Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Holt defeats Sipprelle in congressional race
By Lea Kahn and Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writers U.S. Rep. Rush Holt defeated his Republican Party rival, Princeton Borough resident Scott Sipprelle, to claim his seventh consecutive term representing the 12th Congressional District on Tuesday night. The Democratic incumbent congressman, who lives in Hopewell Township, received 107,147 votes to Mr. Sipprelle’s 93,311 votes for a…
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PRINCETON: Democrats sweep local races
Victorious Princeton Township Democrats Liz Lempert and Lance Liverman celebrated their election victory Tuesday night at the Nassau Inn. Staff photo by Geoffrey Wertime
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Holt defeats Sipprelle in congressional race
Rush Holt speaks to the Nassau Inn crowd.
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WEST WINDSOR: Shop ‘feeds the memory’ of Grover’s Mill broadcast
Michael Jarmus reads from a script on Friday night at the Grover’s Mill Coffee Shop as part of the business’s com´memoration of the 1938 broadcast of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds.” Staff photo by Allison Musante
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PRINCETON: Princetonians travel in search of sanity
On the Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday are area residents Jean Nall, Dan Nall and Jean Parsons. Photo by Larry Parsons
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WEST WINDSOR: Shop ‘feeds the memory’ of Grover’s Mill broadcast
By Allison Musante, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Strands of lights hung above coffee-drinking spectators at Grover’s Mill Coffee House and Roastery this weekend, setting the mood for the infamous starry night in 1938 when frightened townspeople believed Martians had landed. More than 200 people turned out for a weekend-long celebration at the coffee shop…
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MONTGOMERY: Republicans take two seats on committee
By Allison Musante, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Republicans Ed Trzaska and Patricia Graham have won both open seats on the Township Committee. In a close race, Mr. Trzaska and Ms. Graham defeated Democrats Louise Wilson and Neena Singh on Tuesday night. According to the township’s unofficial results, Mr Trzaska received 3,564 votes, Ms. Graham received…
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PRINCETON: Krugman tells a scary Halloween tale
By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer Today’s election could go one of two ways, and while one will serve us better than another, things are not looking good. So said Nobel Prize-winning Princeton University professor and world-famous economist and columnist Paul Krugman on Sunday, when he gave a lecture to benefit the restoration of the Paul…
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PRINCETON: Democrats sweep local races
Democrats have swept the local races in Princeton on Tuesday night. In Princeton Borough Democrat incumbent Roger Martindell received the most votes with 1,513, followed by Democrat newcomer Jo Butler, with 1,475 to win the two open seats on the Borough Council. Republican challengers Roland Foster Miller, with 627 votes, and Peter Marks, with 608…
