Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Report expected on university arts, transit talks
A report regarding transit issues and detailing a subcommittee’s work on negotiations with Princeton University’s proposed arts and transit neighborhood is expected to be made public in the coming weeks. The information was revealed at a special session of Princeton Borough Council and the Township Committee held Wednesday night. Subcommittee members and university officials have…
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PRINCETON: Combined towns would share debt
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer If the borough and township were to consolidate, all municipal debt would be combined, according to a recommendation from the finance subcommittee of the Joint Shared Services/Consolidation Commission. ”All debts would be combined,” said Mayor Chad Goerner, who heads the finance subcommittee. “All borough debts and township debt will be…
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PRINCETON: University center gains approval
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Another Princeton University proposal passed through the Planning Board last week, making for three major expansion projects. The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment received unanimous approval from the board on Thursday night with two conditions. The building will be located on a four-acre site on a 12-acre parcel…
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MONTGOMERY: Two candidates seeking Township Committee seat
By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff WRiter MONTGOMERY Republican Rich Smith and Democrat Mark Petraske are running for the single open seat on the Montgomery Township Committee in November’s elections. Despite their opposing party affiliations, both candidates feel strongly about public service. ”I have always been the kind of person to jump in and help and…
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TOP STORY: University ad signers say people frustrated by the politics
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Princeton residents who support Princeton University’s proposed arts and transit project are making their voices heard with full page ads in local newspapers. Princeton Township restaurateur Raoul Momo said there is a majority of working people who don’t have time for the politics involved in the project. ”The silent majority…
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PRINCETON: Student talks about organ donations
Veronica Nagle, a junior at Princeton High School and a member of local Girl Scout Troop 71204, organized several presentations on March 30 to educate classmates about National Donate Life Month. Nationally, more than 110,000 people wait for a life-saving transplant close to 5,000 of them in New Jersey. Nearly 6,000 people die a…
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PRINCETON: Sixth-grader gets to know Sandra Day O’Connor
By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer When sixth grader Charlie Doran of Princeton went to visit his grandparents two summers ago in Chatauqua, N.Y., he had no idea the friend he’d be making was the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. ”Well, I met Justice O’Connor two years ago,”…
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PRINCETON AREA: 300 attend South Brunswick meeting on charter school
By Mary Brienza and Charles W. Kim, Staff Writers SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Controversy over a proposed charter school in the area flooded the municipal building with more than 300 people during a Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing on Friday night that went on past midnight. The Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS) went before the…
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MONTGOMERY: School board candidates air views
By>Stephanie VaccaroStaff Writer MONTGOMERY Dozens of people showed up at Montgomery High School Wednesday night to listen to four school board candidates respond to an array of questions generated by the audience. The candidates running for the three open seats are Annie Michaelson, Richard Cavalli, Christine Abrahams and incumbent Arun Rimal. Ms. Abrahams, who…
