Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Newt Gingrich, in PU speech, pans universal medical plans
By David Walter, Special Writer Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich told a capacity audience at Princeton University’s Dodds Auditorium Wednesday that government-supported health care in America remains inefficient and fundamentally flawed. ”You cannot afford a one-sided social contract in which everyone gets to be totally irresponsible and you have to pay for it,”…
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Pat Boyle named West Windsor Parking Authority advisor
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Township resident Pat Boyle has been officially appointed as the West Windsor Parking Authority’s non-voting advisor, after Township Council members voted to confirm him in that position at their Monday meeting. ”He fits the bill,” said Council President Will Anklowitz. “He is someone who is active and…
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West Windsor PTA gives OK to school budget
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Members of a local elementary school’s PTA were on hand Wednesday morning to listen to district Superintendent Victoria Kniewel and other officials make a presentation on the proposed 2008-2009 school budget and voice their endorsement. ”I think we have an excellent school district, and our budget is…
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WW redevelopment discussion progresses, albeit with hiccups
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor officials and other stakeholders continued working out some of the details and some of the larger issues regarding the redevelopment of the Princeton Junction train station area this week. Township Council’s Monday docket listed several redevelopment-related items, either on the project itself, or the process…
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University recalls Goheen’s legacy
Former Princeton University President Robert Goheen in a recent photograph. Courtesy Princeton University
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Plans for 6-lane Route 1 in South Brunswick to get DOT study
By Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group TRENTON— The state Department of Transportation says a $2 million preliminary study on widening Route 1 from Plainsboro through South Brunswick will be done in fiscal year 2009. The study will measure need for the project, as well as possible impacts to infrastructure, existing right of way and the…
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Skateboarding’s on a roll and new Princeton store hopes to ride it
Owners Tricia Rosenthal and Liza Peck at Decked on Witherspoon Street hope to ride the skateboard wave in Princeton Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Court deal spares Congo; family agrees to restrictions, fines
Congo with Elizabeth and Guy James when he was picked up from the SAVE animal shelter in November after a Superior Court judge ruled that he could be returned to his owners pending an appeal ruling. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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University recalls Goheen’s legacy
A gathering of Princeton University presidents at the installation of President Shirley M. Tilghman in September 2001. From left are Harold T. Shapiro, President Tilghman, Robert Goheen and William G. Bowen. Courtesy Princeton University
