Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Princeton recreation board OKs draft master plan
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer The Princeton Joint Recreation Board approved a draft of its 10-year master plan and announced that it has selected the CMX engineering and consulting firm as its primary contractor for designing a major improvement concept plan for Community Park Pool during its Thursday meeting. The draft master plan will be…
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New Plainsboro police chief came up through the ranks
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — The leadership of the Plainsboro Police Department will remain an in-house affair after Township Committee members announced that Lt. Richard Furda is their selection to take over the helm of the department from retiring Chief Elizabeth Bondurant on Oct. 1. The township began a weeks-long selection process that…
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Montgomery schools to open under a new superintendent
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — The 2008-2009 school year will be the first with new Superintendent Earl Kim at the helm, who joins the high-performing Montgomery Township School District along with a handful of other new administrators. Mr. Kim, who was appointed to the position in April following a stint as superintendent of…
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Holt heavily favored in 12th Congressional District race
Alan Bateman, deputy mayor of Holmdel Township and an independent conultant to hospitals and health care organizations, is challenging U.S. Rep. Rush Holt in the 12th Congressional District.
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Rocky Hill civic group wants to revive Schafer tract lawsuit
By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer ROCKY HILL — Rocky Hill Citizens for Responsible Growth is appealing a Superior Court rejection of its October suit challenging a housing development on the Schafer tract. The court concluded, contrary to the citizens’ group contention, that the 34 age-restricted, duplex-style, single-family homes could be built on this piece of…
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New Plainsboro police chief came up through the ranks
Lt. Richard Furda has been selected to succeed retiring Plainsboro Police Chief Elizabeth Bondurant on Oct. 1. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Ousted Princeton school bus provider says bid improperly rejected
Kenneth Conover Jr. of Conover Transportation claims the Princeton Regional School District improperly rejected his low bid for school bus service. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Holt heavily favored in 12th Congressional District race
Rush Holt is a five-term Democratic incumbent in the 12th Congressional District.
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Ousted Princeton school bus provider says bid improperly rejected
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer For the first time in some 20 years, the school buses that carry students back to class in the Princeton Regional School District this week won’t be operated by Conover Transportation of Montgomery. The change, to Rick Bus Co. of Trenton, results from a bidding process that is being disputed…
