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  • Briefcase

    Issue of Jan. 10, 2006 By: George Spohr Princeton Chamber names chairwoman    PLAINSBORO — At its monthly luncheon on Jan. 5 at the Doral Forrestal Hotel and Conference Center, the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce named Karen Jezierny its new chairwoman of the board.    Ms. Jezierny will serve a two-year term through 2006 and 2007.…

  • CPA firm’s owner explains thoughts behind merger

    "Conference Call" column By: David Campbell    William E. Newman is a shareholder with WithumSmith+Brown, a certified public accounting and consulting firm with offices throughout New Jersey and in New York City and Pennsylvania.    In October, Mr. Newman merged his West Trenton-based regional accounting firm Manual S. Newman & Company, a family business he joined in…

  • Jan. 10,4:13 p.m.: Judging Alito, the death penalty, trusting neighbors, Sutter in the hall

       "To a greater extent than any nominee for the high court in recent memory, and very possibly in the long history of the country, Alito has placed himself clearly and unequivocally at odds with the original intent of the authors of the Constitution and the incontrovertible language of the document." — John Nichols By: Hank…

  • Talkin’ trash

    Montgomery firm pioneers new peat moss-based septic system By: Mike Mathis    MONTGOMERY — Most people flush a toilet and think nothing of it.    Douglas Fine thinks about little else.    Mr. Fine is a professional engineer and an owner of New Jersey Septic Management Group, a Montgomery-based firm that distributes a peat moss-based septic system that…

  • Montgomery High students scurry to create next R2-D2

    Competition requires building robot in six weeks By: Jake Uitti    MONTGOMERY — More than 50 Montgomery High School students will be taking part in the Boston Regional Robotics Competition to be held March 23-25 at Boston University.    The competition — For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST — was started by Dean…

  • Trelstad backed for vacant Borough Council seat

    Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee issues recommendations By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee nominated Barbara Trelstad, Tobin Levy and Mark Salzman for the empty Princeton Borough Council seat Thursday night — and gave Ms. Trelstad the nod, highly recommending her.    Andrew Koontz, chairman of the 20-member committee, said the candidates all gave good presentations,…

  • It takes a (tree) village

    Tree Farm Village puts a unique twist on the strip-mall staple By: Adrienne W. Fawcett    PENNINGTON — A new shopping center aims to turn a busy strip of Route 31 into a destination for crafters of old-fashioned hobbies.    Strip mall openings are normally nothing new in New Jersey. But Tree Farm Village just outside of…

  • West Windsor station-area resolution gets hot/cold reception

    Community debates if spelling out of principles for redevelopment will help or impede project By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Comments from Township Council President Charles Morgan on a proposed resolution of guiding principles for the redevelopment of the train station area were received warmly at Thursday’s Princeton Junction Neighborhoods’ Coalition meeting — but elicited…

  • Shades of green

    Hillier outlines ways to balance economic, environmental concerns By: Mike Mathis    WEST WINDSOR — Designing and constructing "green" buildings isn’t just good for the environment, according to some architects. It can also help save some green in the long run, they said.    While the public has embraced environmentally conscious practices such as recycling for years,…