Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Briefs in Congo appeal focus on whether dog was provoked
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Was Congo provoked? If briefs filed in preparation for the April 4 appeal are any indication, the dog’s fate — and a potential legal precedent — likely hinges on that question. Congo, the German shepherd owned by Princeton Township residents Elizabeth and Guy James, was labeled “vicious” and ordered to…
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WW police program teaches kids to stand up to adult assailants
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The scene is the Village Elementary School gymnasium. It seems like some vastly unfair version of American Gladiator is unfolding, with a West Windsor police officer dressed in a large red, foam suit harassing a small 9-year-old clad in similar protective gear. Patrolman Tom Moody approaches, trying…
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WW police program teaches kids to stand up to adult assailants
Lisa Mathiasen, a registerd nurse at Princeton HealthCare System, adjusts the headgear for Ben Schulman, a student at Village Elementary School. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Rocky Hill town forum gives thumbs down to state cuts
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer ROCKY HILL — All 50 seats in the Borough Hall meeting room were filled Thursday night. Part of the standing crowd of about 15 spilled into the hallway and not a single parking space was vacant in the Borough Hall parking lot. It was an unusually large crowd for a…
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Township to explore alternatives to proposed cell tower
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Due to a desire to pursue alternatives to the cell tower proposed for Cherry Valley Road and The Great Road, Princeton Township Committee is expected to cancel its request for bids for the project at its meeting on March 24, Township Administrator Jim Pascale said Monday. Anticipation of the move…
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Borough Councilman Koontz drops freeholder bid — for now
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Princeton Borough Councilman Andrew Koontz announced Monday that he won’t continue to seek a seat on the county Board of Freeholders after having come home empty-handed from the Mercer County Democratic convention on Saturday. Mr. Koontz was passed over by the county organization for the two open ballot spots as…
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Montgomery mulls steering cell tower sites to existing structures
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — The Planning Board has recommended the Township Committee approve an ordinance that would establish specific existing structures as first priority locations for new wireless communication antennae in the township. The ordinance, which is scheduled to have its second reading at Thursday’s Township Committee meeting, includes language that would…
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Proposed Plainsboro municipal budget includes 1.9-cent tax hike
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — A proposed 2008 budget presented to the Township Committee last week calls for a 1.9-cent increase in the municipal tax rate, as municipal officials deal with a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in state aid that was present in last year’s budget. ”It is a budget…
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U.S. military legal counsel lists war-zone challenges in PU talk
By David Walter, Special Writer Col. Manuel Supervielle, who served as chief legal counsel to U.S. military forces in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Afghanistan, said in a speech Friday at Princeton University that American forces need not follow all of the Geneva Conventions in their fight against terrorism. ”Al Qaeda never will be afforded the…
