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  • Mayors’ forum convened around smart growth

    Princeton Shopping Center to used as example at workshop. By: David Campbell    Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand will join mayors from five other New Jersey municipalities for a smart-growth community-design workshop at Princeton University beginning Sunday.    The Mayors’ Institute on Community Design, a three-day workshop scheduled to run through June 10, invites the mayors to…

  • From unemployed to self-employed:

    A state program for emerging entrepreneurs. By: Edmund Karam    The first thing you learn while attending a Department of Labor employment services meeting is this: it’s not called the "unemployment office" anymore. It’s the "re-employment office." The difference may seem purely semantic, but understanding its nuance is the first step to finding a new job…

  • Borough Council to hold final round of budget hearings

    Four-cent increase in tax rate projected. By: Jennifer Potash    The Princeton Borough Council has a light agenda Wednesday, but with one heavy topic — the 2003 municipal budget.    The council will hold a public hearing on the proposed $19.4 million budget that includes a tax rate of 71.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The…

  • McCarter staging first home and garden tour

       Some of Princeton’s most distinguished residences will be featured as part of McCarter Theatre Center’s first annual Home and Garden Tour to benefit McCarter’s Artistic and Education Program on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (The rain date is Sunday.)    Sponsored by N.T. Callaway Real Estate Broker, L.L.C., the self-guided Home and Garden Tour…

  • Rocky Hill moms’ group convenes

    A chance to get acquainted with neighbors, share problems and solutions. By: Paul Sisolak    ROCKY HILL — Quickly following the passing of Mother’s Day last month, a new group of borough mothers will be holding its first meeting this week.    The Rocky Hill Moms Group, an outgrowth of the borough’s Community Group, will hold its…

  • The medium is the massage

    Spas are offering more ways to pamper and please. By: Jennifer Potash    It used to be the word "spa" conjured up visions of weeks-long excursions spent slathered in mud treatments at a resort in some exotic locale.    With the recent proliferation of day spas, however, women and men can slip into a spa between more…

  • Primary election results

    By: Eve Collins and Scott Morgan     Election totals Bordentown Township Township Committee Two three-year seats Republicans *George Chidley – 111 (50%) *Mark Roselli – 110 (50%) Chesterfield Township Committee One three-year seat Republicans *Michael Hlubik – 40 Fieldsboro Borough Council Two three-year seats Democrats *Michael Carroll – 27 (26%) *Richard Lynch – 34 (33%)…

  • Amkraut is new Princeton High AD

    Rutgers graduate to take over for interim Benson July 1 By: Bob Nuse    Eric Amkraut’s first impression of Princeton High was a positive one.    "I’m very excited about the people that I have met and the things that I have seen to this point," said Amkraut, who will take over as the new Athletic Director…

  • Princeton University seniors become first ‘green’ fellows

       The Pace Center for Community Service at Princeton University has announced the selection of five graduating seniors to launch the Ferenbach Fellows Program.    The program, a new initiative based on a gift from Carl Ferenbach III, who graduated in 1964, is designed to support Princeton University graduates in postgraduate fellowships in the area of environmental…