Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Fire department will parade Friday
Princeton Fire Department Chief Dan Tomalin, along with the members of the Princeton Fire Department, announce that the annual fire parade and inspection will take place Friday at 7 p.m. The parade for Princeton’s all-volunteer fire department will begin at the corner of Chestnut and Nassau streets. The parade will proceed down Nassau Street and…
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PRINCETON: Planners grant approval to Hillier’s senior housing
An artist’s drawing of Copperwood, the 153-unit apartment complex to be built off of Bunn Drive in Prince´ton by developer J. Robert Hillier.
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PRINCETON: GiveAway finds new home for school supplies
By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer PRINCETON — Princeton Day School students are putting their old school supplies to good use — they’re donating them to HomeFront, an area organization that helps families break the cycle of poverty. The students closed out their school year with The Great GiveAway, an annual project launched last year. The…
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MONTGOMERY: Police ponder bomb threat charges
By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Police have determined that the bomb threat that led to the evacuation and temporary closure of all locations of Princeton Orthopedic Associates Thursday afternoon was made by two boys with a cell phone they borrowed from a female classmate during a school trip in Newark. ”She did not…
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PRINCETON: GiveAway finds new home for school supplies
Princeton Day School students collected old school sup´plies as part of The Great GiveAway.
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Storm causes damage
Severe thunderstorms on Thursday evening brought down trees and wires, causing some power outages and closing numerous roads, some of which remained closed Friday morning, which caused traffic detours and long delays. In Princeton Township, the first calls were received by police at approximately 7:40 p.m. reporting wires and trees down blocking Cherry Valley Road…
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PRINCETON: Area kids and businesses fighting plastic bags
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Change a habit and change the world is the motto of Sustainable Princeton’s BYOBag campaign, which launched Thursday evening. One bag and one customer at a time, the group is trying to change people’s habit of using plastic bags when they are shopping and running errands. Local businesses and kids…
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PRINCETON: At new Palmer Square shop, c’est cheese
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer A new fromagerie opened its doors to Palmer Square this month. More than 250 cheeses from around the world are going to be offered at Olsson’s Fine Foods. There are 17 bleu cheeses offered now, and more are on their way and half a dozen Goudas and at least that…
