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Approximately $2.4 million in outstanding payments between Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, stemming from old joint municipal capital projects, are finally beginning to be reconciled, said Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi last Tuesday. Princeton Township owes the Borough roughly $1.8 million, and the Borough owes the Township about $600,000, resulting in a $1.2 million net gain for the Borough, which will be used to pad the municipal surplus needed for future budgets or capital projects, Mr. Bruschi said. The payments stemmed from “dozens” of capital projects that were tracked using manual bookkeeping dating back to the 1990s. Mr. Bruschi said that digital billing as well as an open line of communication between Borough CFO Sandra Webb and Township CFO Kathryn Monzo has remedied the situation. “We’ll have the whole thing behind us in a couple of weeks,” Mr. Bruschi said. “Nobody’s debating that everybody owes everybody money; it’s just making sure that everybody has the appropriate backup so that when we get audited, we can tie it back to these projects.” The reconciliation, Mr. Bruschi said, is the result of a two-year process during which both municipalities were getting their books in order, but he conceded that the towns “should have done a better job in keeping current with the billing.” (MH)

The public is invited to attend the Princeton Regional Schools Candidates Night on Tuesday, April 8, from 8 to 9:30 p.m., in the John Witherspoon School Library. Sponsored by the Special Education PTO, the event will be an opportunity to meet current board member Walter Bliss, who, along with Daniel Haughton and Naomi Perlman, will be vying for one of two Township seats on the board in the coming April 15 election. Timothy Quinn of the Borough, who is running unopposed for the seat being vacated by Michael Mostoller, will also be on hand. (EG)

Corner House Counseling Center is currently recruiting members for the 2008-09 Teen Advisory Group, or TAG, which is a peer educator/leadership program that trains 11th grade students from Princeton area high schools in substance abuse awareness and prevention issues. TAG students meet weekly to learn about substance abuse and related issues and then develop presentations and workshops for students in grades 5-9 and for parents. Students are selected from each of the four Princeton high schools: Princeton High School, Princeton Day School, the Hun School, and Stuart Country Day School. “We strive to have a balanced group of 22 students, diverse in many ways, including ethnicity, gender, ideas and beliefs, and past experiences,” said Gary DiBlasio, Corner House executive director. Students who are currently in their sophomore year from one of the Princeton area high schools can apply to be part of TAG. Applications are available at Corner House or the schools and are due on April 18. For more information, call Corner House at (609) 924-8018.

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