Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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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
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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Township to stick with COAH, despite ‘unachievable’ goal
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer After railing against the proposed Council on Affordable Housing obligations for being “crazy” and “unachievable,” the Princeton Township Committee decided Monday that it will submit a plan anyway. The consensus reached among committee members during their meeting comes in the midst of consideration by a number of municipalities to simply…
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Fight over big rigs on Route 206 not over yet
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer The fight against large trucks on Route 206 is continuing on more than one front, Princeton Township Committeeman Chad Goerner told his fellow committee members Monday. The effort includes attempts to get commitment for funding for the implementation of the Route 206 Vision Study as well as participation in a…
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POLICE BLOTTER, March 28
Princeton Borough Bryan Clark, 22, of Hopewell Township was charged with driving while intoxicated at 12:58 a.m. Saturday following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street, police said. He was transported to police headquarters, processed and released on his own recognizance. Brittney Holmes, 20, of Princeton, was charged with misrepresentation of age at 12:58 a.m.…
