Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Skate park opening draws a big crowd
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer A crowd of 200 skateboarders, public officials and other revelers braved a deep winter chill and a biting wind to take part in the grand opening of Princeton’s Hilltop Skate Park on Saturday, the area’s newest skateboarding facility. The opening of the $500,000 skate park — an assortment of ramps,…
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PRINCETON: Area family scores on TV’s ‘Millionaire’
Connor and Tracy Leahy of Kingston and Jim Lawlor of Princeton, Ms. Leahy’s father, during their appearance on the syndicated game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire."
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PRINCETON: Open-space groups say parks could use a boost
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Some of Princeton Township’s parks need a boost, representatives of citizen groups that have taken responsibility for their upkeep have told the Princeton Environmental Commission. Several such groups made presentations on the challenges facing the parklands before the Princeton Environmental Commission members last week. The presenters were invited as part…
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WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: Surveillance cameras coming to schools
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer The West-Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District plans to install surveillance cameras at all its schools. The security measure is designed to give schools better control over their outside environments, said Thomas Smith, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction. The live footage will be Web-based, so it can be accessed…
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PRINCETON: Skate park opening draws a big crowd
Christian Richards, 17, of Middletown, didn’t let Saturday’s frigid temperatures stop his trip to the new skate park. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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PRINCETON: Sampling the taste of poverty
Students Shanay Johnson and Emily Madera subsist on rice while those behind them dine more elegantly during the "Hunger Banquet" at Westminster Choir College on Wednesday. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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LAWRENCE: Cupboard increasingly bare at HomeFront headquarters
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer One recent Monday morning at HomeFront, staff members had the unenviable task of turning away clients who had come to the agency’s Princeton Pike headquarters in search of food. Connie Mercer, the executive director of the nonprofit agency, did not feel good about it. The clients were told that…
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Gov. Corzine praises state’s pharmaceutical industry
Gov. Jon Corzine talks with Barton Kamen of the Leukemia and Lymphomia Society at Wyeth. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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WEST WINDSOR: Conflicted council makes no progress on redevelopment plan at Thursday session
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer Progress on redevelopment of the train station area was stymied by indecision Thursday night as Township Council found itself again conflicted on the scale of the project. The council held a workshop Thursday night to discuss revisions to the draft redevelopment plan by the RMJM Hillier architectural firm. After…
