Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Cell tower foes seek more involvement in search for township site

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    After seeing Princeton Township Committee heed its request Monday to seek alternatives to the cell tower proposed near Cherry Valley Road and The Great Road, the residents with concerns about the plan requested further involvement in the process to explore more options.    Following concerns expressed by the residents — who…

  • It’s a gold rush at Bryn Mawr-Wellesley book sale

    It’s a gold rush at Bryn Mawr-Wellesley book sale

    They’re off! Those who paid the special $20 entry fee, many of them book dealers, sprint for the book-laden tables on Wednesday morning. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • It’s a gold rush at Bryn Mawr-Wellesley book sale

    It’s a gold rush at Bryn Mawr-Wellesley book sale

    Connie Escher, a teacher at John Witherspoon Middle School, scouts for treasures for her classroom and herself. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • It’s a gold rush at Bryn Mawr-Wellesley book sale

    It’s a gold rush at Bryn Mawr-Wellesley book sale

    Richard Trenner relishes his 40th visit to the annual book sale. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Cancer survivors deliver thanks to an ‘Outstanding Woman’

    Cancer survivors deliver thanks to an ‘Outstanding Woman’

    Ronni Arno Blaisdel is Packet Publication’s 2008 Outstanding Woman Award winner, selected for her work with cancer survivors. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Montgomery school board approves $76.1 million budget

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township Board of Education passed a $76,118,769 budget for the 2008-2009 school year Tuesday, just $15,000 larger than the tentative budget adopted Feb. 26.    The budget calls for a 3.97-percent spending increase from the 2007-2008 school budget with a 2.3-percent increase from last year’s school tax…

  • Borough to gain $1.2 million in resolution of billing dispute

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    The two-year effort to clear up outstanding payments on old capital projects between Princeton Borough and Princeton Township will net the borough approximately $1.2 million, according to officials from both towns.    A meeting among both municipalities’ administrators and chief financial officers on Wednesday resulted in an agreement for the township…

  • WW-P school board adopts $153.5 million budget

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education has unanimously adopted a $153.5 million school budget, sending the spending plan to voters in the two townships for an April 15 vote.    The budget, approved by the board on Tuesday, represents an overall 4.3-percent increase over last year’s model, although district officials stressed…

  • Montgomery resident offers to build athletic fields at cost

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Lifetime Montgomery resident Frank Drift made an offer to the Montgomery Township School Board this week he thinks they can’t refuse.    He offered to transform 15-acres of a township-owned tract across from the high school into grass practice fields. All he wants in return, he said, is to…