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The Regional Planning Board of Princeton authorized a one-year extension to a proposal by Chatham Capital Investors L.P. for the development of senior housing on Bunn Drive by a majority of 9 votes to 2 last Thursday. The development is opposed by several environmental groups and residents concerned about the potential impact of the housing project close to the environmentally sensitive Princeton Ridge. Chatham Capital Investors L.P. was previously granted a six-month extension on the project in November 2006.

The Princeton Affect and Time Survey, designed by Alan Krueger, a professor of economics at Princeton University, and Arthur Stone, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral science at Stony Brook University, finds that those with lower incomes and less education are in pain more often than those with higher incomes and more education. According to the study, 28 percent of Americans are in pain at any given moment and those with less education and lower income spend more of their time in pain. Those in pain are less likely to work or socialize and more inclined to watch television than the pain-free. The study was administered by the Gallup Organization in a telephone survey from May through August 2006. Described as being the first to quantify a “pain gap” in American society, with the “have-nots” suffering a disproportionate amount in relation to the “haves,” the study appears in the May 3 issue of The Lancet and on Dr. Krueger’s website: www.krueger.princeton.edu. It is thought to have broad implications for policymakers in health and social services.

Princeton Township Health Office received notice of several confirmed cases of salmonella from Princeton University last week. As of Monday, May 5, the number of cases reported by the University to the Township is eight: seven students and one University employee. The students and employee tested positive for salmonella bacteria, most commonly transmitted through food. “We are working in close cooperation with the University, the State Health Department, and the County Health Department to determine the cause of this isolated outbreak,” said Township Health Officer David Henry. (LA)

Princeton Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m., at Borough Hall. The meeting is a continuation hearing on the development on Greenview Avenue and will address a use variance request and related hardship variance approval to allow the demolition of six existing residential units and the construction of a new 14-unit multi-family condominium.

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