Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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West Windsor tax rate to rise 3.4 cents
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council voted 4-1 Monday to adopt a $35.4 million budget, 12 percent larger than last year’s measure. The budget carries a tax-rate increase of a 3.4 cents per $100 valuation to a total of 31.4 cents, compared to last year’s 28 cents. For township homeowners…
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West Windsor council votes itself raises amid public outcry
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — “Political suicide” was the term Planning Board Chairman Marvin Gardner used to describe the actions of four Township Council members during public comment at a packed council meeting Monday. The four — council members William Anklowitz, George Borek, Heidi Kleinman and Charles Morgan — supported a salary…
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POLICE BLOTTER, May 23
Princeton Township A Trenton man was hospitalized after his car struck a large tree off Province Line Road about 6:58 p.m. Wednesday. Police said Hector David Arreola Sanchez, 32, of Adeline Street, Trenton, was driving a 1991 Saturn north on Province Line Road when he apparently lost control at a turn. The car slid of…
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Going green on Nassau Street, firm adds solar panels
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Want to be able to brag that your photocopies are greener than everybody else’s? Then get them made at Triangle Repro Center on Nassau Street where photocopies, and everything else for that matter, will be solar-powered from now on. William Howard, who has operated Triangle Repro Center in Princeton for…
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Major gift supports 20-mile trail in Hopewell Township, Lawrence
By John Tredrea, The Packet Group An ambitious effort to build a 20-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail in Lawrence and Hopewell townships received a recent boost with a $200,000 donation from Bristol-Myers Squibb. The Lawrence-Hopewell Trail, which is partially complete, would form a loop with its northern end near the Mount Rose intersection of Carter…
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Students, parents petition to change tenure decision in Princeton
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Some John Witherspoon Middle School and Princeton High School students and parents are protesting the school district’s decision to deny tenure to band teacher Ken Zampella. Parents have written letters and made phone calls to administrators, 288 people have signed petitions and most recently high school senior Drina Duryea urged…
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WW council resolution supports hiring ‘quality’ contractors
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A resolution calling on Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh to require construction companies bidding for large township contracts to utilize apprenticeship programs, health benefits and pension plans for employees passed 3-2 at Monday’s Township Council meeting. Council members supporting the so-called quality bidder resolution — Charles Morgan, George Borek…
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Women flock to Palmer Square’s Night Out event
Women register for Girls Night Out held May 15 at Palmer Square in Princeton. Organizers said 690 participated. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Going green on Nassau Street, firm adds solar panels
The roof of 150 Nassau St. where Triangle Repro Center is located, sports a new set of solar panels.
