Author: Central Jersey

  • Thanks to those who took part in housing talk

    Sandra Smith, LWV-Princeton Area  To the editor: An informative panel discussion on affordable housing in Princeton, co-sponsored by Princeton Community Housing and the League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area, is available on video on princetontv.org and also: https://www.facebook.com/pch.org and www.princetoncommunityhousing.org. The event, which took place on May 5, included panel participants Edward…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Township awarded grant for roadway improvements

    By Jeninr Clancy, Special Writer EAST WINDSOR — A yearly state grant for roadway improvements, totaling up to $250,000, was awarded to the town in an announcement made by Mayor Janice S. Mironov this week. The grant comes from the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the Fiscal Year 2014 Municipal Aid Program. Grants for…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Air Force promotes Lindsay Krahn to captain

    HILLSBOROUGH: Air Force promotes Lindsay Krahn to captain

    Former Hillsborough resident Lindsay A. Krahn was recently promoted to captain in the Air Force. Capt. Krahn, stationed at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico, is the flight commander of the 43rd Intelligence Squadron, Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency. Previously based at Eielson AFB in Fairbanks, Alaska, Capt. Krahn served as both…

  • Teachers’ union writes to correct misunderstanding

    John J. Baxter, chair, PREA negotiations team  To the editor: Last Wednesday Joanne Ryan, the president of the Princeton Regional Education Association (PREA) and I submitted a written statement to The Packet on the state of the contract negotiations with the Princeton Public Board of Education. Unfortunately, the excerpt from our statement that was…

  • An example of why it pays to support local merchants

    John Kuhn Bleimaier, Princeton  To the editor: "Support your local merchants." It’s kind of an old cliché. In a world of mega stores and the Internet some of the old adages seem to ring hollow. Well, not this one. This morning my key broke in my office door rendering the lock inoperable. I was…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Air Force promotes Lindsay Krahn to captain
  • PRINCETON: Road closures for the week

    A crane will be placed in the northbound lane of Chambers Street near Nassau Street from 7:30 a.m. until approximately 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20. While northbound Chambers Street will be closed, southbound traffic will proceed. Beginning on Wednesday, May 21, weather permitting, Top Line Construction Corp. will be working to install two new…

  • McCarter’s rite of spring

    McCarter’s rite of spring

    Gala co-chairs Judith Scheide and Tamera Matteo, are joined by Timothy Andrews and McCarter’s Artistic Director Emily Mann. Photo by Rebecca Nowalski

  • McCarter’s rite of spring

    McCarter’s rite of spring

    Theater previews new season at its annual gala By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer McCarter Theatre Center attracted some big names Saturday night — and they weren’t even the ones performing on stage. McCarter’s gala fundraiser was sold out three months before invitations even were sent out, according to event organizers. "People just know about…