Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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DISTRICT 16: Simon will face challenge from Spadea
By Charles W. Kim and Gene Robbins, Packet Publications Newly chosen Assemblywoman Donna Simon will not only have to learn her new job in Trenton, but also prepare for a June primary challenge. The first-term Readington Township Committeewoman won the 16th District Assembly seat of the late Peter Biondi in a special Republican Party convention…
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PRINCETON: Boy wins geography bee at Witherspoon School
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer On Jan. 12, Charles Griebell, a sixth grader at John Witherspoon Middle School won the School Championship Geography Bee the first round in the 24th annual National Geographic Bee sponsored by Google. As school champion, he completed the mandatory 70 question multiple choice test. If his score places among…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
West Windsor Sui L. Sung, 48, of West Windsor, was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and reckless driving at 7:33 p.m. on Jan. 20 on Westbrooke Boulevard. Police said Mr. Sung hit a curb and a tree causing his vehicle to turn over on its driver’s side. He was taken to University Medical…
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PRINCETON AREA: Education board members pass background checks
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer Board of education members from Princeton, Montgomery and West Windsor-Plainsboro have all completed mandatory criminal background checks required by a recent New Jersey law that disqualifies board members or members of charter school boards of trustees from serving if they have been convicted of certain crimes. Board members from the…
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MONTGOMERY: State official Cerf moves to township
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY There’s a new neighbor in town and his name is acting state Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf. Mr. Cerf has recently relocated from Montclair in Essex County to Montgomery Township. He has “established residency in Somerset County to allow him to shorten his commute and be closer to Trenton,” confirmed…
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PRINCETON: Police investigating a rash of burglaries
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Police are investigating almost a dozen burglaries that have taken place in Princeton Township within the past few weeks. ”The only real tie is they seem to be crimes of opportunity,” said Sgt. Michael R. Cifelli of the community services bureau. The most recent activity was all in the Princeton…
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MONTGOMERY: Town agrees to pay $95,000 for land
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY The Township Committee voted to settle on a total purchasing price of $95,000 for the 2.4 acre property in the south part of town previously owned by Joseph DuFour, ending a six-year legal battle. Although the committee already had the title to the property, they had been in a…
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PRINCETON: Teachers, school board reach tentative agreement
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer After four hours of negotiating on Thursday, Jan. 19, the Princeton Regional School Board of Education and the Princeton Regional Education Association reached a tentative contract agreement that is still subject to ratification by both parties. Details were not being released until and if the contract is ratified. The agreement…
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MERCER COUNTY: Survey indicates residents open to consolidation, shared services
Press release Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School conducted a large-scale mail and web survey of Mercer County residents last fall that showed while residents were generally open to the idea of municipal consolidation, they were more supportive of sharing municipal services. Furthermore, the results showed that while Mercer County residents had generally mixed views on…
