Category: archives

  • Sticker shock for WW senior center

    Project bids come in too high By: Greg Forester WEST WINDSOR — Township officials are expected to reject all bids received for renovation work on the township’s Senior Center today after all the responses were significantly more than what the township was looking to pay for the work.    Three bids came in, and all were…

  • Essays on WW II recollections wanted

    These stories can be first-hand experiences of battle, or stories of what life was like on the home front    The Princeton Packet is inviting readers to submit essays about their experiences during World War II as part the upcoming Ken Burns series "The War," to air on public television.    About 1,100 World War II veterans…

  • Adult school ready for classes

    We have more than a dozen new courses ranging from cerebral to recreational    Registration is under way for the fall 2007 semester at the Princeton Adult School.    Offerings this year range from "The Golden Age of the American Short Story" and gourmet cooking, to a lecture series about the history of science, "From Clockwork to…

  • Sarnoff Library gets preservation aid

    The Historical Society of Princeton received the largest of the commission’s grants in Mercer County By: Katie Wagner    WEST WINDSOR — The David Sarnoff Library will be receiving some assistance from the state in preserving its documents that chart the invention of many of the most significant telecommunications devices of the 20th century that were…

  • Cost hike delays skateboard park

    Project won’t happen in 2007 By Nick NorlenStaff Writer    A potential cost increase will delay the construction of the skateboard park planned for Hilltop Park on Bunn Drive in Princeton Township.    At Thursday’s Princeton Joint Recreation Board meeting, Recreation Department Executive Director Jack Roberts estimated that the project could be $75,000 short due to design…

  • WW farmhouse nears a demise

    Township officials had expressed some interest in trying to preserve the 19th-century farmhouse, but it was decided it was too much in disrepair for any feasible renovation effort By: Greg Forester Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski Bids are about to be opened for demolition of the old Nierenberg farmhouse in West Windsor, shown here in…

  • PRCC Newsletter

    www.princetonchamber.org Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Newsletter VIEW THE NEWSLETTER: MAY 2004 —> VIEW THE NEWSLETTER: SEPTEMBER 2007 Message from the Chairman: Karen A. Jezierny, Director of Public Affairs, Princeton University. Everyone wants to make new contacts and take the time to focus on learning more about what local businesses have to offer. This is…

  • Stingy defense will lead MHS boys

    MHS BOYS’ SOCCER PREVIEW by John Beisser, Sports Writer    There is a new, vibrant spirit that has enveloped the Manville High boys’ soccer program. While the Mustangs are now under the direction of first-year head coach Tim Moore, a confident 33-year-old second-year math teacher in the district, Moore says that credit for this newfound wealth…

  • Recycling drive for literacy to roll at Whole Foods

       To celebrate International Literacy Day, an event that occurs on Sept. 8 each year, and the start of the new school year, the Whole Foods Market in West Windsor will join with MagazineLiteracy.org to kick-off the KinderHarvest magazine recycling drive for literacy. The event will take place during a special back-to-school tasting at the store…