Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: School board reconsiders moving election date
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Princeton Board of Education will decide next month whether to move school elections from April to November, a choice the board has rejected once before. School Board President Timothy Quinn said Tuesday that officials had decided after the initial vote earlier this year to revisit the issue. It’s…
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MONTGOMERY: GOP pair eke out win in Township Committee race
By Charley Falkenberg, Special Writer MONTGOMERY After a photo finish race, Republicans narrowly have won the two open committee seats by less than 1 percent of the votes. The official 2012 election results the county released on Tuesday showed Montgomery voters remained politically divided right up until the last of the absentee and provisional ballots.…
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PRINCETON: Brooks: Cultural shift has permeated politics
By Ellis Liang, Special Writer The looming fiscal cliff, $16 trillion debt, and political dishonesty are not problems caused by one specific party in Washington. They are the product of a larger, societal shift toward narcissism, said David Brooks in a lecture at Princeton University on Monday. The New York Times columnist originally wrote about…
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HOOK’D ON FINANCE: Advantages of rebalancing portfolio
By Howard Hook A costly mistake made by many people is based in the belief that a “buy-and-hold” portfolio is also a “set it and forget it” strategy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Investing in mutual funds as opposed to individual stocks and bonds helps mitigate the need to check on…
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PRINCETON AREAl Police blotter
Princeton Township Police said a Coniston Court resident reported Nov.25 having an unknown amount of money stolen out of a personal bank account. Errol Taylor, 57, of Princeton, was arrested Nov. 25 on an outstanding warrant. Nicole Beltz, 32, of Philadelphia, was arrested Nov. 25 and charged on an outstanding warrant out of Howell Township.…
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PLAINSBORO: Hospital worker charged with sexual offenses
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer An emergency room technician at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro allegedly sexually assaulted a female patient in June and forced another female patient to sexually touch him on Friday, according to law enforcement authorities. Edher Osorio, 30, was arrested Saturday at 11:09 a.m. at his Princeton home,…
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WEST WINDSOR: Investigation ongoing into missing homestead items
By Charley Falkenburg, Special to the Packet WEST WINDSOR Windows, doors, fireplace mantles and a part of a staircase: these are just some of the missing Grover Homestead items police found at a restoration company in Warren County. The ongoing investigation was sparked after a volunteer committee charged with creating a viable restoration plan…
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PRINCETON: Library exhibit focus on science
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton University has partnered with the Princeton Public Library and the New Jersey State Museum to create a mini-science exhibit that will be at the library for the next year. The exhibit, complete with interactive displays, focuses on “nanoscience,” the study of making very small things to improve everything…
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PRINCETON: Cigarette sparks 2-alarm fire
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer A discarded cigarette sparked a two-alarm fire that damaged a house on Moore Street, opposite Princeton High School, on Friday afternoon. The fire, which was reported at 12:42 p.m., began on the back porch and climbed up into the eaves over a one-story addition to the house, according to Fire…
