Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Deer Path-Clover Lane due for not quite historic preservation status
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer After hearing discussion of the issue for nearly three years, the Princeton Township Committee decided on a direction Monday for the historic preservation of the Deer Path and Clover Lane neighborhood — splitting the difference in the debate by opting for a neighborhood conservation district. The move will allow…
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No Valentine: Parents foil student’s runaway plan; WW manhunt follows
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A planned Valentine’s Day road trip to Virginia, foiled by a 16-year-old girl’s parents, touched off a manhunt around West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South when it was first reported as an abduction attempt. A flurry of law enforcement activity, including helicopter-aided searches and lockdowns of two school…
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No big surprises in proposed WW-P school budget
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer School district officials haven’t finished working out the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District’s 2008-2009 budget, but it looks like the document will show an increase similar to what district taxpayers and officials have seen over the last few years, officials said Wednesday. ”It’s a superlative education at a moderate cost,”…
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Montgomery planners recommend land use fee increases
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Fees for land use applications could be increased for the first time since 1984 if the Township Committee enacts an ordinance recommended by the Planning Board. The ordinance would raise application fees and escrow account charges —money put aside by the township to pay for the time their…
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Snowstorm causes 14 accidents on Princeton Township streets
Crossing guard Ron Breslaw holds traffic for pedestrians and cyclists at Witherspoon and Wiggins streets on Tuesday afternoon. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Doubts voiced over proposed Montgomery school busing changes
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Township School District parents, drivers and residents voiced their doubts that a consultant’s suggested changes for the school district’s transportation system would increase its efficiency during a special Board of Education meeting Monday. The consultant, Ross Haber, was hired by the school district in late November to…
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Unpaved road draws new complaints in Montgomery
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee promised to make another attempt to persuade Hillsborough to pave the unpaved stretch of Dutchtown-Zion Road, after hearing three residents call the road a safety hazard at last week’s committee session. The two-lane, two-way road is located on the Montgomery-Hillsborough border, with half of a…
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‘Smash-and-grab’ car break-ins plague local parking lots
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer The two New York men were caught red-handed, standing in the Ruby Tuesday parking lot near a pile of broken glass and a vehicle that had just been broken into. Their own car was parked nearby, fitting the description of a vehicle involved in similar crimes and containing numerous…
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Candidates stir in Princeton Township’s committee race
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Princeton Township Committeewoman Victoria Bergman said this week that she will not seek re-election after her current term ends this year — a revelation followed by the first indications that the upcoming primaries and general election may feature challengers focusing on the committee’s handling of the recent amendments to the…
