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Off with a Blast!
Here’s a feast of fireworks and other activities to celebrate the Fourth of July. Fireworks will accompany the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra as it performs at Freedom Fest at Mercer County Park July 1. From symphonies to sing-alongs, old-fashioned celebrations to spending the day with Big Bird, there’s a way for everyone to celebrate Independence…
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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATEForrestal Village owners plan yet another makeover
New restaurants, fitness club and spa among plans By: Courtney Gross PLAINSBORO Built almost two decades ago, Forrestal Village, located off Route 1, is attempting to draw customers by committing to yet again another makeover. Representatives from The Gale Co. managing agent and partial owner of the retail, hotel and office…
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Controversial Shafer housing plan could get vote Thursday
Thirty-four homes proposed in Rocky Hill historic district By: Jake Uitti ROCKY HILL The controversial Schafer Tract hearings will continue and possibly conclude Thursday evening at the First Reformed Church on Washington Street. Mayor George Morren, who is also a member of the Planning Board, said he thought Thursday’s meeting, scheduled to…
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Borough and township win grant to aid sustainability
$60,000 for a more livable community By: Kara Fitzpatrick Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have together received a $60,000 Building Livable Communities grant from the Municipal Land Use Center at The College of New Jersey. The grant will be used to fund the municipalities’ Sustainable Princeton project. According to information provided by the Municipal Land…
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Princeton hopes to make it out of pool
All-star baseball team not looking beyond it By: Bob Nuse Mike Finnen has a rather modest goal for the Princeton 12-year-old baseball all-star team, which will open play in the District 12 tournament on Wednesday night. "Our goal is to get out of pool play," said the Princeton manager, whose team will open up against…
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Business friendly means traffic friendly, mayors say
It’s all about what to do with the cars when it comes to attracting and pleasing businesses say elected leaders of Princeton and West Windsor By: Lauren Otis WEST WINDSOR It’s all about what to do with the cars. At least when it comes to attracting and pleasing businesses, the mayors of Princeton Borough,…
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Summer offers wide choice of local activities
PACKET EDITORIAL, June 27 By: Packet Editorial There was a time, back in the days when central New Jersey was predominantly farmland and life in and around Princeton was dominated by the university, that the streets and sidewalks pretty much rolled up around this time of year and didn’t unroll again until September. Over…
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Hillsborough High Team For All Seasons
Meet this year’s 25 most well-rounded impact athletes By: Rudy Brandl Hillsborough High is building an impressive athletic tradition. The Raiders won county, conference and sectional titles again this school year. All high schools count on a special group of athletes who excel in multiple sports. Even a large and growing school like HHS needs…
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Busy week for council
Gallagher, firetruck, Public Works get cash By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN Eyeing an abbreviated summer schedule, Borough Council members scurried this week to buy a firetruck, amend their proposed budget, rehire two key employees and start funding a boroughwide tax re-evaluation. The council on Monday awarded a $593,657 contract to Ferrara Fire Apparatus Inc of…
