Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Finding a business with integrity, experience
By Bradley Koltz I recently came across a local repair shop that has two things that are all too rare: integrity and experience. The family SUV recently had a serious problem. It’s nine years old, out of warrantee but otherwise in okay shape. Except that it wouldn’t go faster than five miles an hour without…
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MONTGOMERY: Trzaska sworn in as new mayor
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Residents piled into the Municipal Court on Jan. 5 to watch the transformation of their municipal government as the Township Committee gathered for the annual reorganization meeting. Applause filled the air as state Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman swore in new committee members Rich Smith and Christine Madrid, Patricia…
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PRINCETON: Ryan to head Princeton Regional Chamber
Pat Ryan, chairman of the board of the Hopewell Valley Community Bank (HVCBank), will begin a two-year term as the chairman of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce at the organization’s Changing of the Guard event on Jan. 17. ”Assuming the chair of the Princeton chamber is an exciting as well as a humbling experience,”…
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SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE: Why not just one simple way to find a job?
By Tom Brophy I have been asked that question many times and I’m now going to answer it. There is no one way to do anything. There is no one way to walk, to talk, to sing, to dance. We like choices as human beings. We don’t like to be told exactly how to do…
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PRINCETON: Attorney: Dec. 28 meeting violated open meeting act
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Three members of the Borough Council, then Mayor-elect Yina Moore and then Councilwoman-elect Heather Howard violated the Open Public Meeting Act when they met unannounced on Dec. 28 to trim the number of applicants to the consolidation transition task force, according to an opinion from Borough Attorney Maeve Cannon. The…
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PRINCETON: Mayor could be fined for not filing report
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Princeton Borough Mayor Yina Moore or her campaign staff could be fined for not filing a 20-day post election campaign finance report with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC). The report was due Nov. 28. Joseph Donahue, deputy director at ELEC, confirmed Ms. Moore’s paperwork had not been…
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MONTGOMERY: Former teacher charged with sex crime
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Former Montgomery High School television production teacher Patrick Lott remains in the Somerset County jail at a $500,000 bail on charges that he secretly videotaped boys in the shower of Immaculata High School for three years in Somerville. The 54-year-old assistant principal of Bernardsville Middle School was arrested…
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PRINCETON: Transition team taking shape in closed meetings
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Princeton Township has announced its three citizens for the consolidation transition team. The appointments were announced as part of the reorganization last week. They are: Dorothea Berkhout, executive director for administration at the Edward J. Blousteinn School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University Linda Mather, president of Beacon…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Borough Allison Daniels, 32, of Lawrence, was charged with eluding (third degree), obstructing the administration of law and disorderly conduct at 10: 02 a.m. on Jan. 6 on Route 206. Police said she refused to give any documentation and during a traffic stop, exited her vehicle and screamed obscenities at an officer. Ms. Daniels…
