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  • Letters to the Editor, July 25

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, July 25 Arts Council should be ashamed To the editor:     According to Arts Council Executive Director Jeff Nathanson (The Packet, July 21), the council would have used a union contractor for its current expansion project if there had been a requirement that it do so.    Excuse me? Are laws against…

  • Two of Jersey’s finest

    Roskos, Kalibat represent state at nationals By: Justin Feil    Natalie Kalibat and Danica Roskos have both improved plenty in the last year of diving.    It shows as the two are the lone female representatives from New Jersey who will compete in the Junior Olympic Summer Nationals that begin Wednesday in Indianapolis. The top 24 girls…

  • Rants against study of Hindi are misguided

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 25 By: Packet Editorial    A couple of weeks ago, some folks in West Windsor and Plainsboro floated the idea that the regional school district might want to introduce courses in Hindi to the curriculum.    After all, both West Windsor and Plainsboro have substantial — and growing — South Asian populations. Just as…

  • Ordinance change could affect disputed Wawa gas station plan

    Montgomery officials say a 22-year-old set of regulations is in need of updating By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee on Thursday discussed four possible amendments to its service-station ordinance that could have major implications for the Route 518 Wawa application that is strongly opposed by Rocky Hill. No action was taken at the…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of July 25, 2006 FINANCIAL SERVICES    Jeffrey DuFour, CEO at Princeton’s Tillit Group, is among the first to graduate from Fiduciary360’s Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst program. The program was recently revamped to include a detailed assessment process (using an ISO-based approach) and new global fiduciary standards of excellence.    Tillit Group, located in Plainsboro, is…

  • Borough Council to vote on transfer of ownership of Witherspoon House

    New board for Corner House also under consideration By: Kara Fitzpatrick    The Princeton Borough Council is expected to take action tonight on two items that have been under discussion over the past month.    Consideration of a Witherspoon House ownership transfer as well as an ordinance that would create a new board to oversee Corner House,…

  • Rutgers establishing nanotech research facility

    A large endeavor to help businesses develop uses for something tiny By: Mike Mathis    Rutgers University is undertaking a very large endeavor to help businesses develop uses for something tiny.    The university is establishing a nanotechnology facility it hopes will benefit various industries throughout the state by boosting competitiveness and creating high-paying jobs.    Nanotechnology is…

  • Basement flood closes Princeton market

    Wild Oats expected to reopen Wednesday, at the earliest By: Hilary Parker    A water main burst Friday morning in the basement of Wild Oats Natural Marketplace, flooding the store’s basement with oil- and sewage-contaminated water, according to Princeton Borough Fire Official William Drake.    The store did not open Friday because of the incident and will…

  • OBITUARIES, July 25, 2006

    Fred M. Blaicher, Donald M. Rizzo, Charles F. Eckert, Kenneth H. Eckelman, Peter K. Lundgren, Maurine S. Groom, Eleanore Staniulis Fred M. Blaicher Former Palmer Square president     VERO BEACH, Fla. — Fred M. Blaicher died Saturday at the VNA Hospice House. He was 91.    Mr. Blaicher was the assistant director of athletics at Princeton…