Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: NJ schools get annual report card
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer The New Jersey Department of Education has released its 2008 school report cards and statewide assessment reports. The report cards contain detailed statistical profiles of all public schools in the state in the areas of school environment, student information, student performance indicators, staff information, and district/charter financial information. ”With our…
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MONTGOMERY: Health care promotion takes flight
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … a health-care services promotion. That airplane circling overhead with the purple decoration scheme is the newest corporate asset of Somerset-based MTBC, a health-care IT company. ”This is part of our creative marketing efforts to promote…
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PRINCETON: Despite gap, boro council seeks 0% tax hike
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Princeton Borough Council has directed Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi to put together a conceptual budget for the coming fiscal year which included no tax increase, despite his reservations that a zero-tax-increase budget could realistically be achieved. ”I don’t know how realistic that is,” said Mr. Bruschi of the possibility of…
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POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, W.Windsor, Montgomery & Plainsboro
Princeton Township James Farrell, 32, of Philadelphia, was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled and dangerous substance in a motor vehicle following an incident in a parking lot off of Route 206 at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 20. Police dispatched to the scene said they found Mr. Farrell in a disoriented state…
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PRINCETON: Michelle Obama portrait to join Tap Room gallery
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer A portrait of first lady Michelle Obama will be placed in the Tap Room of the Nassau Inn with pictures of other Princeton University alumni of note during an invitation-only ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Ms. Obama graduated from Princeton University in 1985, receiving a bachelor’s degree in sociology with…
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PRINCETON: Planning board considers university plans
The Princeton Regional Planning Board meets to consider amending the community master plan in light of projected expansion by Princeton University through 2016. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski.
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PRINCETON: 9 area school board seats on April ballot
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer A total of nine seats on Princeton-area school boards are up for grabs in the April 21 school election and budget vote. At the Princeton Regional Board of Education three seats up for election this year, all for three-year terms. Of the seats, two are restricted to Princeton Borough residents…
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MONTGOMERY: School board sets budget meeting
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — The budget process at the Montgomery Township School District will commence next week with a special meeting to overview the challenges it faces in tough economic times. The public meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday in the Upper Middle School Media Center, was coordinated by the board finance…
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WEST WINDSOR: WW-P school board sees 2.8% budget increase
WW-P school board aims for 2.8 percent budget increase Kristine SnodgrassStaff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor-Plainsboro School District is aiming for a 2.8 percent budget increase next year, $2 million less than last year’s increase. Board of Education Secretary Larry Shanok gave a preliminary budget presentation at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting.…
