Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Pro-choice stand nixes Whitman talk at Stuart Country Day School
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer A women’s leadership forum featuring Christine Todd Whitman at an all-girls Catholic school in Princeton Township has been canceled because of the former governor’s pro-choice abortion views. Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, a pre-school through grade 12 institution under the authority of the Diocese of Trenton’s Bishop…
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Money Crisis: Anxiety for credit-sensitive businesses
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Members of the greater-Princeton financial and business community have been as riveted as the rest of the nation by the struggle in Congress to pass a $700 billion economic package. The measure, which has been described as both a “bailout” and a “recovery” bill, failed in the House on Monday,…
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Money Crisis: Merchants see consumer caution
Joanne Farrugia, owner of the toy store Jazams, says her fourth-quarter line of credit has been approved, despite the lending squeeze. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Money Crisis: Anxiety for credit-sensitive businesses
Robert Burt, owner of Honda of Princeton on Route 206 in Montgomery, says September sales were down only 3.5 to 4 percent from last year. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Money Crisis: Merchants see consumer caution
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer At the Mediterra restaurant on Princeton’s Hulfish Street, general manager Jeffrey Corelli is seeing fewer customers and those who come are choosing less expensive items from the menu. While the current financial crisis has increased the anxiety level of local businesses, the economic downturn was already being felt here. Upscale…
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Pakistan’s foreign minister, at PU, hits U.S. anti-terrorist raids
By David Walter, Special Writer In a Wednesday speech at Princeton University, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi condemned anti-terrorist raids into his country by U.S. Special Forces as a betrayal of Pakistan’s territorial integrity and good intentions in the fight against terrorists. ”The Pakistani public rightly sees such attacks as a violation of Pakistan’s…
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Seminary library faces wrecking ball — and preservationists’ ire
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer The Princeton Theological Seminary is proposing to demolish and replace its Speer Library, but the Princeton Borough Historic Preservation Committee is not satisfied with the seminary’s reasons for wanting to raze the more than 50-year-old structure. The Speer Library is a two-story, 76,000-square-foot, stone veneer building that was constructed in…
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Seminary library faces wrecking ball — and preservationists’ ire
A student approaches Speer Library on the Princeton Theological Seminary campus on Wednesday. The seminary is seeking to tear down the building and build a larger replacement. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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West Windsor gets new Democratic club
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A former councilman who is critical of the township’s current political environment will become president of a new Democratic club. Franc Gambatese, who last served on Township Council in 2007 before being defeated in a close election, will be the Democratic Club of West Windsor’s chief officer…
