Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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NJ staffers dispute Princeton district’s school bus claims
Kenneth Conover Jr., owner of Conover Transportation of Montgomery, claims that the Princeton Regional School District improperly rejected his school bus bids. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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POLICE BLOTTER, Oct. 3
Princeton Borough Leon Sipaque, 33, of Harrison Street was charged Tuesday with contempt of court for having an active warrant from Princeton Borough Municipal Court with a total cash bail of $250, following a pedestrian stop on Paul Robeson Place. Mr. Sipaque was committed to jail in default of bail, police said. Walter Smith, 52,…
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Money Crisis: Merchants see consumer caution
Kathie Morolda, president of Borough Merchants for Princeton, says local businesses are "cautiously moving forward" during the current financial crisis. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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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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Absentee ballots in demand, sparked by presidential election
By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer Heightened interest in the upcoming presidential election has led to an unprecedented demand for absentee ballots, according to local officials. Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Cavello said that her office has received over 4,000 requests for the ballots so far for the upcoming election, and she is expecting 12,000 total.…
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Cottage Club tax case remanded to Superior Court
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer In another chapter of the Cottage Club’s battle for tax-exempt status with the state and Princeton Borough, the New Jersey Supreme Court last week remanded a ruling sought by the eating club for Princeton University students to Superior Court. During the summer, Cottage Club, which is located on Prospect Avenue,…
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Gov. Corzine explains ethics reform package; credits Mercer County
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s proposed ethics reform package reaches beyond the state and legislative levels to county offices and local governments because the challenges of avoiding insider deals, influence peddling and other ethical lapses “come more at the local level than at the state level,” the governor said in a…
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Montgomery students launch ‘Cell Phones for Soldiers’ drive
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — U.S. servicemen and women stationed abroad will be the recipients of free, pre-paid callings cards for use in keeping in touch with family and friends back home, thanks to the efforts of two Montgomery public school students. Kendra and Parker Lyons of Mountain View Road have begun a…
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Contractor’s suit against school district settled for $400,000
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer The Princeton Regional Board of Education has agreed to pay $400,000 to the primary contractor for general construction work on Littlebrook Elementary School and Riverside Elementary School to settle a lawsuit. The contractor, Imperial Construction Group Inc., filed the lawsuit against the board in Mercer County Superior Court, after completing…
