Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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WEST WINDSOR: Community Garden sprouts a second year
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — On a corner near the West Windsor municipal complex, surrounded by small neighborhoods, schools and farms, sits a 120-foot by 96-foot plot of land that is helping to transport the suburb back to its past. In its second year, the West Windsor Community Garden is home to…
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PRINCETON: Planning Board gets Westerly Road Church changes
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer PRINCETON — Revised plans for a church on the Princeton Ridge were presented Thursday night to the Regional Planning Board of Princeton. Representatives from the Westerly Road Church presented changes that had been made since the last meeting, held April 8, where board and commission members suggested that the footprint…
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MONTGOMERY: Math teacher’s card game builds skills
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — A high school math teacher’s idea for a game that helps students build their arithmetic skills while avoiding typical classroom boredom and frustration is featured this month in a national journal on education. Montgomery High School teacher Daniel Fishman invented “DocFish,” a variation on the classic card game…
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PRINCETON: Library seeks public input for strategic plan
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer The Princeton Public Library is asking for its patrons’ input as it develops a strategic plan that will guide its decisions over the next three years. A survey soliciting feedback on the library’s services and suggestions on what it should consider for the future already has been filled out by…
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PLAINSBORO: Cupboard almost bare at food pantry
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — The Plainsboro Food Pantry is nearly out of food. ”We desperately need food,” said Cindy Capritti, special projects coordinator for the township Recreation and Community Services Department. “We’re coming to the end of our school drives. I’m really concerned about the summer months. We have a higher number…
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MONTGOMERY: Township Committee deadlocks on school cuts
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — With the Township Committee unable to come to an agreement on a revised tax levy, the failed 2010-11 school budget has landed in the hands of the Somerset executive county superintendent of schools. Tuesday night’s vote was split 2-2 on adopting the recommendations of a budget review subcommittee…
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PRINCETON: Hot or not, university says stay out of fountain
Sign alerts would-be bathers to Princeton University’s ban on wading in the Woodrow Wilson School fountain. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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PLAINSBORO: Rep. Holt touts benefits of health reform act
Rep. Rush Holt address a business audience in Plainsboro. Staff photo by Lauren Otis
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PRINCETON: Hot or not, university says stay out of fountain
Ignoring the sign, waders splash away in the fountain at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School on Thursday. Only the woman on the left appears to be heeding the ‘toes only’ policy. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
