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  • School gets empathic ‘yes’

    Rare landslide vote in favor of the $2.6 million plan to build a new school on Applegarth Road. By:Marisa Maldonado    MONROE — Voters approved a $26.8 million plan for an elementary school Tuesday in a rare landslide for the school district.    Two-thirds of all voters backed the plan, which had support in 11 of 12…

  • Borough Council delays passage of PU payment pact

    By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Borough Council delayed approving the borough’s new voluntary payment agreement with Princeton University at Tuesday’s council meeting, citing concerns about the language in one section.    Council members wanted the section about subsequent contributions — in 2007 and 2008 — to be clearer. The university has agreed to increase its contribution…

  • WW-P elementary enrollment predicted to fall

    Teaching positions may be shifted to high schools By: Emily Craighead    Enrollment at West Windsor-Plainsboro’s elementary schools is expected to drop overall, allowing the district to shift three teaching positions to the high schools, according to the latest enrollment projections by the Finance Committee and building principals.    The Finance Committee’s projections, which include potential students…

  • Student takes sacred Islamic journey

    Joining a 3-million-strong congregation in Mecca to perform the Hajj By: Hanif Yazdi    Editor’s Note: Rutgers University freshman Hanif Yazdi was born in Houston and his father was born in Morristown, but his mother and grandparents were born in Iran. Ever since the West Windsor resident can remember, he has wanted to make the pilgrimage…

  • Restaurants ready for smoking ban

    Area bars, restaurants expect little impact from New Jersey’s smoking ban. By: Leon Tovey    Local restaurant and bar owners say they aren’t overly worried about the impact the recently passed smoking ban will have on their businesses — though several said they believe the ban is a bad idea.    The New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    PHS’Asmuth earns pin in stretch By: Justin Feil    Rashone Johnson is aging a little faster these days than he wants to be.    The aging process recently has sped up for the Princeton High wrestling coach after twice seeing his team pull out victories too close for comfort.    They shouldnt be as close and dramatic as…

  • American Mathematical Society honors two from area

    By: David Campbell    The American Mathematical Society has bestowed honors on two area mathematicians, one a Princeton University professor, the other a professor at Rutgers University who is a Princeton resident.    Princeton mathematics Professor Janos Kollar has been awarded the 2006 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra by the society, Princeton said.    Presented every three…

  • Caps and computers

    Bolandi: Besieged budget cap law will prompt another tax increase By: William Wichert    A new line of attack is being waged against a restrictive school budget cap law, but local school officials only expect more of the same.    While the target remains the legislation commonly referred to as Senate Bill S-1701, the front lines are…

  • Princeton housing study aims to speed applications

    Persons seeking affordable units must now file applications with four groups By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Township Committee agreed Monday to contribute $5,000 to a study that will look for ways to streamline the affordable-housing application process.    Princeton Community Housing Executive Director Sandra Rothe told the committee Monday that those seeking affordable housing in Princeton…