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  • Planning Board member unmoved by PU’s proposal to uproot Dinky station

    Planning Board member unmoved by PU’s proposal to uproot Dinky station

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    A memo being circulated by Princeton Regional Planning Board member Marvin Reed cites what he says are a number of inconsistencies between Princeton University’s recently finalized Campus Plan and Princeton’s Community Master Plan — including his reservations about the university’s proposed Arts and Transit Neighborhood and new parking facility.    Mr.…

  • Residents abuzz over fees for home alarm systems

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Police officials may get hounded by residents complaining about registration fees for burglar alarms, but those same officials maintain the added cost is necessary to deal with a plague of resource-draining false burglar alarms.    Thousands of notices from the West Windsor Police Department were sent to residents…

  • Princeton Township’s deer management program set to resume

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Boasting an 82-percent reduction in deer-car collisions since its inception, Princeton Township’s annual deer management program will begin its eighth year Feb. 15 and run through March 31, the township announced this week.    The culling program — approved by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife and intended to…

  • Montgomery school budget seen increasing 4 percent

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township Board of Education was expected to unveil the first draft of the next school year’s proposed $76,103,696 budget to the public as The Packet went to press Thursday night.    The 2008-2009 budget calls for a 3.95-percent increase in spending from the 2007-08 school budget.    According…

  • Police combat fake foreign driver licenses

    Police combat fake foreign driver licenses

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Last week’s two arrests by Princeton Borough police of individuals in possession of fraudulent foreign driver’s licenses — on two separate occasions — are just a few examples of a violation they see almost constantly, police said Wednesday.    On Jan. 31, 18-year-old Princeton resident Jose Gonzalez was arrested and charged…

  • Packet area voters back McCain, Obama in state primary
  • Planning Board member unmoved by PU’s proposal to uproot Dinky station

    Planning Board member unmoved by PU’s proposal to uproot Dinky station

    Princeton Regional Planning Board member Marvin Reed pauses at the Dinky train station on Thursday morning. Princeton University is seeking to move the station as part of its proposed Arts and Transit Neighborhood. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Packet area voters back McCain, Obama in state primary

    Packet area voters back McCain, Obama in state primary

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    In Tuesday’s earlier-than-ever presidential primary, local municipalities conformed with New Jersey’s Republican pick, Sen. John McCain, but broke from the state’s overall Democratic choice — largely opting for Sen. Barack Obama over Sen. Hillary Clinton, whose victory in the state earned her the majority of its delegates.    Precipitating a much-reported…

  • Plainsboro pushes to save Bulk Farm’s 80 acres

    Plainsboro pushes to save Bulk Farm’s 80 acres

    Plainsboro Township plan to preserve the Bulk Farm, 80 acres located off Cranbury Neck Road, as open space. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski