Category: archives

  • Voices for peace

    Speakers tell of religions’ efforts in the Holy Land. By: Jennifer Potash    Forgiveness may be the only, and most difficult, path to peace in the Middle East, according to three leaders of different religions from Israel.    The Rev. Samuel Fanous, an Arab Israeli Episcopalian minister active in Arab-Jewish interfaith reconciliation in Ramle; Imam Khalid Abu…

  • Princeton area holds on in commercial real estate market

    During tough times nationally, local vacancy rates are in good shape by comparison. By: Geroge Frey    The national and state commercial real estate markets are bad and likely to grow worse, according to a number of industry experts, but the Princeton area has shown resiliency when compared to the region and country.    National vacancy levels…

  • Hometown visionary

    Architect and developer J. Robert Hillier has big plans for Princeton and, so far, they’ve been welcomed. By: Jennifer Potash    He grew his firm from a second-floor walk-up office on Nassau Street to one of the largest architectural groups in the country.    J. Robert Hillier’s firm The Hillier Group has designed large-scale office complexes for…

  • New PHS principal? Maybe by Friday

    Eight semifinalists vie for "the toughest job" in the district. By: Jeff Milgram    If everything goes according to plan, a new principal for Princeton High School will be named officially on Friday.    The Princeton Regional Board of Education has tentatively scheduled a special meeting for 8 a.m. Friday at the Valley Road Building to vote…

  • SMB thinking of repeat

    Princeton summer basketball league playoffs begin By: Bob Nuse    Kelly Williams celebrated his 33rd birthday doing one of his favorite things — playing basketball.    On Friday night, Williams scored 15 points and led a spirited rally as SMB topped Cluck-U Chicken, 52-49, in the Princeton Recreation Men’s Summer Basketball League.    With the win, defending champion…

  • Brace yourself for an electrical sticker shock

    PACKET EDITORIAL, July 29.    Friday is D Day for New Jersey’s electric utility industry — the day full deregulation takes effect after a four-year period of not-so-promising transition.    In 1999, the Legislature approved, and Gov. Christine Todd Whitman signed, a much-heralded bill that would phase out regulation of the rates New Jersey’s electric utilities charge…

  • All’s well this year at park for Shakespeare Festival

    Problems of the past at Community Park North site have been resolved. By: David Campbell    The Princeton Repertory Company in cooperation with Princeton officials and staff has worked hard this summer to ensure that parking and support facilities for the company’s Shakespeare Festival at Pettoranello Gardens didn’t end up a comedy of errors.    The Princeton…

  • Longtime Plainsboro administrator to leave post

    Patrick Guilfoyle praised for his leadership. By: Gwen McNamara    PLAINSBORO — After more than 16 years with the township, Patrick Guilfoyle is resigning as township administrator.    His last day will be Aug. 8.    "When I came to Plainsboro from Colorado over 16 years ago, I made a personal vow to my family that we would…

  • New bids ready to go out on PHS work this week

    Contract for reduced-cost renovation and expansion project expected to be awarded Sept. 23. By: Jeff Milgram    Bid documents for the redesigned and delayed Princeton High School renovation and expansion project will go out this week, Superintendent Claire Sheff Kohn said Monday.    The bids are scheduled to be opened on Sept. 17 and a contract will…