Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Township, Boro OK stimulus application
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have both adopted bond ordinances enabling them to take advantage of federal stimulus funding for close to $7 million worth of upcoming sewer and road projects. Through the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust, which is administering American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds, the…
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WEST WINDSOR: Council approves 2009 township budget
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Following a contentious budget season, the Township Council adopted the 2009 municipal budget this week with a tax increase of $93 for the average homeowner. Council adopted the budget by a 4-1 vote, with council President Charlie Morgan casting the dissenting vote, objecting that his proposal to…
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WEST WINDSOR: A novel approach to local history
Sara Hoge and Katie McKiernan sign copies of their novel, based on West Windsor Township history.
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PRINCETON: Curb work disturbs Southern Way residents
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Frustration and unhappiness were the prevailing emotions expressed by residents of Southern Way at Monday’s Princeton Township Committee meeting over the manner in which plans to repave and perhaps construct curbs along their street had been handled. Citing drainage problems and parking transgressions, residents portrayed their street as a morass…
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WEST WINDSOR: Township OKs electric vehicles
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Responding to a request from Princeton University, the Township Council approved an ordinance this week allowing low-speed electric vehicles to operate on certain township roads. Kristen Appelget, Princeton’s director of community and regional affairs, said residents can expect to see the vehicles on the roads within a…
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PRINCETON: Shade Tree Commission reports
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Despite fiscal constraints, in 2008 the Princeton Borough Shade Tree Commission continued its work of maintaining the municipality’s leafy aspect, said commission chair Polly Burlingham at Tuesday evening’s Borough Council meeting. ”We are trying to keep the public invested in the trees in town,” Ms. Burlingham said. ”In 2008, we…
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MONTGOMERY: Dead Tree Run closing for bridge work
MONTGOMERY — Dead Tree Run will be closed beginning next week for bridge work that will last two months over the summer, the Somerset County Engineering Office has announced. The road closure, which begins Wednesday and concludes on Aug. 29, will be between Barrington Road and Hessian Road. All vehicles will be detoured. The detour…
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MERCER COUNTY: Openings announced on boards, commissions
TRENTON — Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes has announced that the county is seeking residents to serve in volunteer capacities on various boards and commissions. The county’s 15 boards and commissions are comprised of residents who work in the public and private sectors as well as nonprofits and who use their experience in their…
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PRINCETON: To remember, just get the picture
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer In an hour, with the help of Grandmaster of Memory Ed Cooke, a crowd of about 100 was able to recite the first 20 elements of the Periodic Table, Pi to the 22nd decimal place, and the important facts in the life of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie. Though a…
