy Shaw of Princeton has been elected president of HomeFront by the organization’s board of directors.    With extensive experience in both the private and public sector, Ms. Shaw was the first woman in New Jersey history to hold the position of the Governor’s Chief of Staff, having filled that post for Governor Christine Todd Whitman.…

  • Xerox CEO sees lag in U.S. science education

    U.S. competitiveness at stake says Anne Mulcahy at university forum By: Alex Gennis    Revitalizing science and engineering education is essential to maintaining U.S. competitiveness in the global economy, Xerox Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Anne Mulcahy told Princeton students and faculty recently.    "Failing to invest in our future and to nurture our own technological infrastructure…

  • Rocky Hill, Montgomery now on film

    Librarian’s production, "Then and Now" provides historical perspective By: Greg Forester    ROCKY HILL — Residents and commuters tend to zip through Montgomery and Rocky Hill, failing to realize their historical significance.    A local librarian has created a tool to put a dent in this ignorance by working with local historians and putting together a movie…