Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Edward Albee mostly mum on details of McCarter play
Edward Albee at his Princeton press conference on Friday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Montgomery envisions a more pleasing and pedestrian friendly Route 206
The view on Route 206 in Montgomery is dominated by parking lots like this one at Montgomery Shopping Center. Future retail buildings will have to built closer to the road, with parking largely located at the rear or sides of stores. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Dog trainer’s Congo story on attack training was dismissed by official
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer The dog trainer who claims Congo’s owner requested attack training for the dog before it mauled a landscaper said he gave that information to Princeton’s Animal Control Officer after the incident occurred — but the prosecutor in the case said he was only made aware of the account after the…
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PU student who faked assault hoped to further group’s pro-chastity cause
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Francisco Nava, a Princeton University junior who police say admitted to having fabricated both an assault and an e-mail threat to his life, has claimed he was motivated by a belief that his actions would draw attention to the pro-chastity cause of the student group the Anscombe Society, of which…
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West Windsor hears benefits of Smart Growth office endorsement
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Dreams of infinite land and resources fueling sprawling development in New Jersey are myths, and New Jersey officials have decided that situation requires a coordinated statewide planning strategy. That was what the executive director of the New Jersey Office of Smart Growth, Ben Spinelli, said Monday before…
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Deal makes Valley Road building’s future a cooperative venture
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer The talk about collaborating with the municipalities on the redevelopment of the Princeton Regional School District’s Valley Road property was put into writing by the Board of Education on Tuesday. The board voted unanimously to adopt a resolution encouraging both municipal “governing bodies to recommend options of potential uses of…
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Eating club given choice: Stay clean or plead guilty to earlier charge
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer A deal with Princeton Borough Municipal Court Judge Russell Annich could let the private Tiger Inn eating club off the legal hook, if it succeeds in getting drinking at its Princeton University student parties under control. Under Monday’s court agreement the Prospect Avenue club must avoid convictions for alcohol-related offenses…
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Princeton teachers chafe at updated lesson plan mandates
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Prior to every lesson, Princeton High School special education teacher Joyce Turner photocopies the material she is going to teach, marks it with a red pen and yellow and orange highlighters, and writes students’ initials next to questions she plans to ask. But since September, she has had to rewrite…
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Eating club given choice: Stay clean or plead guilty to earlier charge
The Tiger Inn on Prospect Avenue must abide by a court agreement in order to avoid a conviction on an alcohol-related charge filed in September. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
