Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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WW-P schools providing parents with online view of student records
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer Students in the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District who are considering playing hooky may want to think twice — their attendance records are now only a click away from their parents. This fall, the district began using a new database system that allows parents to access their children’s records online, including…
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Candidates for Princeton Borough Council seat respond to League of Women Voters
These are the verbatim responses of the Republican and Democratic candidates for Princeton Borough Council 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 Princeton Career Senior Foreign Service Officer, US…
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Stender vs. Lance seen as ‘dead heat’ in 7th Congressional District
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Entering the final week before Election Day, area voters will decide perhaps the closest major race in the state of New Jersey — that between Democratic Assemblywoman Linda Stender and Republican state Senator Leonard Lance for the 7th Congressional District seat. ”It is a dead heat, and can really go…
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South Brunswick man charged with murder of his parents
Hank Kalet, The Packet Group SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A 20-year-old township man has been charged with murder in the death of his parents. Michael A. Maltese, 20, of 14 Maple St., Monmouth Junction, is accused of killing his parents and burying them in a shallow grave in Beech Woods Park on Beekman Road on Oct.…
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POLICE BLOTTER, Oct. 28
Princeton Township A 17-year-old Hopewell Township juvenile female was charged with driving while intoxicated after her 2002 Honda was stopped on Route 206 near Cherry Hill Road for speeding about 2:30 p.m. Oct. 19, police reported. She had an odor of alcohol on her breath and she was arrested after field tests for balance and…
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Yoga and fitness apparel form perfect niche for new Princeton store
Sharon Henderson, manager of the ‘lululemon athletica’ store, scheduled to open Friday on Nassau Street in Princeton. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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PU endowment grew 5.6% in fiscal year ended June 30
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Princeton University’s endowment grew to $16.4 billion, a 5.6 percent annual investment return for the fiscal year ended June 30, according to figures released by the university. The investment return dropped sharply from the 24.7 percent annual return recorded for the endowment in fiscal year 2007, and is the first…
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Yoga and fitness apparel form perfect niche for new Princeton store
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer If yoga sessions leave you fulfilled on the inside but disheveled on the outside, have no fear, lululemon athletica is here. A branch of the Canadian manufacturer of “yoga-inspired apparel for healthy living” is soon to open in a redesigned 4,900-square-foot storefront site on Nassau Street at the end of…
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Differences abound in sole contested race for Borough Council
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer The only contested race for a seat on the Princeton Borough Council this year finds Democratic incumbent Kevin Wilkes and Republican challenger Dudley Sipprelle in disagreement on everything from taxes to the local political environment. Both are running for a one-year unexpired term on council resulting from the March resignation…
