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Borough Councilman and local business owner Kevin Wilkes is hoping to serve as the first mayor of consolidated Princeton.  If elected, he said that maintaining efficiency in municipal services would be his top priority.

“My goal is to effectively implement the consolidation program to manage our community affairs as one New Princeton,” Wilkes said.  “There is a high level of expectation in our community with regards to our two forms of government, and as they merge into one Princeton there can be no let down in service delivery to our citizens.”

"Forty Years After Mt. Laurel: New Findings About the Effects of Affordable Housing in NJ" will introduce new research, based on the experience of Ethel R. Lawrence Homes, a 140-unit, 100% affordable family rental project developed in Mount Laurel, NJ, on Thursday, April 26, 2012, in the Frist Campus Center, on the Princeton Unviersity campus. Registration is required.*

A full day conference on improving the criminal justice system is set for Friday, March 30 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Conference Center at Mercer County Community College (MCCC), located on the West Windsor Campus at 1200 Old Trenton Road.

Daniel Ellsberg, who in 1971 precipitated a national political controversy when he released the top secret "Pentagon Papers" to the media, will participate in a conversation with Bart Gellman '82, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author in residence and visiting lecturer in public and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, titled, "Secrets, Lies, and Leaks: From the Pentagon Papers to Wikileaks." The event is co-sponsored by the Wilson School and the Princeton University Committee on Public Lectures. It is part of the School's "Media and Public Policy" thematic lecture series.

At their second meeting held on Wednesday, February 8, the consolidation task force plowed ahead toward the goal of consolidation by enlisting Joe Stefko, Director of Public Finance for Committee of Governmental Research (CGR) to determine CGR’s role and cost if they were hired. Other groundwork included forming subcommittees.

The first motion for the task force involved voting that CGR have a project proposal ready by the next meeting.

Emotions ran high at the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (DOT) public meeting to discuss their pilot project to test jughandle closures at Harrison and Washington Streets to relieve traffic congestion on Route 1. Around eighty Princeton residents showed up to voice their concerns that the proposed rerouting of traffic would increase congestion on Princeton streets.

Next Step: Engaged Retirementsm & Encore Careers Speaker Series presents

Eva Mantell loves teaching art.  “When students aren’t expecting to come up with anything good, and they are engaged and surprised by what they’ve created, it feels great. I find it very energizing.”

Since the beginning of this school year, Princeton public school teachers have been working under the terms of a contract that expired nearly six months ago.

Negotiations regarding the contracts began in last January, between the Princeton Regional Education Association (PREA) and the Princeton Negotiations Board. After both sides failed to come to an agreement, the Public Employees Relations Council appointed a mediator, as the negotiations reached an impasse.

Jon Hauge, owner of the Savory Spice Shop, recently tasted the world’s hottest pepper, the bhut jolokia, also known as the ghost pepper, which is for sale in his shop.  “The best word to describe it is HOT,” says Hauge. “Sweat was definitely beading up on my forehead. I tried it with one of my employees, and we took pictures.”

HIE, HIT, ACOs, PPOs - You're not the only one baffled by healthcare changes. The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Symposium seeks to demystify the tangled web of healthcare in business - and help you, as an employer, make better decisions for your company and its employees.

The co-author of a study on PILOT – an acronym for payments made voluntarily by tax-exempt nonprofits as a substitute for property taxes – recommended at a Township Committee meeting Monday that a collaborative approach would be better than “public shaming”, a process she called “highly contentious.” 
 

With the addition of Princeton and South Brunswick, two historically Democratic voting blocs, into the Republican-dominated 16^th district, candidates for the New Jersey State Legislature found themselves discussing new issues at Tuesday’s forum in Princeton Township’s Municipal Court.

John Berry, director of the United States Office of Personnel Management, will deliver a public talk titled, "Public Service in the 21st Century." The discussion is part of activities marking the fifth anniversary of the "Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative."

Topics at Consumer Protection Day will include: Internet-based scams; investment fraud; identity theft; mortgage and foreclosure fraud; telemarketing fraud; product recalls, contractor registration; home-improvement scams, and others.

Admission is free. For information, call Division of Consumer Affairs at (609) 989-6671 or County Connection at (609) 890-9800.

For those applying to become U.S. citizens, all of the necessary resources will be at this three-hour workshop. Trained, bilingual volunteers will be on hand to assist local immigration attorneys who will be donating their time to review citizenship applications. Those who just need information or to have a consultation about the process and requirements to obtain U.S. citizenship are also invited to attend.

Tim Pitts, who identified common traits shared by the hundreds of successful people he hired during his 25-year career in the financial services industry, gives a presentation about self-promotion for people in every stage of their career. Topics include identifying what you really want to do; identifying and dealing with your strengths and weaknesses; the art of networking and self-promotion; and communicating your value to a potential employer.

The new University Medical Center of Princeton currently expects to open on May 22, 2012 with some significant changes in patient care, including an enlarged emergency department with individual rooms; medical services re-organized around a “portals of care” concept; de-centralized nursing stations; and a more environmentally friendly design in its new Plainsboro location.

A new report on local commercial real estate activity provides a mostly upbeat assessment for the first half of 2011, with many commercial realty professionals--in submarkets as diverse as office, warehouse, and boutique space -- agreeing with the report’s conclusion:  the economy has put the worst behind. 

Since we all rely on the services of the Princeton Fire Department, we should know more about  how it operates.  So here’s a pop quiz:
(A) Are Princeton firefighters paid?
(B) What does it cost to run the Fire Department?
(C) How many Fire Companies does Princeton have?
(D) Which fire stations respond to emergency calls?

Latino professionals are looking to provide both inspirational and practical advice about educational and career prospects to more than 100 urban schoolchildren at a Princeton gathering on June 10th that will include presentations that range from space exploration to an “If you like Lady Gaga, do you like Elvis Presley too?” computer science workshop.

Princeton Borough Councilman David Goldfarb is confident that he’s the right person for the job of mayor, whether it’s called simply “Princeton,” or continues as “Princeton Borough.”

In November, when Borough voters choose a new mayor to replace retiring Mayor Mildred Trotman, it is likely they – along with Township citizens - will also be asked to vote on consolidating the two Princetons.

Lawyers will be at the library for free private consultations on immigration and other issues. No appointment necessary. Service is on a first-come, first-served basis. Spanish translators available. For more information,

call Lucía Acosta at 609.924.9529, ext. 245. Conference Room

Co-sponsored by the library, the Latin American Task Force, Lutheran Social Ministries, The Princeton Housing Authority and the Mercer County Bar Association.

Princeton Senior Resource Center will host a Brown Bag discussion on “Estate Planning and Wills” on Friday April 15, at noon, in the Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton Street.

Join attorney Rebecca Esmi for a discussion including
1.  What is an estate plan?
2.  What is the benefit of having a will?  
3.  Key provisions of the will
4.  Medicaid and the "look-back" period, spend down, etc.

Discussion: Lewis Maltby: The president and founder of the National Workrights Institute, a human rights organization committed to workplace issues, will discuss his new book, “Can They Do That?: Retaking Our Fundamental Rights in the Workplace.”

Sponsored by the library and NJ Unemployed.