Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Citing COAH, borough delays developer fee hike
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Princeton Borough Council tabled a motion to increase developers fees as permitted by the Council on Affordable Housing at its meeting Tuesday evening, after several council members cited the lack of clarity over COAH’s future. As part of municipalities’ third-round affordable housing plans, COAH permits increases in the fees in…
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PRINCETON: Sidewalk sign crackdown in Borough?
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer To trash, parking and traffic, Princeton residents and visitors can now add another downtown malaise: sidewalk sign creep. Freestanding A-frame sidewalk signs have proliferated throughout downtown Princeton, an unintended consequence of a borough ordinance written to authorize the signs only under special circumstances, Princeton Borough’s zoning officer told Borough Council…
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WEST WINDSOR: Disabilities Act compliance questioned
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Township Officials say they’re looking into a report filed by a resident alleging that several township buildings and parks are not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Michael Ogg and a group of residents spent several weeks in February reviewing municipal buildings and parks to see…
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PRINCETON: GOP chairman Michael Steel speaks at university
By Ellen Shakespear, Special Writer Calling bipartisanship a “fiction and a ruse,” Republican National Chairman Michael Steele said during a dialogue at Princeton University this week that Washington politicians should instead seek “consensus.” ”At its very nature, politics are partisan,” Mr. Steele said. “But when you have people without jobs and without health care, you…
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PRINCETON: Boro PD implements consultant’s recommendations
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer The Princeton Borough Police Department has adopted changes to its procedures in line with recommendations made by an independent police consultant late last year, according to Police Chief David Dudeck. Reaching out to immigrant and other potentially at-risk communities, policing a mild eating club bicker weekend, managing alternate route traffic…
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PRINCETON: GOP chairman Michael Steel speaks at university
GOP National chairman Michael Steele, left, speaking at Princeton University. Photo by Ellen Shakespear
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PRINCETON: Sidewalk sign crackdown in Borough?
Princeton Borough officials say that sidewalk signs, a fixture downtown, are only supposed to be used temporarily to promote specific events or sales. Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski
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PRINCETON: PHS Studio Band to play at Carnegie Hall
Trombonists Max Dickey and Michael Prentky at work during a rehearsal of the Princeton High School Studio Band.
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PRINCETON: Sidewalk sign crackdown in Borough?
Princeton Borough officials say that sidewalk signs, a fixture downtown, are only supposed to be used temporarily to promote specific events or sales. Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski
