Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Hospital plan leaps another hurdle in Plainsboro
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — Planning for the new site of the University Medical Center at Princeton cleared another hurdle Wednesday with the Township Committee introducing an ordinance signaling the official adoption of a redevelopment plan for the FMC Corp. site. The Planning Board endorsed the redevelopment plans for the 156-acre site on…
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Top ranking borough police officer pay to reach $127,678 in 2009
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer The top annual salary level for superior officers in the Princeton Borough Police Department would reach $127,678 next year, under a new pay schedule introduced by reluctant Borough Council members who said it was preferable to the risky alternative of binding arbitration. Councilman Roger Martindell cast the lone vote against…
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Science students compete in olympian tasks at university
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer There was intensity on the faces of both veterans and newcomers competing Tuesday in “Mystery Architecture” one of the events at the Regional Science Olympiad Tournament at Princeton University. As soon as the judges signaled the start, each pair of middle school students dug through their bag of materials which…
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Science students compete in olympian tasks at university
Nic Pazlopez and Taisu Kumar of Montgomery Middle School compete in the "Simple Machines" event of the Science Olympiad at Princeton University on Tuesday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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New flap threatens West Windsor redevelopment planning
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Responsibility for creating an appropriate scheme for the township’s 350-acre redevelopment zone could be returned to the Township Council as early as next week, following more infighting and disagreement among township officials. Micromanaging and public criticism by the council has rubbed Planning Board members and township professionals…
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West Windsor zoning change approved over developer’s objections
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A zoning change mandated by the 2002 Master Plan was approved unanimously Monday by Township Council. The measure had originally come before council at its final meeting of 2007, but was tabled after a developer owning one of the properties expressed concerns over what the ordinance would…
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POLICE BLOTTER, Jan. 11
Princeton Borough Brian Skevington, 18, of Pennington was charged with possession of marijuana 2:20 a.m. Monday following a motor vehicle stop on Wiggins Street. He was transported to police headquarters, processed and released on his own recognizance. Vonzell Irving Kelley, 20, of Princeton was charged with defiant trespass 8 p.m. Jan. 4 after he was…
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Princeton University students back from New Hampshire primary work
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Nineteen Princeton University students experienced the excitement of New Hampshire’s presidential primary first hand this week, knocking on doors, making phone calls, waving signs and attending rallies to encourage support for their candidates. The students arrived Jan. 2, just hours before the start of the Iowa caucus, which put Illinois…
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Fire dislocates Princeton University apartment residents
Firefighters attack the blaze at the roof level, Thursday. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
