Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Birdies aren’t going bye, bye this year
By >Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer They’re splashing in chilly lakes and chirping in leafless trees. They’re congregating on corporate lawns and relaxing on telephone pole wires. They’re even taking midday strolls on roads and highways the birds are doing everything this winter except migrating. Birdwatchers are rejoicing because the birds are out in full…
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PRINCETON: Princeton University president discusses town-gown relations and other topics with the Packet
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Government relations, the largest redevelopment project in recent history and being a Princeton resident were some of the topics Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman and Robert Durkee, vice president and secretary, discussed in an interview with the Packet this week. During the hour-long meeting, the conversation focused on the…
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PRINCETON: Assemblyman talks about bill on consolidation funds
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer A bill to help municipalities pay for consolidation has been introduced to the Legislature by two local Assembly people and the Joint Shared Services Consolidation Commission got to speak with one of the sponsors at its meeting this week. ”What this bill does is allow municipalities to amortize the non-recurring…
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WEST WINDSOR: Councils OKs parking ordinance
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR The Township Council approved an ordinance that guarantees up to $6 million in bonds and the refunding of $460,000 in prior bonds, jumpstarting the Parking Authority’s new South Lot project at its Feb. 13 meeting. The new lot will be located at an old municipal dump near…
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MONTGOMERY: Business leaders have ‘Breakfast with the Mayor’
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Local business leaders shared the first meal of the day with Mayor Ed Trzaska on Feb. 10 at the Princeton Elks Lodge. Forty-five local Montgomery businesses, Mayor Trzaska and Administrator Donato Nieman gathered for the Montgomery Business Association’s first annual “Breakfast with the Mayor.” The businesses and township…
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MONTGOMERY: Fire causes minor damage in Montgomery
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Volunteer fire stations from Montgomery, Rocky Hill, Hopewell and Hillsborough responded to a first alarm fire at the Secondary School Admission Test building at 862 Route 518 in Skillman on the evening of Feb. 12. Bill Ballinger, chief of the Montgomery Fire Company No. 2, reported that no…
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PRINCETON: Fair promotes sustainability, learning
By Dana Bernstein, Special to the Packet Students from 17 local elementary, middle and high schools gathered together on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the Princeton Public Library for a “Next Generation Environmental Fair.” Students displayed and presented on the “green” initiatives their schools have implemented, with the goal of both learning from one another and…
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PRINCETON: FreeB shuttle bus has been gaining ridership
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer The Daytime FreeB, a free shuttle bus service around the Princetons, is becoming more popular, with increasing ridership. The mini-bus makes a loop through the borough and township on Mondays, Wednesday and Saturdays and is free to hop on and off. An average of 30 people use the Daytime FreeB…
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WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: School board votes to keep April election
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR The Board of Education on Feb. 7 joined the ranks of those New Jersey public schools that have decided to keep the annual school election in April. The board agreed to take a cautious approach and observe the impacts on the districts that chose to consolidate elections…
