Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Councilwoman links PILOT to zoning
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer The elephant in the council chamber was exposed on Tuesday night when Borough Councilwoman Jo Butler linked the payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) Princeton University gives the borough to zoning changes for a proposed arts and transit neighborhood. In a six-minute speech, she questioned the borough’s ability to fairly…
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PRINCETON: Consolidation to be topic at Princeton Future session
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Findings from the Joint Shared Services/Consolidation Commission will be presented and discussed with the public at tomorrow’s Princeton Future meeting. There will be an opening presentation and four group discussions for deeper understanding and feedback on the issues. The groups will be: governance, police, public works and finance. Participants have…
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PRINCETON: Borough Council gets first look at zoning changes proposal
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer The Borough Council on Tuesday heard the first proposal of a draft ordinance for Princeton University’s arts and transit neighborhood at the Dinky station on University Place and Alexander Road. Even though university officials were in attendance at the meeting, the proposed arts, education and transit zoning has not been…
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PRINCETON: Justice Hoens credits autistic son, caregivers for success
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Charlie’s angels helped more than just Charlie; they helped Helen Hoens get to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Ms. Hoens, an associate justice since 2006, credits her son, Charlie, and his support system for making her the woman she is today. Her son, 27, is autistic and his angels can…
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PRINCETON: >$2.26m sought for local road improvements
Princeton’s Nassau Street: Courtesy of wikipedia.org
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Princeton report studies women leadership traits
A presidential committee at Princeton University has issued a report finding that, while women undergraduates are providing leadership in many organizations across campus, they are less prominently visible in some major campus posts in the last 10 years than they were in the earlier years of coeducation. In a report released March 21 after more…
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WEST WINDSOR: Program to focus on athletics, academics
WEST WINDSOR To lend support to West Windsor-Plainsboro’s student athletes, the African-American Parent Support Group is hosting the first-ever program on balancing the playing field with academics. The program, scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. on April 2 at High School South, will include a panel discussion and dialogue with students, players, alumni, coaches,…
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PLAINSBORO: Work beginning at three-school arts complex
By Allison Musante,Staff Writer PLAINSBORO Renovations are officially under way for the Princeton Center for Arts and Education, which will unite the American Boychoir School, the French American School of Princeton and the Wilberforce School into one collaborative campus slated to open this August. Since the announcement on Feb. 22 that the three institutions…
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PRINCETON: >$2.26m sought for local road improvements
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Township engineering has presented a $2.26 million capital budget request to the committee. The figure includes requests for several road improvement projects and public works equipment. Cherry Valley Road improvements make up the largest chunk of the request at $730,000 cost to Princeton Township. This figure includes improvements from Griggs…
