Thursday, May 17, 2012
Recommendations also include no early retirement incentive for police officers.
After months of hard work, members of the Transition Task Force on Wednesday outlined recommendations for a consolidated Princeton. Among the suggestions the Transition Task Force will present to the governing bodies on Monday, May 21 are a proposal to eliminate 15.5 positions, add an emergency management position and not offer an early retirement program for police officers. Princeton Borough Council and Princeton Township Committee have final say over all decisions. Specific recommendations include eliminating the following positions (some are duplicate positions, meaning two or more people have the same job title, which will be redundant in a combined municipality). Employees in redundant positions would be selected first on skills/…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
NJ’s governor and Cory Booker channel Seinfeld in video parody for correspondents show.
Just because they're the state's two most prominent politicians doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor. The office of Gov. Chris Christie yesterday released a lighthearted video co-starring Newark Mayor Cory Booker as a peripatetic go-to guy, riffing off his now national-scale image as a man of action following his rescue of a neighbor from a burning building several weeks ago. As the Democratic mayor of the state's largest city is depicted doing everything from coming up with a spare guitar for Bruce Springsteen to catching a falling baby, a faux-frustrated Christie hisses "Booker!" The video was produced for the New Jersey Press Association's Legislative Correspondents Club show.
Monday, May 14, 2012
The bus offers transportation from Princeton to the new hospital in Plainsboro.
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Monday, May 14
The bus between Princeton to the new hospital in Plainsboro is now up and running. Officials including NJ Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Princeton Healthcare Systems CEO Barry Rabner and District 16 Assemblywoman Donna Simon helped mark the launch of the new route on Monday. The weekday-only service operates every 40 minutes from approximately 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and every 75-80 minutes until midnight, covering all three hospital work shifts. The one-way adult fare is $1.50 ($0.65 for transfers) or $48 monthly. Exact fare is required. For those who can't afford the fare, free tickets are available at the medical office at 281 Witherspoon St. The bus will make stops at the Princeton Shopping Center, Nassau Street at Palmer Square, the Dinky …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The cuts would be devastating to New Jersey residents who need help the most, they say.
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Friday, May 11
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) and leaders from The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton and the Community FoodBank of New Jersey this week condemned a bill they say will significantly reduce or eliminate aid to vulnerable New Jersey residents, including housing assistance and food stamps. The Republican budget reconciliation bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday and will now move to the U.S. Senate. “Make no mistake: these cuts would increase hardship in New Jersey and set back our economic recovery at a time when too many families continue to struggle," Holt said. The plan would slash the food stamp program by $36 billion over 10 years, leading 2 million Americans to lose access and cutting benefits for 44 million …
Conservatives are pleased, but one Democratic critic think the veto is just to "burnish his conservative credentials" for a possible VP run with Mitt Romney
After months of mulling his options, Gov. Chris Christie vetoed state legislation Thursday that would have established a health insurance exchange in New Jersey, a fundamental step in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—known coloquially as "Obamacare"—in the state. Christie had until Thursday, May 10, to make a decision on Assembly Bill #2171, passed by the state Legislature in March, or the bill would have become law, with or without his signature. Christie said that because the U.S. Supreme Court [SCOTUS] decided to take on Obamacare in March, just 10 days after the New Jersey Assembly passed the health exchange bill, the Affordable Care Act "might not survive [legal] scrutiny." "Because it is not known whether…
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Discussions will continue on specific design changes, including building heights and public access.
Princeton Borough Council has unanimously approved the zoning changes requested by AvalonBay Communities, Inc., the company that plans to build 280 apartments at the hospital site on Witherspoon Street. AvalonBay may install a sign and have on-site childcare, redraw an internal lot line, permit arts and crafts studios and install certain architectural details in the building setback. AvalonBay is under contract to University Medical Center of Princeton property and plans to demolish the seven-story, 500,000-square foot building and build rental apartments. The hospital is relocating to Plainsboro this month. Most members of Borough Council agreed that Avalon Bay’s proposal is not perfect, but mostly complies with zoning and the …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
President Obama made his historic pronouncement during an interview with ABC News.
President Barack Obama has publicly come out in support of gay marriage, the first time in history that a sitting U.S. President has ever done so. Obama gave the news to ABC News' Robin Roberts in an interview that will air on ABC's “Good Morning America" on Thursday. "I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don't Ask Don't Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Township Committee approved the promotion, without a pay raise, on Monday.
Lt. Christopher Morgan has been promoted to Acting Chief of the Princeton Township Police Department, following a unanimous vote by Township Committee on Monday. “While Lt. Christopher Morgan has served admirably as senior officer in charge of the Princeton Township Police Department since March 30, the title of senior officer in charge reflects neither the responsibility nor the authority of the job that he is performing,” Township Committee Member Bernie Miller said. “It is with this fact in mind, and recognizing the need to reestablish a command structure that can be readily understood within and outside of our Police Department, that I propose to Township Committee the appointment of Lt. Christopher Morgan to the rank of Acting Chief…
Monday, May 7, 2012
On Primary Day, June 5, voters will cast their votes for six members of the new Princeton Council for the consolidated community.
Six of the nine Democratic candidates for Princeton Council have teamed together to conduct joint mailings, fundraising and advertising. The six candidates are those endorsed by Princeton Township and Borough democratic committees on March 26: Jo Butler, Jenny Crumiller, Heather Howard, Lance Liverman, Bernie Miller and Patrick Simon. Butler, Crumiller and Howard are members of Borough Council. Liverman and Miller are members of Township Committee. Simon is a newcomer who served on the Joint Shared Services and Consolidation Commission. “Obviously pooling our resources is an advantage and working together as a team is an advantage,” Crumiller said. “We’re all supporting each other and will do a fundraiser and a mailing and probably …
Acting Police Director Christopher Morgan has been leading the department for about a month since former Police Chief Robert Buchanan retired.
Princeton Township Committee will vote tonight whether to promote Acting Police Director Chris Morgan to Interim Police Chief. Morgan has been leading the Township Police Department since former Chief Robert Buchanan retired at the beginning of April. “It’s on the agenda because a contingent of Township Committee thought it was important for us to address,” Township Mayor Chad Goerner said. Committee Member Lance Liverman supports the proposal, saying it's for residents' safety and for morale of the police department. “It’s something I think our community wants, our community has always had a police chief or an actiing chief, not having one makes no sense at all,” Liverman said. But he is clear that just because Morgan might be promoted …
Jack Wagon
7:53 am on Friday, May 18, 2012
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