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  • PRINCETON: Township candidates air views in forum

    PRINCETON: Township candidates air views in forum

    Princeton Township Committee candidates, from left, Stuart Duncan, Liz Lempert, Lance Liverman and Doug Miles at the Monday night forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters, The Packet, Princeton TV and AllPrinceton.com. Photo by Anna Savoia

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Housing rules face revision

    Local officials wait to predict impact By Davy James and Geoffrey Wertime, The Packet Group    Local officials are taking a wait-and-see approach to the recent Appellate Court decision that struck down the Council on Affordable Housing’s third-round regulations.    It will take some time, they said, to sort out all of the ramifications of the decision…

  • VOTER’S GUIDE: Montgomery candidates answer league questions

       EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for Montgomery Township Committee to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were allowed to vary the length of their answers to the three questions but were given a word limit for…

  • MONTGOMERY: Smoking ban plan set

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The township may soon ban smoking on all municipal property.    The ban was unanimously introduced at the Thursday meeting of the Township Committee, according to Township Administrator Donato Nieman. It will come up for a public hearing and possible adoption at the committee’s next meeting, on Oct. 21.…

  • PRINCETON: October a golden month for chamber

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce will celebrate it’s golden anniversary later this month with a gala dinner.    ”The chamber’s work is important for keeping business local, and supporting each other. It also helps to enhance, from a business perspective, the town of Princeton’s already sterling academic reputation,” said J.…

  • VOTER’S GUIDE: Plainsboro candidates answer league questions

    Presented by the League of Women Voters    EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for Plainsboro Township Committee to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were allowed to vary the length of their answers to the three questions…

  • MONTGOMERY: Economic Development Commission sets forum

       The Montgomery Township Economic Development Commission (EDC) will present its semi-annual business forum on Oct. 19. James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, will speak on the state of the U.S. economy and the state of the New Jersey economy.    The program, from 6 to…

  • PRINCETON: Sunday a perfect 10 for Princeton Public Library

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Ten-ten-ten was a $10 million day for the Princeton Public Library.    On top of celebrating the library’s 100th birthday, library officials announced they had reached their fundraising goal of $10 million. The trustees and foundation were presented with a $10 million check for its endowment fund to help the library’s…

  • PRINCETON: Township candidates wrangle

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    The four candidates for the Township Committee attended a public forum Monday evening to answer questions from township residents.    Incumbent Democrats Liz Lempert and Arden “Lance” Liverman are facing Republicans Stuart Duncan and Douglas Miles for two three-year terms on the committee.    At the forum, which was sponsored by the…