Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: School budget process underway

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — “We will eventually get there but it won’t be easy” is how West Windsor-Plainsboro School Board President Hemant Marathe described composing the 2011-2012 budget, which entered into round one of public discussion at its meeting Tuesday night.    The presentation, given in two parts by Superintendent Victoria Kniewel…

  • PRINCETON: Mayor breaks tie on vote to forward pool complex plan

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    After more than three and a half hours of debate on Tuesday night, an ordinance to fund the multi-million-dollar Princeton Community Park Pool project was introduced after a tie-breaking vote from Princeton Borough’s mayor.    ”The mayor voted to break the tie as four votes were needed for introduction,” said Andrea…

  • 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…

  • PRINCETON: West delivers rewarding message

    PRINCETON: West delivers rewarding message

    Volunteer server and Lawrence High School student Phoebe Unetic serves salad to her tables. Staff photo by Victoria Hurley-Schubert

  • PRINCETON: Joint police talks

    Officers seem open to consolidation By Victoria Hurley-Schubert    Joint Shared Services/Consolidation Commission (JSSCC) police subcommittee members took tours of police facilities on Friday to get a better look into how each department operates and the facilities in each municipality.    Officer safety, levels of service and costs are top considerations for the committee, said William Metro,…

  • PRINCETON: Reading, writing and personal health, safety

    PRINCETON: Reading, writing and personal health, safety

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    If you venture out to Littlebrook School this week, you’ll find first-graders doing yoga and fifth-graders learning CPR.    It’s part of a two-week Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds partnership Littlebrook has with Princeton HealthCare System that runs from Jan. 18 to Feb. 1.    ”Schools are being asked to address the obesity…

  • PRINCETON: Reading, writing and personal health, safety

    PRINCETON: Reading, writing and personal health, safety

    An instructor works with Littlebrook School students, teaching aspects of CPR as part of the Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds program.

  • WEST WINDSOR: Local Obama support group seeks to go national

    WEST WINDSOR: Local Obama support group seeks to go national

    Roy Winnick, founder of the local Obama support group, at the group’s first meeting on Saturday in West Windsor.

  • PRINCETON: Pool project, shared services on meeting agendas

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Two major issues in the Princetons — Community Park Pool and possible additional shared services and/or consolidation are scheduled to be discussed at public meetings today and tomorrow.    First will be the Community Park Pool project, which is on the agenda for tonight’s Borough Council.    The pool has been the…