Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Shop local group launches video contest
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer If you like shopping in Princeton and can wield a video camera, Hometown Princeton has a contest for you. The network of independent Princeton shops and restaurants has launched a “Why I Shop Local” video contest in which contestants can articulate how they feel about the range of local Princeton…
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PLAINSBORO: WW-P students pitch in for a coat drive
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — With the help of some fourth- and fifth-graders, the winter’s cold chill will have a bit less bite. Students at Millstone River and Village schools are getting ready to kick off their yearly coat drive Oct. 24 from 9 a.m. to noon. Residents are encouraged to drop off…
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PRINCETON: Merchants applaud shuttle for campus shoppers
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer PRINCETON — Downtown business owners are applauding a new Princeton University campus shuttle that will bring members of the university community to downtown businesses Saturday afternoons. The biweekly TigerTransit Saturday Shopper shuttle runs from the Dinky Station, making stops at the Graduate College and other on-campus graduate housing complexes, to…
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TRENTON: Mercer County signs $3.2M recycling contract
TRENTON — The Mercer County Improvement Authority has approved a new recycling contract that officials said will save county residents more than $3.2 million over the next three years. The contract, which was approved by the MCIA Board of Commissioners on Oct.13, retains recycling hauler Central Jersey Waste and Recycling but the process will shift…
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PLAINSBORO: Food pantry preparing for busy season
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — Cindy Capritti is expecting things to pick up at the township food pantry. As special projects coordinator for the township Recreation and Community Services Department, Ms. Capritti and the department’s staff have been working on getting the township food pantry up and running since August. The Recreation Department…
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PLAINSBORO: Ali boxing gloves taken in burglary
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — Burglars entered and ransacked two first-floor apartments in Barclay Square at Princeton Forrestal on Saturday evening, stealing more than $20,000 in jewelry and a pair of Muhammad Ali souvenir boxing gloves. According to police, the bandits entered the home of a husband and wife between 5:30 and 9:59…
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PRINCETON: Boro Council balks at upgrading its chambers
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer PRINCETON — Princeton Borough Council balked at spending $11,000 for an architectural firm to review conditions in council chambers and develop proposals for upgrading the space, at its meeting Tuesday evening. The study proposal was a scaled back version of an original plan proposed by borough staff to spend $125,000…
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PRINCETON: Sewer work still has chance for stimulus funds
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer PRINCETON — Princeton still is in the running for approximately $7 million in federal stimulus funding, Sewer Operating Committee Manager Bob Hough told members of Princeton Borough Council at their meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. Hough also gave a presentation outlining the short- and long-term benefits of Princeton’s recent investment in…
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WEST WINDSOR: Contract awarded for new arts center space
By John Saccenti Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Plans to renovate the Princeton Junction Volunteer Firehouse into an arts center have moved a step forward. The Township Council on Tuesday awarded a $682,500 contract to Dell-Tech Inc. in Trenton for renovations to the building. Once complete, the building will be used by the West Windsor…
