Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Princeton Township moves to raise development fees
By Katie Wagner / Staff Writer PRINCETON — The Princeton Township Committee introduced an ordinance at its Monday meeting that would increase escrow deposits for some categories of land development applications by more than $1,000. The ordinance also calls for smaller increases of escrow deposits for other types of land development applications and increases to…
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Sept. 11 remembered in West Windsor
A wreath to those who died on Sept. 11, 2001 was placed on the 911 Memorial Bench at Mercer County Community College on Thursday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Plainsboro OKs purchase of 3 new police cars
By Greg Forester / Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — Plainsboro police officers will soon be motoring around town on a new set of wheels, after the Township Committee voted Wednesday to award an $84,421 contract for two new marked Dodge Chargers and an unmarked Crown Victoria. The awarding of the contract to Hertrich Fleet Services of…
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Sept. 11 remembered in West Windsor
By Greg Forester / Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A crowd of over 100 students, residents, and officials gathered at Mercer County Community College on Thursday to remember the Sept. 11 attacks that killed dozens of Mercer County residents and thousands of Americans seven years earlier. Chris Smith, a Mercer County Fire Academy instructor and…
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Controversy clouds airing of West Windsor development plan
By Greg Forester / Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A capacity crowd of more than 100 residents heard consultants Monday review a redevelopment plan put together by InterCap Holdings Chairman Steve Goldin, who is now claiming that his company’s continued participation in the project is being threatened by politics. Mr. Goldin, who owns 25 prime…
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Road changes OKd at Quaker Bridge Mall
By Lea Kahn / The Packet Group LAWRENCE — The township Planning Board gave its stamp of approval to plans to close two entrances to the Quaker Bridge Mall and to expand a third driveway entrance — complete with a traffic signal — at its meeting Monday night. The traffic improvements are part of the…
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ACLU data complaint mistakenly targets Rocky Hill
By Greg Forester / Staff Writer ROCKY HILL — The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey has erroneously targeted Rocky Hill as one of many state school districts that unlawfully request personal information from students that could indicate immigration status. Districts are prohibited from asking for certain pieces of information due to state policy…
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New McCarter Theatre head discusses challenge
By Michael Redmond / Lifestyle Editor For Timothy J. Shields, whom McCarter Theatre named on Wednesday as its new managing director, the challenge facing Princeton’s Tony Award-winning arts center is not the bright lights of New York City and Philadelphia. The challenge is to "get people out of their houses in the first place." Mr.…
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Princeton Public Library trustees OK budget
By Katie Wagner / Staff Writer PRINCETON — The Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees approved a $4,922,237 budget for the year last week that is 371,847 larger than last year’s budget. The revenue side of the adopted budget is $5,736 larger than last year’s budget and $26,312 larger than the temporary budget the library…
