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IN PRINT: What’s the difference between the township and borough?
Monday, 25 October 2010
by Angela Wu
Have no idea? Well, here’s a map. Princeton Township and Princeton Borough are one of New Jersey’s many “doughnut and hole” communities, where the smaller town is inside the larger one. It’s a consequence of 19th-century laws that allowed boroughs to incorporate with no more than a majority vote from its citiziens. It’s also one
- Published in In Print
Why Am I Not At McDonalds Right Now?
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
by David Walter
Seriously, I’m at what’s supposed to be the greatest university in the world, and yet there’s not a single McNugget to be had within walking distance? What’s up with that, Princeton Borough Slash Township? I mean, I know you think you’re just soo perfect and classy and Pleasantville that you won’t even allow stand-up signs
- Published in Musings
Tagged under:
fast food, McDonalds, not lovin' it, Princeton Borough, Princeton Township, rant, restaurants, Subway
Street Signs Not Classy Enough for Princeton Borough
Friday, 26 February 2010
by Angela Wu
Princeton’s biggest crisis since concrete curbs has hit our dear Nassau Street. You know that sign in front of Zorba that lists the specials of the day–the one that always seems to include steak for breakfast? Or the really colorful blackboard-y one in front of Twist with the health benefits of yogurt written on it?
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
VIDEO: The Dinky Controversy Explained
Sunday, 08 November 2009
by Brian No
460 feet. That’s the distance the Dinky Station would move toward Princeton Junction if the University has its way. But ever since the University announced in 2006 its intention to move the Dinky Station to make room for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, Borough officials and residents have been up in arms about the proposed
- Published in Goings On
Angry taxpayers want to put Princeton on “the Jon Stewart Show”
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
by Angela Wu
Princeton Citizens for Tax Fairness, a group that has been supported by both local Democrats and Republicans, is mad. Because they have to pay taxes, and Princeton has a lot of money, so why can’t they just pay and make all of our problems go away? They’re organizing to move Princeton to pay its “fair share
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Tagged under:
Economy, Endowment, Princeton, Princeton Borough, Princeton Citizens for Tax Fairness, Princeton University, taxes, Tea Party
IN PRINT: Update — Fake rifle prompts campus alert at PU
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
by Angela Wu
A Princeton University student touched off a campus-wide security alert over the weekend by running across the campus carrying an “imitation” AK-4 assault rifle, police said. Princeton Borough police confiscated the weapon and charged Steven Shonts, 18, of Eden Prairie, MN, with “possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose” and “possession of an imitation firearm
- Published in In Print
IN PRINT: Mayor May Not Run for Reelection
Tuesday, 03 March 2009
by Brian No
Update 3/28: Here is the PAW article on the symposium. [Full disclosure: This reporter was covering a symposium on the black experience at Princeton a couple weeks ago for the Princeton Alumni Weekly. It only occurred recently to this reporter that Princeton Borough mayor Mildred Trotman’s comments may be news.] Princeton Borough mayor Mildred Trotman, in