Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Donated bikes to support Boys & Girls Clubs
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Local cycling enthusiasts and businesses have teamed up to form the Boys & Girls Club Bike Exchange, which will refurbish donated bicycles and provide them at modest prices to area residents. The bike exchange, organized by Princeton resident and cycling enthusiast Russ White, is relying on volunteer work by members…
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Support the West Windsor-Plainsboro school budget
Diane Hasling of West Windsor Since September, we have seen many investments decline significantly in value. Yet there is one nearby that continues to yield an excellent return—the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District. The district’s fiscal management of our tax dollars is excellent. This year’s district audit commended the district on the savings it accomplished…
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SCHOOL BOARD CLOSE-UP: West-Windsor-Plainsboro School District
EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area, in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were given an equal amount of space for their answers. Candidates for West Windsor Township —…
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SCHOOL BOARD CLOSE-UP: Montgomery Township School District
EDITORS’ NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for the Montgomery Township Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area, in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were given an equal amount of space for their answers. Candidates – Vote for three (three-year term)…
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SCHOOL BOARD CLOSE-UP: Princeton Regional School District
EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the verbatim responses of the candidates for the Princeton Regional Board of Education to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were given an equal amount of space for their answers. Princeton Borough Candidates — Vote for two…
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PRINCETON: HiTOPS to rename health center
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer HiTOPS Inc., the Princeton-based health resources provider for teens, has announced that it will rename its Wiggins Street health center in honor of the J. Seward Johnson Sr. 1963 Charitable Trust. The renaming is to honor the Johnson charitable trust, which recently bestowed a $500,000 legacy endowment gift on HiTOPS.…
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POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, Montgomery, West Windsor, Plainsboro
Princeton Borough Matthew Francis, 24, of Austell, Ga. was charged with disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana, and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute following an incident at the Terrace Club on Washington Road at 6:20 a.m. Saturday, police said. Police, responding to the Terrace Club on an early morning report of an…
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ROCKY HILL: Court ends battle over development
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer ROCKY HILL A state appellate court has ruled the Planning Board’s approval of a controversial age-restricted housing development in the borough was legal. In a 41-page opinion handed down last week, the court upheld a September 2007 ruling by Superior Court Judge Allison Accurso, sitting in Somerville, that the…
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MONTGOMERY: Middle school sports to take cuts
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Montgomery Township middle school students will have fewer options for sports programs in September, under the district’s 2009-10 budget set to go before voters next week. Instead of maintaining separate seventh- and eighth-grade boys’ and girls’ teams for basketball and soccer, the district will combine the grade levels…
