Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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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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WEST WINDSOR: Council renews animal control contract
By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR The West Windsor Council voted, 4-1, to renew an animal control services agreement with East Windsor on Tuesday night. The agreement will be for one year and it will cost the township $20,000. It was the same agreement that was rejected on Dec. 19. However, the makeup…
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PRINCETON: Closing of Route 1 jughandles scheduled for March
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) will be hosting public information sessions to discuss the trial closing of jughandles on Route 1 in Princeton and West Windsor, now scheduled to begin in March and last eight weeks. The sessions will be Jan. 24 at the West Windsor Municipal Complex…
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PRINCETON: Beaver shooting case to be rescheduled
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Princeton Animal Control Officer Mark Johnson has still not had his day in court on charges of illegally shooting two beavers in a park last spring. At his last court hearing in Hamilton in December, the judge ordered discovery documents to be turned over to Mr. Johnson’s attorney. Those documents…
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PRINCETON: Mayor Moore files overdue election forms
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Princeton Borough Mayor Yina Moore or her campaign staff has filed a 20-day post election campaign finance report as of Jan. 18 with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. The report was due Nov. 28, 2011, 20 days after election day. There are financial penalties for not filing reports…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Plainsboro Nicolas M. Foti, 19, of Robbinsville, was charged with driving while intoxicated, underage driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and speeding at 2:26 a.m. on Jan. 15 on Route 1 south at Scudders Mill Road. Police said the passenger in Mr. Foti’s vehicle, a 16-year-old juvenile, was charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams.…
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PRINCETON: Pat Ryan formally assumes chairmanship of chamber
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Pat Ryan, chairman of the board at Hopewell Community Bank, has been welcomed as chairman of the board of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Ryan formally assumed a two-year term at a “Changing of the Guard” ceremony held on Jan. 17 at the Mercer Oaks Golf Club in…
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MONTGOMERY: Students finding help the natural way
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Middle and high school students are making a difference in the community, thanks to former Upper Middle School Principal Bill Robbins who resurrected the Natural Helpers Program that had faded away due to budget cuts. The premise is that there are born leaders in schools who their peers…
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PRINCETON: Paula Deen teams up with Novo Nordisk
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer A celebrity chef has teamed up with Princeton-based Novo Nordisk to promote diabetes awareness. Southern cuisine queen Paula Deen and her sons, Bobby and Jamie Deen, are helping to launch Diabetes in a New Light, Novo Nordisk’s national initiative to help adults find simple ways to manage everyday challenges associated…
