Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: School board candidates answer questions from League

       EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the Princeton Borough candidates for the Princeton Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton area in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were allowed to vary the length of their answers to the three questions but were given…

  • MONTGOMERY: School board candidates answer questions from League

       EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for the Montgomery Township Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were allowed to vary the length of their answers to the three questions but were given a…

  • WEST WINDSOR: School board candidates answer questions from League

       EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the West Windsor Township candidates for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were allowed to vary the length of their answers to the three questions…

  • MONTGOMERY: Committee introduces budget; needs to fill gap

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — With a unanimous vote, the Township Committee introduced a proposed $33.7 million 2012-2013 municipal budget that faces a $4 to $5 million gap at its April 5 meeting.    The budget is within the mandated 2 percent cap and has a proposed tax increase of 1.8 percent. With a…

  • PRINCETON: Dinky station easement back before state

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Princeton University’s plan to build a $300 million arts complex and move the Dinky station will be back at the Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Environmental Protection later this month.    The Historic Sites Council only has a say over the early termination of the easement itself, which will…

  • PRINCETON: Eno Terra lunch sales benefit Princeton schools

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Over the past two weekends, Eno Terra raked in almost $7,000 in lunch sales for the PowerUp! PRS campaign, a fund-raiser made possible thanks to the Princeton Education Foundation.    Adrienne Rubin, the executive director of the Princeton Education Foundation, said the money will be used to help bring the technological…

  • MONTGOMERY: Four candidates vying for two committee seats

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Two Democrats and two Republicans will vie for two open seats on the Montgomery Township Committee in this November general election.    The deadline for applications was 4 p.m. on March 2.After serving one year, Committeeman Mark Conforti chose not to file an application for candidacy. Mr. Conforti was…

  • PLAINSBORO: 3 seeking 2 seats on committee

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee candidate applications are in and a total of three citizens will run for two open seats in the November general election.    The two seats currently belong to incumbents Nuran Nabi and Deputy Mayor Neil Lewis, who are both seeking re-election. While Mr. Nabi will be…

  • MONTGOMERY: Students translate, publish book of Roman poet’s work

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery High School seniors in Mr. Beyer’s Latin IV elective class can now add “publisher” to their resumes.    After reading and analyzing the poetry of the Roman poet Catallus for the entire marking period, the students self-published a volume of translations of his love poetry. The book…