Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Joint municipal meetings scheduled
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Princeton Township Committee adopted a resolution to establish a quarterly meeting schedule with Princeton Borough Council at its meeting Monday evening. The language of the Township Committee resolution is nearly identical to that of a similar resolution adopted by Borough Council at a Dec. 23 meeting. Members of Borough Council…
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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.…
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PRINCETON: Judge offered municipal court post
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Burlington County Superior Court Judge Bonnie L. Goldman has been offered the position of Princeton Borough and Township Municipal Court Judge, replacing Russell W. Annich Jr., who will be retiring at the end of January. On Tuesday evening, Princeton Borough Council and Township Committee held a joint closed session to…
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PRINCETON: Who left the scene of this accident?
Fred Tuccillo’s column, Point Taken, appears weekly in The Princeton Packet By Fred Tuccillo It happened on Great Road at about 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 19, said Lori Lipsky of Montgomery. She was with her husband, Rob Robertson, who was driving their 2007 Honda Odyssey. Snow had been falling on and off all day, and…
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POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, W.Windsor, Montgomery & Plainsboro
Princeton Borough Andrew Phillip Stone, 24, of Jersey City, was arrested during a traffic stop on Pine Street at 10:32 p.m. on Jan. 17, police said. Police said Mr. Stone had an active contempt of court warrant out of Mercer County for failure to appear for an arraignment Sharon Ann Stark, 32, of Monroe, and…
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WEST WINDSOR: Wait-list fee for RR parking may rise
Kristine SnodgrassStaff Writer WEST WINDSOR — In an effort to whittle down the long waiting lists for parking spots at the Princeton Junction Train Station, the township Parking Authority is considering significantly increasing the application fee. Currently, it only costs $5 to join the waiting list for the three permit parking facilities operated by the…
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PRINCETON: Police hearing halted over grand jury testimony
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Attorneys representing the Princeton Borough Police Department and a suspended officer didn’t get far into an administrative hearing on misconduct charges Tuesday morning before concluding that they couldn’t proceed without risking inappropriate public disclosure of confidential grand jury testimony. The hearing, which had been opened to the public at the…
