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New Jersey’s $56.6 Billion Budget for FY 2025: Tax Hikes, Property Tax Relief, and Investments
Governor Phil Murphy signed the new $56.6 billion state budget for New Jersey, which includes a significant tax increase on large corporations and substantial funding for property tax relief, public schools, pensions, and community projects. Key Takeaways:. The budget introduces a 2.5% tax on large companies to fund NJ Transit,...
Shane Bowen’s New Defensive Strategy for the Giants in 2024 – Re-Defining Fast and Aggressive
Shane Bowen is introducing the New York Giants’ new defensive strategy for the 2024 season. This approach will feature less blitzing, more controlled aggression, and a focus on player performance and adaptation. Key Takeaways:. Shane Bowen will use fewer blitzes than Wink Martindale, choosing a more controlled approach. Bowen’s...
New York Giants – Top Trade Targets, Rumors, and News [NFL Draft 2024]
The New York Giants have made major changes this offseason, letting go of Saquon Barkley and Xavier McKinney, trading for Brian Burns and drafting Malik Nabers. Even so, there are still major roster gaps to fill. Here are the two key players the Giants should trade for and four additional...
Hit the ‘trail’ and learn about New Jersey’s Black history
James Still always wanted to become a doctor, but as a Black child in the 1800s, never had the opportunity to go to medical school. Undeterred, he learned to make botanical extracts from native plants, and studied books on anatomy, physiology, botany and medicine. Still became a skilled healer with an office in Medford, and earned fame as “the Black doctor of the Pines.”
Protesters disrupt Princeton University alumni festivities
Pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel protesters were true to the word that they would “see you at Reunions” when they briefly held up Princeton University’s signature P-Rade of alumni May 25. The protesters, whose encampment was dismantled May 15 after three weeks on McCosh Courtyard and Cannon Green on the Princeton...
‘A time to reflect’
People stood together along Nassau Street as many waved American flags for the 2024 Memorial Day Parade. The parade was held on May 25 during Memorial Day weekend and was followed by a ceremony at Monument Hall. “Memorial Day is about remembering the men and women who have made the...
Primary election is June 4
Princeton voters will nominate candidates for an assortment of elected offices in the Democratic and Republican party primaries June 4. The polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting will take place May 29-June 2. Ballots may be cast at any of the seven early...
Saving money, helping the climate, aiding justice
Interested in saving money on home energy bills? How about helping to fight climate change by reducing your carbon footprint? Or ensuring that the New Jersey communities most affected by environmental pollution get justice and help?. If so, the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 may have something to...
Princeton Police blotter
A 35-year-old Trenton man was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Millstone Township Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street May 17. He was processed and released. A shoplifter stole $676.92 worth of alcoholic beverages from a store on North Harrison Street May 17. The shoplifter took...
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 24
Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or...
Princeton Council adopts 2024 municipal budget
The Princeton Council adopted its $74.5 million municipal budget for 2024, following a public hearing April 29. The municipal property tax rate will increase from 56 cents per $100 of assessed value to 58 cents. The owner of a house assessed at the town average of $853,136 will pay $4,948 in municipal property taxes.
Princeton Council extends dog park at Community Park for one more year
The Princeton Community Dog Park at Community Park South will remain open indefinitely while officials continue to explore locations for a permanent dog park. The temporary dog park was set to expire earlier this month, but the Princeton Council adopted a resolution at its April 29 meeting to extend the park indefinitely.
Public hearing on apartment building at historic Joseph Horner House canceled
The Princeton Planning Board’s May 23 special meeting to consider 344 Nassau LLC’s application to construct a 15-unit apartment building attached to the historic Joseph Horner House has been canceled. A new date for the public hearing on the developer’s application has not been set. The Princeton...
Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” according to a Chinese proverb. But in the avian world, journeys can last well over a thousand miles – and begin with a flap rather than a step!. Each spring, birds known as “neotropical migrants” make incredible...
Pro-Palestine encampment ends at Princeton University
Princeton University students’ pro-Palestine/anti-Israel encampment came to an end on May 15, less than three weeks after the students began a sit-in protest on April 25. Cannon Green behind Nassau Hall, where the students held their sit-in for 17 of those days, is empty of lawn chairs, umbrellas, tables, signs and posters set up by the protesters.
‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’
In calling for the “preservation” of “half” of New Jersey’s land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they’re including as “preserved land” includes a high portion of playgrounds and sports fields. These are well and good, indeed excellent and much needed, but the article would lead the reader to believe that all the preserved land will be natural: it tells us that the “1.4 million acres remaining that are neither developed nor preserved…are not just sitting around doing nothing! They’re quietly providing priceless ‘ecosystem services’: preventing flooding by absorbing rainwater from storms, holding soils in place, filtering impurities from the air and water, sequestering carbon to fight climate change, providing habitat for a diversity of wildlife, and improving our food security.” We need both natural lands AND playgrounds, sports fields, and so on. Let’s be accurate about what “preserving half of New Jersey’s land” means.
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17
Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or...
‘It is insensitive’
The Princeton Historic Preservation Commission has declined to endorse a proposal to construct a 15-unit apartment building that would be attached to the historic Joseph Horner House at 344 Nassau St. However, the Historic Preservation Commission left open an opportunity for the developer, 344 Nassau LLC, to work with officials...
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