Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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WEST WINDSOR: Route 571 upgrades get public hearing Tuesday
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Residents will get their say on proposed improvements to Route 571 on Tuesday. Township officials, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and representatives from the Mercer County Engineering Division will be discussing proposed improvements for a stretch of the road between Clarksville Road and Wallace and Cranbury…
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WEST WINDSOR: HS swimming pool bubble opens
The swimming team at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South practices in its new bubble. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowksi
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FEATURE PHOTO: So cold the angel wore a hat?
Photo by Mark Czajkowski This stone angel at a gravesite in Princeton Cemetery was accessorized for the season, the weather — or both.
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PLAINSBORO: PBA, Food Pantry, hold holiday gift drive
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — Thanks to the generosity of residents and an area business, the holiday season of almost 25 families will be a little brighter. Working with the Policemen’s Benevolent Association, the Plainsboro Food Pantry has been working to get 23 holiday wish lists of its patrons filled. Helping fill most…
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PRINCETON: Nader says the rich can drive social change
Ralph Nader autographs his new book in Princeton. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe.
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PRINCETON: Contract awarded for bike-pedestrian path
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer The Princeton Township Committee awarded a contract Monday night for the completion of a half-mile missing link of the Stony Brook Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Pathways and Bridges system. Fifteen bids were received for the project, and the low bid of $958,565.75 by Let It Grow Inc., of River Edge,…
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PRINCETON: Nader says the rich can drive social change
By Angela Wu, Special Writer Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader spoke about his new book, “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” last Saturday at Labyrinth Books in Princeton in a discussion with award-winning journalist Chris Hedges. ”This book was written out of frustration,” Mr. Nader said of the 736-page tome, his first…
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PRINCETON: Township raising fire code inspection fees
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer Fire Prevention Bureau fees collected for inspections of businesses in Princeton Township will see a 4 percent increase next year, a dramatic decrease from a hike of 20 percent proposed last month. The Princeton Township Committee held a work session at its meeting Monday night to discuss next year’s fire…
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PRINCETON: Boro swears in new police chief
File photo by Mark Czajkowski Former Princeton Borough Police Chief David Dudeck.
