Category: archives

  • PU alumni and parents offered online courses

    Noncredit, enrichment courses are offered in a pilot program of distance learning. By: Jeff Milgram    Suppose you have a hankering to learn about the architecture of Rome, or animal behavior — and you don’t want to leave the comfort of your home or office.    If you are an alumnus of Princeton University, you are in…

  • New West Windsor mayor ties vision to Jefferson

    Shing-Fu Hsueh sworn in before a large audience of residents and officials. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Shing-Fu Hsueh, surrounded by family, was sworn in as mayor at noon Sunday before a large crowd of residents and government officials that spilled outside the main meeting room of the Municipal Building.    He is now New…

  • Trustees pitch library expansion

    The library board of trustees unveiled an $8.2 million expansion plan at Tuesday’s council meeting. By:Brian Shappell    The Township Council is warm to library expansion — but not if taxpayers are being asked to foot the majority of the bill.    The library board of trustees unveiled an $8.2 million expansion plan at Tuesday’s council meeting.…

  • A staple of Princeton, Urken’s to close doors

    A downtown fixture for more than 60 years, Urken Supply Co. on Witherspoon Street will go out of business by the end of the year, says owner Irv Urken. By: Jennifer Potash A downtown fixture for more than 60 years, Urken Supply Co. on Witherspoon Street will go out of business by the end of…

  • Emotion in 3D: Dayton artist explores the power of shape

    Patrick Mateescu, a Dayton resident, just finished a residency and solo exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts and Sciences. By:Casha Caponegro    The ceramic gargoyles hung from the trees, keeping watch over the small stretch of woods. Resembling huge, grotesque masks, each gargoyle depicted a different monstrous entity, each more horrifying and frightening…

  • Lightning strikes woman on university campus

    Woodbridge resident listed in critical condition. By: Jeff Milgram    A 22-year-old woman from the Avenel section of Woodbridge was critically injured Sunday when she was hit by lightning while walking on the Princeton University campus.    In a separate incident, a man from East Windsor was killed by a lightning strike Saturday at Island Beach State…

  • Not so GrandShopping center in Montgomery feels loss of supermarket

    MONTGOMERY – The recent closures of the Grand Union, once one of just two large grocery stores in the township, along with the Montgomery Diner and the Hit or Miss clothing store, have left many smaller businesses in the Princeton North Shopping Center without a prime source of customers. By: Helen Pettigrew By The Princeton…

  • Aqua Man

    Going Deep: Searching for sunken treasure might get kids rolling on the path to a marine biology career. So how about some diving lessons at the Mid-Atlantic Scuba Center in Bensalem? By: Jodi Thompson    Evidently, scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) has this effect on people: once introduced, they become entranced. It makes sense, considering nearly…

  • School’s fourth grade to get Chinese option

    Spanish and Mandarin Chinese classes will be offered to fourth-grade students at the Upper Elementary School next year as part of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District’s world-languages program. By: Gwen Runkle, Staff Writer www.princetonpacket.com    The school board Tuesday defeated an earlier motion by member Hemant Marathe to delay the implementation of the Chinese classes…