Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Panel to study Firestone Library renovation
Ten-year phased program seen beginning in the fall of 2009 A Princeton University faculty steering committee has been formed to take the next step in the process of planning for a comprehensive renovation of Firestone Library, which is expected to begin in the fall of 2009. The committee, chaired by Provost Christopher Eisgruber, will spend…
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Skillman Village master plan is receiving an update
A painted "no-demo" designation marks the door of this abandoned building at the former North Princeton Developmental Center. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Ticked off by ticket, state assemblyman calls for more parking
Parking lots for permit-holding commuters and day-trippers at the Princeton Junction train station this week. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Closed-session subject: release of closed-session minutes
Borough Council again debates disclosure of talks with Nassau HKT By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Fittingly, Princeton Borough Council used a closed session Tuesday to discuss a potential policy that would govern the release of closed session minutes, according to Borough Administrator Bob Bruschi. Nevertheless, Borough Mayor Mildred Trotman said the policy is scheduled to…
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Montgomery Democrats savor Township Committee sweep
Montgomery’s winning Democratic committee team celebrate at the municipal building on Tuesday night. From left are Brad Fay, Mike Joye and Louise Wilson. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Princeton Township mayor casts doubt on library parking fee talks
Marchand says borough and library should be negotiating, not the township By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand on Tuesday cast doubt on the eventual outcome of new municipal negotiations to restore the Princeton Public library parking subsidy, telling a meeting of library trustees that the township should not even be participating.…
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PHS students tell of life ‘Through Our Eyes’
Monologues raise troubling issues faced by young people By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer On Sunday, Princeton’s youth had a chance to tell it like it is. At the event they named and helped to organize — “Through Our Eyes: A Youth Forum” — students predominantly from Princeton High School gathered to deliver monologues about “the…
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New Yorker editor David Remnick speaks on journalism at university
David Remnick, left, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker, chats with a member of the audience after speaking at Princeton University on Tuesday. Staff photo by Katie Wagner
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Foreign policy expert traces roots of U.S.-UK geopolitical ‘hegemony’
Walter Russell Mead speaks at Princeton University By Claire Abramowitz, Special Writer The unpopular discipline of WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) studies deserves to be given more attention, the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations said in a lecture at Princeton University on Monday. Walter Russell Mead,…
