Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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School board races, budgets face area voters Tuesday
Area residents will be heading for the polls Tuesday to vote on school budgets and elect board of education members. The polls are open in Princeton from noon to 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Montgomery, West Windsor and Plainsboro. Here is a rundown of budgets and candidates in the three Packet-area…
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Deal reached on subsidized parking at Princeton Public Library
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer An “interim” agreement restoring subsidized parking for patrons of the Princeton Public Library was officially announced on Thursday, after a 14-month interruption that drew public criticism and eventually forced new negotiations between the township and borough. The arrangement providing two hours of free parking in the Spring Street garage was…
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Plainsboro bars underage drinking on private property
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — The Plainsboro Township Committee voted to enact enhanced underage drinking rules Wednesday night, passing an ordinance that expressly forbids underage drinking on private property. Supported by Plainsboro Police Chief Elizabeth Bondurant, the measure closed a loophole that allowed underage drinking to occur on private property. Township officials said…
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Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Diaz discusses high fantasy at PU
By David Walter, Special Writer Author Junot Díaz, who on Monday won a Pulitzer Prize for his debut novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” came to Princeton University on Wednesday afternoon to discuss his use of high fantasy in illuminating the real struggles of Caribbean-Americans. ”What’s fascinated me was how much of what…
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West Windsor Council members seek to hike their pay 50 percent
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A majority of Township Council members this week said they support increasing their own salaries by about 50 percent, as they continue work on a proposed $35.4 million budget for fiscal year 2008. The proposed increase would bring the compensation for a member of Township Council up…
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Plan for riding facility draws farm rights query from Montgomery
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — A proposal to develop a therapeutic horse-riding facility on preserved farmland has been challenged by residents and prompted a formal request by the Township Committee to delay a county review of the plan. The objections have raised the issue of what is permitted to be built on farm…
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Cooking fire damages Montgomery apartment
Firefighters work to put out a blaze at the Princeton Hill Apartment complex in Montgomery on Monday. Photo by Simon Laufer
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Entrepreneurial researchers display their wares at university
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer A device that will improve cancer treatment and cost. A green energy system generating electricity from sunlight and water. A molecular solution to antibiotic resistance. These ideas and more were presented to the public at the third annual Princeton — Jumpstart Innovation Forum, held at the Friend Center on Wednesday…
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Montgomery Mayor Birge enters Somerset freeholder race
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Mayor Cecilia Birge said she will not complete the final year of her three-year term on the Township Committee if she’s elected to the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders in November. Last week Mayor Birge received the nomination to run for one of the two three-year…
