Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Adding harmony (and melody) to school board sesions
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Board of Education meetings are becoming more entertaining. Under the leadership of Bob Violette, music director of the Upper Middle School choruses, various student musical groups are giving mini-concerts during these meetings. The Upper Middle School Combined Choruses offered the first mini-concert of the school year at…
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Borough and township hold reorganization meetings
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer The governing bodies of both Princeton Borough and Princeton Township were sworn in at the same time, but across town, during municipal reorganization meetings Sunday, with officials on both bodies retaining their positions. In the township, Phyllis Marchand was re-elected by the committee to her long-held position of mayor, with…
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New Princeton fire chief takes oath, details agenda
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Princeton’s new fire chief has plans to address the all-volunteer department’s personnel shortage and streamline training at the department’s three stations, he said Monday. Dan Tomalin, a Plainsboro resident, was officially sworn in as chief on Sunday during the borough’s reorganization meeting. Most recently, he was a captain at Princeton…
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Rocky Hill gets state grant for sidewalk improvements
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer ROCKY HILL — Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation, the Borough Council will have a much easier time achieving its longtime goal of improving all the borough’s sidewalks. ”It’s been talked about for several years, because some of them are in pretty bad shape,” said…
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Tainted soil at shopping center site still at issue in West Windsor
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — There is still hope among West Windsor officials that the developer of a contaminated site off of Southfield Road will agree to do more remediation work than what state agencies have already signed off on as a sufficient cleanup strategy. ”I am pretty sure they are willing…
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Reincarnation likely for Princeton’s dog task force
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Despite disbanding after only one meeting, Princeton’s Vicious Dog Committee will likely re-form in the coming months — and under a new, more encompassing name, its chairman said Wednesday. The task force, created as a subcommittee of the Princeton Health Commission to address a number of dog-related issues, was supposed…
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Fired or not, West Windsor is sued by court employee
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Township Attorney Michael Herbert said Wednesday that he is confident that a lawsuit filed by a municipal court employee against the township will likely be dismissed, either through an agreement with the plaintiff or by a Somerset County Superior Court judge. Mr. Herbert said the lawsuit —…
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Tainted soil at shopping center site still at issue in West Windsor
Site of the future shopping center off Southfield Road in West Windsor where the removal of contaminated soil is an issue between West Windsor and the developer, Edgewood Properties of Piscataway. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Paid up, student eating club still seeks to regain tax waiver
The Cottage Club on Prospect Avenue in Princeton, has set aside nine dates for public tours during the first half of 2008. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
