Category: archives
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Talks on limiting destruction of trees on Route 206 continue
Officials hope for a compromise with the state Department of Transportation By: Marjorie Censer Princeton officials continue to apply pressure on the New Jersey Department of Transportation, urging reconsideration of its plans to remove as many as 27 trees along Route 206 at Arreton Road. Princeton Township staff members and officials and Citizens for a…
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Haywood climbs ladder
New PHS softball coach has been part of growing success By: Justin Feil Craig Haywood has been building up to becoming a varsity softball coach. He happens to be taking over a Princeton High softball team that also has been climbing through the years. "The past couple years have been great," said Haywood, who takes…
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Tax talk
Fixed costs boost town spending By: Jessica Beym Township residents will pay 10.3 percent more in municipal taxes under the 2006 municipal budget adopted by the Township Committee on Monday. The Township Committee voted 4-0 to approve a $12.5 million spending plan for 2006 that is $978,592 larger than last year’s and will raise $763,359…
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Overbrook Drive residents offered options on sidewalks
Township Committee to allow asphalt or concrete and a cost-sharing plan By: Marjorie Censer The type of sidewalk to be installed on the south side of Overbrook Drive was left up to neighbors by the Princeton Township Committee at its Monday meeting, where two ordinances were introduced. One ordinance provides for a concrete sidewalk while…
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WW-P school board approves $141.1 million budget
Spending plan increase placed at 3.9 percent By: Emily Craighead The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education voted 8-0 Tuesday to approve a $141.1 million budget for 2006-2007. Board member Liyou Yang was absent. Spending is slated to increase by $5.3 million over the current year, with $126.4 million to be raised through the local…
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Past, present, future
Public library celebrates centennial as it prepares for changing times. By: Jessica Beym One hundred years ago, the idea of a free public library in Cranbury was just wishful thinking for a few township residents. The residents, who in 1906 conveyed their desire in articles of The Cranbury Press, thought that a room filled with…
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Peddie softball starts season as Prep A favorite
By: Neil Hay Their eyes set on repeating as state Prep A and Mid-Atlantic Prep League champions, the Peddie softball team has enough returning players from a year ago to make another run at both titles. Gaze at the roster of veteran players who led the Falcons to two championships and a 13-5 record: senior…
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Forums Monday and Wednesday for Princeton school board candidates
By: David Campbell Four candidates seeking three available seats on the Princeton Regional Board of Education have been invited to take part in two candidates’ nights scheduled for next week. At 8 p.m. Monday, the Special Education PTO of Princeton Regional Schools will sponsor a candidates’ night in the library of the John Witherspoon Middle…
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Noir, in Shades of Gray
A seedy bar, a detective in a trench coat, mysterious figures, conflicting stories it all adds up in ‘Gunmetal Blues’ at George Street Playhouse. By: Jillian Kalonick As the big-haired blonde with the red lipstick and tight dress, Alison Fraser is the center of the jazzy, film-noir-inspired musical, Gunmetal Blues. Her bombshell character isn’t…
