Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Merchants group upbeat about 2010 plans
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Despite a lingering economic slowdown, a sense of possibility prevailed among members of the Princeton Merchants Association, at the association’s meeting Tuesday morning. PMA President Travis Linderman described a range of ideas that had emerged out of member and leadership discussions which would be pursued in the new year, all…
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PRINCETON: Watershed Assoc. wins state award
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, central New Jersey’s first environmental group, capped off a year of special 60th Anniversary celebration with the reception of one of New Jersey’s top honors for environmental leadership. Winner of a 2009 New Jersey Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award, the Watershed Association was recognized for its outstanding leadership and dedication to…
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PRINCETON: First Aid Squad seeks new space
Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer The Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad is in the preliminary stages of an attempt to solve its problem of insufficient space at its township headquarters, according to President Peter Simon. It’s something that the volunteer-led nonprofit has struggled with for some time, he said. ”As an organization, we have been…
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PRINCETON: PDS LEGO robotics team builds success
By Davy James, The Packet Group A Lego is often viewed as a simple child’s toy, but some young local residents are proving that Legos can do some amazing things. Students on Princeton Day School’s LEGO Robotic Team recently took first place for Robot Performance at the FIRST LEGO League’s Qualifying Tournament held Dec. 5…
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WEST WINDSOR: Kids make their own gingerbread houses
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Young Alexandra Valen eyed the walls of her gingerbread house and meticulously piped some icing into a corner. Pleased with her work, she held the pieces together for a second before decorating the edible house. Alexandra and more than 20 other kids and their parents were at…
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PRINCETON: Reassurances offered on H1N1 vaccine recall
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Although 11 doses of H1N1 vaccine administered this past Saturday at a Princeton clinic held at the John Witherspoon Middle School are part of a batch the manufacturer is recalling, there is no danger and no need to do anything on the part of those who received the doses, Princeton…
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MONTGOMERY: Cell tower hearing postponed to Feb. 16
MONTGOMERY — The township zoning board on Tuesday postponed a hearing on the proposed construction of a cell tower in Belle Mead. The application was rescheduled to Feb. 16. Omnipoint Communications Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., has applied for a land use variance and other approvals to construct a 120-foot cell phone tower on a property…
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PRINCETON: Post-mortem shows animal was a mink
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer An animal that was captured earlier this month in Princeton Borough has been identified as a mink, not a fisher cat as originally reported. A resident of Drakes Corner road contacted animal control Dec. 3 to report that she had caught the animal in her humane wire trap. The animal,…
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PLAINSBORO: Report gives Rt. 571 intersection poor grades
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — There were 154 motor vehicle accidents on Route 571 between 2005 and 2007 with the majority of those occurring at the intersection of Wallace and Cranbury roads. According to a report on proposed improvements to Route 571 by John Kovar of the Louis Berger Group, Route 571…
