Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON AREA: Police log
Princeton Township A resident of the first block of Preservation Place reported burglary to a motor vehicle between 10 p.m. on March 11 and 8 a.m. March 12. She said someone allegedly entered her car and went through the glove compartment and trunk area. No loss was reported. Nicole Gabauer, 21, of Princeton, was arrested…
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PRINCETON: Moore elaborates on decision not to run
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Mayor Yina Moore, who has declared her intention not to run again mayor of the consolidated Princeton but for the council, said she has not decided which candidate for mayor Liz Lempert or Kevin Wilkes she will support. In an initial email to reporters on Tuesday, she laid…
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PRINCETON: Police jobs to stay open for present
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer With three vacancies in the township Police Department, hiring has been delayed because of consolidation. Bernie Miller, the township police commissioner, said an additional recent vacancy on the police force came about because a recent hire went back to his old job in Ewing. This officer’s departure leaves 27 officers…
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PRINCETON AREA: Ravi jury deliberates 2nd day
By Staff Report The jury was in its second day of deliberating the fate of Plainsboro resident Dharun Ravi on Thursday. They began deliberating Wednesday around 11 a.m. and broke at 4 p.m. They went back into session on Thursday morning and continued deliberations after a lunch break. There was no verdict by early evening.…
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PHS PERSPECTIVE: Here he comes, this year’s Mr. PHS
By Byrne Fahey and Pia Chakravarty David Wright, a senior at Princeton High School, stepped up to the mic. “Hi, I’m David Wright, Mr. PHS … uh … I mean, Mr. Asian-American Club.” The audience stirred with laughter at his blunder, which turned out to be unintentional foreshadowing of his later victory in PHS’s annual…
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HEALTH MATTERS: Colonoscopies can and do save lives
By Jonathan R. Sachs Among cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if everyone aged 50 years or older had regular screening tests, at least 60 percent of deaths from this…
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SOLUTIONS: Residential solar heating is catching on
By Huck Fairman Echewing worry over the Mayan apocalypse, many New Jersey residents are taking matters into their own hands, saving money and reducing their carbon foot prints, so there won’t be anything like an environmental apocalypse. Families, businesses, and institutions have been adopting cheaper and greener energy systems. Indeed, Wikipedia reports that New Jersey…
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PRINCETON: Historic districts issue moving to Planning Board
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer A proposal for historic districts without specific boundaries moved out of the Master Plan Subcommittee yesterday morning. ”They’re correcting a deficiency in the historical preservation plan element of the master plan,” said Henry Chou, borough land use attorney. “It’s a planning document, so no official action is being taken. We…
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PRINCETON: Moore not running for mayor
Borough Mayor Yina Moore will not be seeking election for mayor of the new Princeton; instead she is seeking a seat on the new Princeton Council. She had declined to answer the question about her future when asked recently, but her intentions are clear on the list of candidates seeking office and endorsement released by…
