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Newtown superintendent: Security should be priority
Conn. school administrator speaks at NJASA conference BY JESSICA D’AMICO Staff Writer Janet Robinson, superintendent of schools for Newtown, Conn., addresses the media at the New Jersey Association of School Administrators conference at the Pines Manor in Edison on March 13. JEFF GRANIT staff The news of the school shooting in Newton, Conn., stunned the…
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School tab may bring $75 tax increase to avg. homeowner
Edison BOE to hold public hearing on proposed budget tomorrow evening BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer The Edison Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the district’s proposed 2013-14 budget on Thursday, March 21. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Herbert Hoover Middle School, 174 Jackson Ave. The board adopted…
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A booming business
Firearms retailers, local police departments see increased demand for guns, permits BY ANDREW MARTINS Staff Writer A shooter takes aim at a target at the Shore Shot Pistol Range in Lakewood on March 5. Many gun stores have seen a spike in business in response to gun control discussion that is occurring at the federal…
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PRINCETON: Sequester impact will be slight
By Oren Fliegelman, Special to the Packet Media Group Princeton’s finances are likely to escape the federal sequester mostly unscathed, say local officials. The sequester, a set of severe federal cuts that will eliminate $85.4 billion from the 2013 national budget, was set into motion on March 1 as lawmakers failed to broker a deal…
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PHS PERSPECTIVE:Best and worst of PHS springtime
By Elena Wu-Yan and Brynne Fahey The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and the flowers are blooming on the front lawn of Princeton High School. Well, not quite. But with an extra hour of sunlight and the first day of spring right around the corner, PHS students are no doubt beginning to feel…
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PRINCETON: Officials quiet on Dudeck’s future
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Police Chief David J. Dudeck has not communicated to the town whether he plans to retire or fight allegations of administrative misconduct that the police union has lodged against him, administrator Robert W. Bruschi said Monday. ”We haven’t given him a deadline,” Mr. Bruschi said after he, Mayor Liz…
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African Soriee helps fight riverblindness
At the Aftican Soirée were nancy Beatty, left, of Princeton, Dr. Daniel Shungu of Lawrenceville, and Aruna Arya, owner of Miss Simoni boutique in Princeton.
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PRINCETON: Giving students a hand up
Riva Levy wears a college T-shirt at a fundraiser Friday for 101:, which offers scholarships to Princeton High School students going on to college. Staff photo by Philip Sean Curran
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