Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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CENTRALJERSEY: Our mission should be local, local, local
By Cal Killeen, Managing Editor I have been in the newspaper business for a while. My early experiences go back to Linotypes and hot lead; click-clacking manual typewriters and wire service teletypes; editing stories with pencils, paper and glue pots. Of course, I was just a kid fresh out of school and lucky enough to…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Local man gets inside view of State of the Union speech
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer In one whirlwind day, a Princeton resident got a private tour of the Capitol, attended a party with Washington bigwigs and attended the State of the Union address in the visitors gallery. ”I’ve done a lot of campaign work for President Obama in 2008 and this past fall for Rep.…
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PLAINSBORO: Dance instructor opens Plainsboro Village studio
By Allison Musante, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — Robin Silverman-Krakowksi began taking dance lessons at Dance Spectrums in West Windsor when she was 9 years old. She later came to own that studio and has since built a small empire of studios in the area, including her most recent location in Plainsboro. Dance Expo in the…
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PRINCETON: Club wants to give girls opportunity
By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer Powerful, resilient, strong these are the qualities that a new girls club aims to develop in its members at John Witherspoon Middle School. Teachers Amy Wargo and Kelly Riely, who have been preparing to launch PRS Girls for three years, will host the first meeting Monday. ”This club will…
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MONTGOMERY: Police see rise in calls
By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Efforts to increase traffic enforcement have coincided with a drop in the number of accidents from 2009 to 2010, according to police Lt. James Curry. The drop in accidents went from 779 in 2009 to 661 in 2010, Lt. Curry told the Montgomery Township Committee at its meeting…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Local man gets inside view of State of the Union speech
Rep. Rush Holt, center, brought Princeton resident Roy Winnick, right, to the Capitol as his guest for President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. Above, they are joined by Rep. Nancy Pelosi prior to the president’s speech.
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PRINCETON: Suspended cop returns to work
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Sgt. Kenneth Riley will be back on the job today at the Princeton Borough Police Department, more than two years after he was suspended for an administrative probe by the department and a criminal investigation by the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. On Jan. 20, Judge Linda Feinberg of the Mercer…
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PLAINSBORO: Dance instructor opens Plainsboro Village studio
Phil McAuliffe Dance Expo ballet and Hip Hop instructor Erin Onuschak (foreground) leads a ballet class on Tuesday.
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PLAINSBORO: Former cops facing extortion charges
By Allison Musante, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO A dispatcher for the Plainsboro police department and two retired officers have been arrested and charged with participating in a conspiracy to extort information from another officer in an attempt to strengthen a lawsuit filed against the township and police department. Al Williams of Woodbridge, Nicholas Procaccini of…
