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  • PRINCETON: Water main break repaired

    PRINCETON: Water main break repaired

    Workers repaired a water main break at the corner of Harrison Street and Hamilton Ave´nue on Thursday in Princeton Borough. Staff photo by Allison Musante

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of Dec. 31

    Princeton Township    Carlos E. Espichan, 46, of Princeton, was charged with driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless driving, careless driving and failure to exhibit a drivers’ license. At 3:19 p.m. on Monday, police responded to a motor vehicle accident in the parking lot of Mulberry Row in Princeton Community Village. Upon…

  • PLAINSBORO: Town wants affordable housing law changed

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee is urging the Legislature to address deficiencies of the pending affordable housing legislation that would reform procedures of affordable housing provisions and abolish the Council on Affordable Housing.    At its year-end meeting Tuesday, the committee voted unanimously to submit a letter to Gov. Chris Christie…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Education commissioners agree on need for reform

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Five former New Jersey education commissioners explored broad themes, such as their perception of public education in New Jersey, impediments to improvement and addressed topics such as the role of charter schools and public school choice; teacher evaluation and compensation; teacher and principal tenure; and other major policy changes currently…

  • PRINCETON: Township to halt tax payments by credit card

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert    Credit cards will no longer be accepted as payment for taxes beginning in January for February tax payments, said Kathryn Monzo, Princeton Township’s chief financial officer.    About 50 percent of the township’s tax levy is collected through credit card transactions, both online and in person, said Ms. Monzo. “I believe the online…

  • MONTGOMERY: Township awaits COAH rules

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The township has successfully petitioned the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) for a stay in adopting the amended housing element of its Master Plan.    COAH will not review the amended Housing Element of the Master Plan adopted by the township in November. The stay, issued on Dec. 8,…

  • PRINCETON: Teacher a star at jazz festival

    PRINCETON: Teacher a star at jazz festival

    unknown Andrea Brachfeld is an English as a second language teacher in the Princeton school system, and a sought-after jazz flutist who returned this week from attending a jazz festival in Cuba.

  • PRINCETON: A message of peace

    The Rev. Moore celebrates 30 years as coalition director By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Wednesday was a day of celebration with the ratification of the new START treaty in the U.S. Senate, particularly for those like the Rev. Robert Moore who had worked feverishly into the late hours of the evening this week to encourage…

  • PRINCETON: Board names new principal at Princeton Charter

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Lawrence D. Patton was named the next head of the Princeton Charter School by the school’s board of trustees, the board announced in a statement Wednesday. He will assume the role at the start of January.    ”I am thrilled to have the opportunity to be the next head of Princeton…