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PRINCETON: Mayor meets with merchants on 24-hour ordinance
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Mayor Liz Lempert on Tuesday encountered stiff resistance from the business community to a proposed ordinance prohibiting businesses from being open 24 hours a day if they are located in or nearby a residential zone. At a meeting of the Princeton Merchants Association, she was told the town should…
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PRINCETON: Paul Sigmund IV has drug charges
By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Staff Writer PRINCETON —The son of former Borough Mayor Barbara Boggs Sigmund was arrested Sunday and charged with heroin possession after being involved in a motor vehicle accident. Paul E. Sigmund IV, 49, of San Francisco, allegedly struck a 3-inch pole in the Park Place Lot and left the scene, authorities said.…
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HIGHTSTOWN: School hosts trendy ‘icebreaker’
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — The Grace Norton Rogers Elementary School hosted a back-to-school ice breaker activity by recently participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. "It’s not often that teachers get the unique opportunity to teach children about giving back and making a difference in their community," said fourth grade teacher Shannon…
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PACKET PICKS: Sept. 26
Sept. 26-27 Mercer Italian American Festival The 15th Annual Mercer County Italian American Festival will take place Sept. 26-28 at Mercer County Park in West Windsor. The festival includes a food piazza featuring regional Italian restaurants; an Italian market with Italian specialty products; a heritage pavilion with art, and memorabilia; a cultural theater with cooking…
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Forum Theatre – Junie B. Jones, the Musical
By Margaret Davis Junie B Jones is coming to the FORUM THEATRE!! Sneak a peek into the "Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal"of the outspoken and lovable Junie B. Jones!!! LIVE ON STAGE!!! Saturday,…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Borough may raise water and sewer rates
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN — The Borough Council discussed increasing water and sewer rates by about 10 percent for next year during its meeting on Sept. 15. "We have done a survey of other town rates so you can get an idea of how we stacked up against some other towns that we…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Open space committee member supports GOP duo
Letter to the editor To the editor: As a new member of the Hillsborough Township Open Space Committee, I have seen firsthand the tremendous job Mayor Doug Tomson and the rest of the Republican Township Committee have done in preserving open space and farmland. The numbers are quite simply outstanding. More than 11,000 acres of…
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Meat industry is harmful to our environment
Jonas Bennett, Princeton Last Sunday, hundreds of thousands marched throughout the world demanding action on climate change. 120 world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations Summit on Climate Change. What can we do? A 2006 U.N. report estimated that meat production accounts for 18 percent of man-made greenhouse gases. A 2009 article…
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Event highlights issue of food insecurity in town
Ross Wishnick, Bill Schofield, Bob Rabner, Molly Chrein, Andrea Spalla, Leticia Fraga Nadler, Elisa Neira It is with deep appreciation for the people of Princeton that I write this letter. Recently, we held a friendraiser at the Community Park School to raise awareness of an insidious problem experienced here and all over the country, that…
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