Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Open space tax on township ballot
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton voters will decide this fall if their merged community should have an open space tax that would generate about $1.1 million annually that could be used to acquire and maintain open space, farmland and historic properties.The referendum, backed by local officials, proposes creating a separate tax of 1.7…
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PRINCETON AREA: Charter school denied final state charter
By Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group The battle between three public school districts and a proposed Mandarin charter school appears to be over. State Department of Education officials announced Monday that the Princeton International Academy Charter School would not be given an additional planning year and that its final charter would not be granted…
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BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS: Awards, events, grand opening and doing good
By Bradley Koltz Congratulations Weichert New Homes was recognized with numerous honors at the Community Builders and Remodelers Association of New Jersey’s recent 2012 Awards of Excellence dinner held at the Sheraton Parsippany. Accolades included sales manager of the year, marketing executive of the year and best creative marketing support for a special promotion. Additionally,…
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PRINCETON: Seminary celebrating its history
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Celebrating its bicentennial this year, the Princeton Theological Seminary has influenced the Princeton community and its graduates have helped shape civil rights and the free press. Princeton Seminary was established in May of 1812 by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church as a post-graduate professional school of theology after…
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MONTGOMERY: Six fire companies fight large brush fire
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY A total of six fire companies combated a brush fire that engulfed about a half acre of property on a Belle Mead farm on July 11. Both Montgomery fire stations and the police arrived at the farm that borders Rosewood Court at 644 Route 533 at 4:10 p.m.…
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PRINCETON: Playing it safe in a digital world
By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer The CEO of Internet Crimes Group offered advice on how to stay safe online at the Princeton Chamber of Commerce’s July monthly luncheon at the Princeton Marriott on Thursday, July 12. ”Treat your virtual world as you would your real life,” said Jeffrey Bedser. “The Internet is a very public…
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PRINCETON: Don’t wait but do run in waiters’ race
By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer Waiters from the Princeton area took a break from serving tables to race around Palmer Square on Thursday, July 12 for the waiters’ race. Each waiter had to walk around Palmer Square balancing a tray of two bottles and two glasses of Bai juice without spilling to win the race.…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Township A resident of William Paterson Court reported two iPod touch devices were stolen from his residence sometime on July 12. Police said it is suspected that an acquaintance may be involved. Baktanous Parnian, 41, of Princeton, and Michael Dougherty, 21, of East Windsor, were in an accident on North Harrison Street at Valley…
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PHS PERSPECTIVE: Balancing summer ‘bucket lists’ with reality
By Marissa Delikouras We tend to start our summers off with so many aspirations, planning the people we want to see, the places we want to go, and the things we want to accomplish before the warm, relatively careless days are replaced by cooler weather and heavier workloads. We may create such “bucket lists” with…
