Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Back to school for PRSD students
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PRINCETON — More than 3,400 students in the Princeton Regional School District head back to class on Tuesday and to buildings and facilities that are whole again, following years of renovation and construction work. Without any major construction projects this summer, district personnel concentrated on regular maintenance of facilities and…
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WEST WINDSOR: WW-P students starting with a full day
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Students in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District will head back to school on Wednesday for a full day of classes — which will be a new way to open the school year there. The district decided to have a full day this year instead the half day of…
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PRINCETON: McCarter Theatre makes cost cuts
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Declines in revenue from its endowment, as well as government and foundation support, have led Princeton’s McCarter Theatre to pursue a host of cost-saving measures for the new fiscal year, which began on July 1. The current $11.3 million budget represents a decrease of roughly 5 percent when compared to…
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PRINCETON: Nursery school plans Oct. 16 fundraiser
Princeton Nursery School has announced that it will host a fundraising celebration to honor of its 80 years of service to the Princeton community on Friday, Oct. 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Drumthwacket, the official residence of New Jersey’s governor. ”This is a big event for the school and we are privileged and…
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PRINCETON: Recycling event Monday in Hinds Plaza
Sustainable Princeton and the Princeton University Student Volunteers Council will be in Hinds Plaza in downtown Princeton Monday to raise awareness about recycling and waste production. In particular, the groups will be focusing on the fact that up to 90 percent of recyclable plastic bottles are thrown out as trash because people don’t know that…
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PRINCETON: New baby boutique opens in Palmer Square
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer If it is true that “you can’t go home again” — as novelist Thomas Wolfe put it in his novel by the same name — then don’t tell Molly Hillenbrand Vernon. She wouldn’t believe it. Raised in Princeton, where she graduated from Stuart Country Day School, and loving the memories…
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WEST WINDSOR: Train trip promotes mass transit funding
Rep. Rush Holt, right, arriving in Trenton from Princeton Junction on Friday with, from right: Peter Kasaback of NJ Future, West Windsor Mayor Shing Fu Hseuh, Sandra Billhart of the Greater Mercer TMA. At left is Princeton Packet reporter Kristine Snodgrass. Photo courtesy of NJ Future
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WEST WINDSOR: Cell tower regulation still at issue
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The Planning Board has been tasked with drafting a stronger ordinance to regulate cell phone towers in the township in an effort to limit their impact on residents. But the unanimous decision by Township Council at Monday night’s meeting was vehemently opposed by the very group of…
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TRENTON: Mercer Courthouse contract rests on ruling
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer TRENTON — The fate of a $52 million contract for the construction of the new Mercer County Courthouse will be decided by a panel of judges at the state Appellate Division in the coming weeks. The judges will consider an appeal of a lower court decision that overturned the Mercer…
