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  • Residents question tax hike

    Committee says payments on debt one cause of tax increase. By: Jessica Beym    Residents who attended Monday’s public hearing on the proposed $12.5 million municipal budget wanted to know where their tax dollars are going.    This year’s budget, which carries a 10.3 percent tax hike, was introduced Feb. 13; the Township Committee will consider adopting…

  • Panel seeks way to keep street blooms thriving

    The flower planters in downtown Princeton are getting to be too much for one volunteer By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Human Services Commission wants to help Princeton Borough resident Polly Burlingham maintain the new hanging flower planters downtown, members said at Wednesday’s meeting.    Ms. Burlingham told the commission that she took on the project in…

  • Candidates’ forum set Sunday by Princeton Democrats

    By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Community Democratic Organization will host a candidates’ forum 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Suzanne Patterson Center, behind Princeton Borough Hall.    Township Committee candidates will give brief presentations and take questions from the audience before an endorsement vote.    Toshi Abe of Walnut Lane, Scott Carver of Dempsey Avenue, Chad Goerner of…

  • Schools await state aid

    Monroe budget growing along with enrollment By: Stephanie Brown    MONROE — The Board of Education’s preliminary 2006-2007 spending plan is almost $10 million larger than this year’s budget, but district officials say they won’t know the tax impact until they get the state aid figures next week.    The board on Monday introduced a tentative $79.6…

  • Talks aimed at saving trees along Route 206

    Local officials and citizens hope to reach compromise with the state Department of Transportation By: Marjorie Censer    Princeton officials and citizens met with New Jersey Department of Transportation representatives last week in the hope of reaching a compromise on the planned removal of as many as 27 trees along Route 206 at Arreton Road.    Though…

  • Borough police hire probationary officers

    By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Borough Council administered the oath of office to three new probationary police officers at its March 14 meeting, bringing the department staff numbers back to the authorized level of 32.    Patrolman James Dodd graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. He worked as a police officer…

  • Ford, Tartacoff get unique opportunity

    Monty boys play in Puerto Rico By: Justin Feil    Mike Ford and J.T. Tartacoff have been looking forward to baseball season for a while, so when the chance to actually get some games in outdoors against some top competition came, the Montgomery residents jumped at it.    Ford and Tartacoff were the youngest players on an…

  • Salini starts red-hot for PU baseball

    Senior gets Tigers out of the gate By: Justin Feil    At some point, Andy Salini is going to cool off.    For now, the Princeton University senior is taking his incredible start in stride.    "I feel like in baseball, sometimes you’re going to start off hot and sometimes you’re not," said Salini, who has nine hits,…

  • Rock dreams

    Teen bands to hold concert at United Methodist Church. By: Jessica Beym    A Lesser Evil, a self-proclaimed post-hardcore, pop punk band from Cranbury, is trying to make it big.    Brothers Mike and Rob Davis of Bennett Place and their friend Matt Weiss are recording their debut EP and are hoping that a show in town…