Category: archives
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A debate of historic proportions here
Borough needs to take action, councilman says By: Vic Monaco HIGHTSTOWN The borough needs to take action to protect Stockton Street as a historic district, as it has been designated by the state and national historic registers, according to Councilman Walt Sikorski and Borough Attorney Fred Rafetto. But Mayor Bob Patten, while saying he…
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EDITORIAL: State’s aid needed to fix election funding
EDITORIAL: Our columnists say Monroe Mayor Richard Pucci’s campaign-finance reform pilot program is not the solution. Monroe Mayor Richard Pucci became the poster boy last week for New Jersey’s broken system of campaign financing. A series of stories in several Gannett New Jersey newspapers, The Star-Ledger and The Cranbury Press called into question the mayor’s…
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Steps aim to boost staff diversity at Princeton University
President Tilghman announces series of appointments By: Hilary Parker Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman has taken a series of actions to increase and support staff diversity based on recommendations from the Diversity Working Group a group of 20 staff members and administrators co-chaired by Janet Dickerson, vice president for campus life, and Mark…
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Economic education
Students, parents raise concerns with state college costs By: Stephanie Brown MONROE For Casey Dancisin, a senior at Monroe Township High School, selecting which college to attend next fall was all about compromise. Tuition costs were a factor in her family’s decision, and while Casey was pulling for a private, out-of-state college, her mother…
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Cranbury Neck Road no-passing zone approved in Plainsboro
By: Emily Craighead PLAINSBORO The Township Committee has approved an ordinance creating a no-passing zone on Cranbury Neck Road between George Davison Road and Grovers Mill Road. The two-lane road is a well-traveled route to access West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North and locations in West Windsor including the Princeton Junction train station. "When there…
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Making history
How Princeton’s historical society is putting together an important exhibit on the Civil War By: Christian Kirkpatrick Most Packet readers can probably imagine how a play is produced or an orchestra prepares for a concert. They generally understand how films arrive in theaters and fine art finds its way onto museum walls. But how is…
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Ragucci learns lessons and earns gold
By: Redd E. Patrick Nicole Ragucci learned a valuable lesson at the GMC Track & Field Championships on Saturday. She realized if you want to be like the best, you have to think like the best. Lining up in the 400-meter dash against the likes of state-caliber athletes Asia Washington and Michelle Losey of Piscataway…
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Three architectural firms in bid to examine Valley Road building
School board seeks low-cost improvments and way to generate revenue at former school By: Hilary Parker The Princeton Regional School District received proposals from three area architecture firms in response to a request for bids proposing studies of the present and future usage of the Valley Road building, which currently houses the district’s administrative offices.…
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Audubon Society seeks volunteers for National Trails Day
PLAINSBORO The New Jersey Audubon Society is seeking volunteers to join the staff at the Plainsboro Preserve in cleaning up the preserve’s trails on National Trails Day, June 3, at 10 a.m. Scout troops or other civic organizations are invited to help clear branches, rake, remove garbage, prune and make the existing five miles…
