Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Princeton Environmental Commission to present inventory at picnic
The Princeton Environmental Commission will present a draft environmental resource inventory and its Sustainable Princeton Leadership Awards at a picnic event. The event will begin 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, at Mountain Lakes House off Mountain Avenue. The indoor-outdoor picnic will be held on the patio and lawn overlooking the lakes. Children are welcome.…
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First Amendment litigator named a ‘Library Champion’
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer The New Jersey Library Association recently honored First Amendment litigator Grayson Barber with one of its 2008 Library Champion awards. Leslie Burger, director of the Princeton Public Library nominated the Princeton Township resident for the award, calling Ms. Grayson “a passionate supporter of intellectual freedom and First Amendment rights” in…
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Princeton vocal instructor named Fulbright scholar
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Sarah Khatcherian’s studied voice performance as an undergraduate at Westminster Choir College, worked in investment management in New York City, started a business in Paris and earned a master’s degree in voice performance and pedagogy at Westminster. While engaging in all these different experiences, Ms. Khatcherian’s involvement in teaching is…
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Graphics drive latest Goldin presentation for WW train station area
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Developer and InterCap Holdings CEO Steve Goldin filled in some of the last remaining pieces to his own redevelopment puzzle at the Hyatt hotel Saturday, at the third in a series of redevelopment meetings focused on redevelopment. Mr. Goldin — a West Windsor resident — and a…
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A Princeton premium for regular gasoline
An attendant pumps gas at the Sunoco station on Nassau Street, where the price of regular was still under $4 on Monday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowsk
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U.S. orders shutdown of fusion energy project at Forrestal
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — A Princeton University plasma experiment related to the search for fusion energy, which has encountered budget and schedule overruns has been ordered to be shut down by the U.S. Department of Energy. The National Compact Stellarator Experiment was an attempt to develop ways to hold hot plasma, necessary…
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When university students ship out, UPS Store gets the rush
The boxes pile up at the UPS Store on Witherspoon Street as departing Princeton University students ship their belongings home at the end of the term.
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Voters to head for polls Tuesday to cast ballots in primary races
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer New Jersey’s Democratic and Republican primaries will be held Tuesday. Candidates for the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, county freeholder boards and municipal governing bodies will be on the ballot. Democratic incumbent Frank Lautenberg is seeking another six-year term and is being challenged by U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews…
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Gym teacher charged with sex abuse in West Windsor
Greg Forester / Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — An athletic trainer and gym teacher working at both high schools in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District has been charged with multiple sex offenses for touching six female athletes at one of the schools, police said. Christopher Welch, 38, of Newtown, Pa. was arrested Wednesday and charged…
