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By David Walter, Special Writer    Former USA Track & Field CEO Craig Masback holds a sobering view of the current condition of athletics.    ”Sports in our country, and on some level in our world, are in a state of crisis,” Mr. Masback told an audience at Princeton University’s Dodds Auditorium last week.    A varsity runner…

By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A split Township Council voted 3-2 Monday to introduce a 2008 municipal budget including 50 percent salary increases for Township Council members.    Overall, the $35.4 million proposal represents a 12 percent increase over last year’s budget, including a 3.4-cent tax increase. That will hand West Windsor homeowners…

Tom Beatty of Guillespie Electric digs a trench for lighting in front of the Arts Council of Princeton’s new building on Thursday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

Earl T. Kim will become Montgomery School District superintendent on July 15.

By John Dunphy, The Packet Group    You have just retired after a long and successful career and developed a large cache of experience. Yet, with long, open days now staring you in the face, how can you utilize that knowledge?    What about the Peace Corps? Do you think you’re too old? Try telling that to…

Heng Yu holds her one-year-old son Frank and listens to speeches during the rally. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

   PRINCETON —The Princeton Township Committee and the Princeton Borough Council will be receiving a one-year extension on the revaluation of all properties in both municipalities.    The Mercer County Board of Taxation ordered the revaluation in both town in 2006.    Both municipalities’ properties most recently were revalued in 1996 and are assessed at less than 50…

The four employees of the newly opened Charter Private Safe Deposit Co. are from left, E-Ping Nie, Matt Winn, President and CEO Jim Medalia and Marie Ganz.

By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township Committee voted last week to include additional language in an updated cell phone tower ordinance, after hearing community concerns about the measure during the revised ordinance’s adoption in March.    The additional language means that following the construction of a cell-phone antenna-bearing tower, no modification will…