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  • Enslin won’t seek another term on Princeton Township Committee

    Vicky Bergman to enter race for his seat; Bernard Miller to run again. By: Rachel Silverman    After a six-year stint on the Princeton Township Committee, Bill Enslin declared yesterday he will not seek re-election in November.    At the same time, Vicky Bergman, a former member of the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment, said…

  • BUSINESS WRAP-UP

    Issue of Feb. 8 Universal Display gets DOE contract    Universal Display Corporation, a leading developer of organic light-emitting diode technology in Ewing, has received a $130,000 cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a "smart window."    The agreement, obtained through the DOE’s Energy Efficient Building Technologies Funding Opportunity, includes a $100,000 funding…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of Feb. 8 ARCHITECTURE    The Princeton office of Hillier Architecture has announced the following promotions:    Nicholas Garrison, of Princeton, has been promoted to principal and design director of the education practice group. While at Hillier, he has designed the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology, the Princeton Public Library and multiple buildings for the new…

  • EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT

    Jeffrey Perlman Borden Perlman RESIDENCE: Princeton Borough FAMILY: wife Sharon, son Jeremy and daughter Raquel EDUCATION: a graduate of Princeton Day School, he went on to Bucknell University and later earned a graduate degree from the College of Insurance in New York City. FIRST JOB: lifeguard on Long Beach Island THUMBNAIL SKETCH: A member of…

  • Making a difference

    SPECIAL ISSUE: SMALL BUSINESS Hispanic businesses redefine Princeton’s downtown By: Jennifer Potash    A frequent knock on Princeton’s retail scene is that there’s a demise of mom-and-pop businesses.    But a group of such small businesses owned and operated by Hispanics have cropped up — and grown — in the borough and township for more than a…

  • West Windsor municipal election forms available

       WEST WINDSOR — With the municipal election set for mid-May, the township has announced that petition forms for those wishing to run for one of three open seats now are available in the township clerk’s office at the municipal building.    The deadline for filing petitions for one of three open seats — the mayor’s seat…

  • State sees spike in Small Business Administration loans

    A 48-percent increase recorded. By: Gwen McNamara    Astronger economy and better marketing plan has translated into a 48 percent spike in the number of U.S. Small Business Administration loan approvals in New Jersey.    New Jersey small business owners received 880 SBA-backed loans between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2004, totaling $175 million — up from…

  • North boys win Mercer track title

    Page leads the way for Knights By: Justin Feil    Redemption is too strong a word to describe the West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys’ Mercer County Winter Track Championship.    "That," said WW-P North’s Michael Page, "might have the connotation that we have some sort of animosity toward the other teams."    It wasn’t redemption, but it certainly helped…

  • Montgomery senior center plans Chinese New Year fest Wednesday

    By: Kara Fitzpatrick    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Senior Center is hosting a Chinese New Year celebration Wednesday that will feature music, lunch and crafts.    All older adults are invited to attend the festivities, which begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Otto Kaufman Community Center on Skillman Road.    The celebration will include homemade traditional Chinese dishes,…