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Jan 31, 2025 · Incumbent Mara Franceschi and newcomers Ari Meisel and Christopher Santarpio were sworn in for three-year terms. The 10-member board also welcomed new Cranbury representative Katherine Lara.

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Jan 15, 2025 · Several local residents have claimed that the Princeton Board of Education is improperly funding lawn signs in support of the upcoming $89 million bond referendum vote. The school district did not fund the signs that have appeared around Princeton. A small group of parents paid for them, according ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Dear Editor, The Mercer County Metro area, which includes Princeton, continues to be one of the most segregated areas in the entire country. We are at imminent risk of making it worse by displacing dozens of working-class families and accelerating the gentrification of the Witherspoon-Jackson historic neighborhood, home to African American families and other minority groups for centuries.

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Dec 19, 2024 · The Princeton Council has scheduled a special meeting for 6 p.m. tonight, Dec. 19, to vote on an ordinance that would grant a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement to a local developer who plans to build 238 luxury apartments on Stockton Street at the site of the former Tennent-Roberts campus of the Princeton Theological Seminary.

Jan 6, 2025 · The governing body of Princeton will hold its annual reorganization meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7 in the main meeting room at the municipal complex at 400 Witherspoon Street. The meeting will also be live-streamed via Zoom. Princeton Mayor Mark Freda will be sworn in for a second term by New ...

3 days ago · The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a winter weather advisory for Mercer, Somerset, Middlesex, Burlington, Ocean, and western Monmouth counties. The advisory begins at 11 p.m. Wednesday and ends at 10 a.m. Thursday. Snow, sleet, and ice are expected. Snowfall of up to an inch is ...

Jan 3, 2025 · Henry “Hank” Francis Pannell, an activist and visionary who spent his life giving back to the community that raised him, died at home on Dec. 21.