Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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LAWRENCE: Rider U holding ‘Reunion Weekend’
Rider U holding Reunion Weekend Hundreds of Rider University alumni are expected to converge upon the Lawrenceville campus for Reunion Weekend on Friday, June 12, and Saturday, June 13, to reconnect with friends and fellow alums, honor distinguished graduates, and enjoy dozens of fun events, great music and delicious food. The two-day event promises amusement…
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PRINCETON: New store showcases Japan’s pop culture
The pop culture of Japan is the merchandising theme at Niko Niko. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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PLAINSBORO: Township Committee approves 2009 budget
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee adopted a 2009 municipal budget Wednesday night that carries a 1.9-cent tax increase per $100 of assessed value. The $22 million spending plan brings the total municipal tax rate to 33.5 cents. For the average assessed home in the township, valued at $395,000, the municipal…
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PRINCETON: New store showcases Japan’s pop culture
Niko Niko has opened for business at 20 Nassau Street in Princeton. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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WEST WINDSOR: Redevelopment implementation meetings begin
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The township administration is moving forward with the complicated task of bringing to fruition the redevelopment plan for the train station area. The mayor and council held a work session Monday evening to discuss the next steps of implementing the plan, which was adopted by council in…
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MONTGOMERY: HS students get taste of Broadway
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — It’s not every day that a young, aspiring singer gets to pick the brain of a Broadway star. But this week, Montgomery High School music students got to do just that. Thom Christopher Warren, who has starred in The Lion King on Broadway, held an interactive workshop for…
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WEST WINDSOR: Settlement in 2005 auto death
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The family of a Princeton Borough teenager killed in a 2005 car crash on the Alexander Road ‘S-curve’ has reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver and the township. Rebecca Annitto, a 14-year-old Stuart Country Day School sophomore, was killed in a three-car…
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PRINCETON: Symphony plucks conductor from Philly
By Michael Redmond, Lifestyle Editor PRINCETON— Rossen Milanov, associate conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra and artistic director of The Philadelphia Orchestra at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, was named as the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s third music director during a press conference Tuesday at The Nassau Club in Princeton. The news, which coincided…
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MONTGOMERY: Burglars loot 25 cars overnight
MONTGOMERY — Township police are investigating a string of car burglaries after residents awoke Wednesday morning to find their unlocked cars had been entered overnight and electronics were missing. About 25 cars in total were burglarized, according to police. In one case, police conducted a search of the Belle Mead area after a resident reported…
