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  • Princeton Area Community Foundation issues grants

       The Princeton Area Community Foundation (PACF), a public nonprofit community foundation serving Mercer County and central New Jersey, awarded $3,052,209 in grants during 2005, including $357,500 to 22 local organizations through its latest Greater Mercer Grants competitive grants program in December.    PACF collaborates with local donors, including the Harbourton Foundation and the following PACF Charitable…

  • West Windsor to hire architect for senior center plan

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council is expected later this month to appoint an architect to design the senior center expansion.    Discussion at Monday night’ council meeting on the search for an architect addressed finding an architect whose methods would make the building a model for developers in West Windsor.    Councilwoman Heidi…

  • State report card confirms school district turnaround

    Standardized test scores have increased on nearly all grade levels By: William Wichert    For many in the East Windsor Regional School District, the state’s recent batch of report cards for the 2004-05 school year may be old news.    This week’s release shows that standardized test scores have increased on nearly all grade levels, and district…

  • Princeton Public Library reports record patronage

    Use and circulation numbers break earlier mark, but weekend popularity taxes staff By: Marjorie Censer    Library use and circulation is at an all-time high, members of the Princeton Public Library’s board of trustees said at Tuesday’s meeting, but the weekend popularity of the library has its director rethinking staffing.    More than 29,000 people have library…

  • Growth hitting fire budgets

    Propsed budgets for Districts 1 and 3 call for increased taxes, while District 2 asks voters to approve a new fire station. By: Leon Tovey    MONROE — Growth in the township is driving up the cost of fighting fires — that’s the message from fire commissioners in the township’s three fire districts as the Feb.…

  • DISPATCHES by Hank Kalet: The meaning of the Alito vote

    The Democratic Party’s lack of political prowess is exemplified by its failure on the Alito nomination. By: Hank Kalet    The confirmation of Samuel Alito as the 110th justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday says a lot about the state of the Democratic Party.    The failed fight over the Alito nomination has shown the…

  • 3M makes major donation to Montgomery veterans’ memorial

    $20,000 gift a big boost for fundraising effort By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — 3M Corp. presented a $20,000 donation to the Montgomery Veterans Memorial Committee on Tuesday at the site of the soon-to-be-built Montgomery Veterans Memorial in Montgomery Park on Harlingen Road.    "3M is proud to support the Montgomery Veterans Memorial," said Keith Jacobs, 3M’s…

  • Montgomery approves $255,000 contract for tests at NPDC site

    Latest step in tranformation of abandoned state institution to a mixed-use development By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee on Thursday night approved a $255,000 contract with a Philadelphia-area company to perform environmental tests on the former North Princeton Development Center property.    The move, which occurred two weeks sooner than committee members originally had…

  • Turner

    "Turner," a good-natured 3- 4-year-old border collie mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Turner" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html