Category: archives

  • Back to school

    Certificate programs cover everything from small-farm operation to family business. By: Melinda Sherwood    Fall not only marks the return of thousands of full-time students to campus, hundreds of professionals will return to the classroom this year either to upgrade their skills or prepare for a career change.    With over a half dozen schools in striking…

  • Carpooling is down to a science at PDS

    Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association provides assistance to cut traffic on local roads. By: Jennifer Potash    To cut down on traffic that is starting to choke its campus, Princeton Day School and the Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association have teamed up to encourage families to carpool to school.    Families with students attending PDS in the…

  • School year promises to be full of change

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 26 By: Packet Editorial, Aug. 26    At Littlebrook and Riverside, the cafeterias are in chaos. At Princeton High School, the football field is a mess, the multimillion-dollar renovation bids still haven’t been awarded and a new principal doesn’t arrive until October. In West Windsor-Plainsboro, the new superintendent of schools gets to inaugurate…

  • Princeton Arts Council adds classes to fall roster

       The Arts Council of Princeton is now taking registration for its fall classes, which begin the week of Sept. 15.    New this fall is "Figure Drawing," taught by instructor Micheal Madigan. This class will introduce the fundamentals of figure drawing and will strengthen the skills of both beginning and advanced students. Proportion, volume, foreshortening and…

  • Audi A8 L: everything that’s good about auto engineering

    Like most automotive reviewers, I tend to be hard to impress. Having said that, the Audi A8 L has managed to dazzle me as much as it has most of my peers, to the extent that I didn’t want to give it up after only one week of driving. By: Les Jackson    This car, in…

  • WW-P district gearing up for schedule shifts

    Fewer periods but longer class times at the high schools. By: Gwen McNamara    It’s that time of year again — time to go back to school.    But with new middle and high school schedules starting up in the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District, will students be able to find their way around once they get…

  • Potts panning out at pro triathlete

    PHS graduate on fast track to Olympics By: Justin Feil    The only thing that’s risen faster than the price of gas has over the past two weeks is the professional triathlon career of Andy Potts over the past year.    Potts, who still calls Princeton his hometown though he lives and trains in Colorado Springs, Colo.,…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27 • Business Network International, West Windsor Chapter networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m., Cranbury Golf Club Bog Restaurant, 49 Southfield Rd., West Windsor. Info: (609) 371-7188. • Business Network International, Lawrenceville Chapter networking breakfast, 7-8:30 a.m., Princeton Pike Office Park, Lenox Drive, Building 3 Cafeteria, Lawrenceville. Info: (609) 466-0807. THURSDAY, AUG. 28 • Trade Fair and Technology…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of Aug. 26-28 TECHNOLOGY    Michelle Finneran Dennedy, a graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, was recently appointed to the newly created position of chief privacy officer for Sun Microsystems in California. Ms. Dennedy will be responsible for continuing to develop and implement Sun’s data privacy policies and practices and will be working with the…