Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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MONTGOMERY: Municipal budget details due Thursday
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY After months of grappling with budgetary shortfalls, the Township Committee plans to unveil its 2009 budget at its meeting Thursday night. Township administrator Donato Nieman said Monday that the final details of the budget still were being worked out, but it is expected to be ready for introduction…
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PRINCETON: Doctor delivers story of hope to young people
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Achieving your dreams is possible even in the most adverse conditions. That was the message of Dr. Rameck Hunt, a University Medical Center at Princeton internist and best-selling co-author of the books “The Pact,” “We Beat the Streets” and “The Bond,” to an audience of parents and young people at…
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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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PRINCETON: Westerly Road Church planning for new home
The Westerly Road Church, above, is slated to move in mid-2011 to a new 44,400-square-foot sanctuary on Bunn Drive in Princeton Township. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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School districts wary of deferred pension payments
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Local school officials have declined to participate in a state program that allows school districts to recoup money cut from this year’s state aid funding through a deferral of payments into the state pension fund for district support personnel. The program, which is seen as bad fiscal policy by many…
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WEST WINDSOR: Mayor’s race heads into final phase
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR With the municipal election little more than a month away, the three candidates for township mayor are entering the final phase of their campaigns. Council President Charlie Morgan and Pete Weale are challenging Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh for the seat in the May 12 election, where two council…
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PRINCETON: Westerly Road Church planning for new home
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer The Westerly Road Church in Princeton Township is moving forward with plans to relocate to a Bunn Drive property in mid-2011, while subdividing and eventually selling off its current 5-acre property for development. The congregation plans on building a 44,400-square-foot sanctuary on an 18.2-acre Bunn Drive property on the Princeton…
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ROCKY HILL: Mary Jacobs Library director to retire this month
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer ROCKY HILL The longtime director of the Mary Jacobs Library has announced her retirement, though visitors won’t miss her for long she plans to return as a volunteer. Mei Mei Morris, who began her career at the library 25 years ago as a volunteer shelving books, will say…
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PLAINSBORO: Groups will evaluate intersections
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO With the help of volunteers, two community groups are embarking on a project to evaluate the safety of 770 intersections and pedestrian crossings in the township. The West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance is working with the GREEN Community Problem Solving Team, made up of students from West…
