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  • Institute’s housing plan remains firm

    Site near historic battlefield still a point of contention By: Nick Norlen    The Institute for Advanced Study plans to proceed with the construction of faculty housing near Battlefield State Park, but detailed plans aren’t expected to be completed for "several months," a spokeswoman said Monday.    The think tank’s proposal includes building 15 homes on eight…

  • Montgomery emergency communications to receive upgrade

    EMS and police will be able to speak directly to each other By: Katie Wagner    MONTGOMERY — Communication between the township’s police officers and emergency medical services professionals is about to become more personal.    The township has ordered portable and stationary communication radios for these first responders and their vehicles that will facilitate direct relay…

  • NEWS UPDATE: DiGirolamo to stand trial on abandonment charges

    Millstone man to waive preliminary hearing, lawyer’s office says. By: Vic Monaco    Rosario DiGirolamo — labeled a person of interest in the disappearance of his mistress, Amy Giordano, of Hightstown — will stand trial on charges of abandoning the couple’s toddler boy outside a Delaware hospital.    Mr. DiGirolamo, 32, of Millstone, was scheduled for a…

  • AT WORK

    Robert J. KunertHamilton ResidentPlant ManagerStony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority By: Greg Forester     How did you get into this job?     Well, I was 20 years old, looking for a full-time job to get myself into. I was down in Bordentown, at the lumberyard applying for a job, and a man in the back of…

  • Branching out

    Branching out

    Hopewell Valley Community Bank expands its reach in Mercer, Middlesex counties Melinda Sherwood, Business Editor    When Hopewell Valley Community Bank first opened its doors in 1999 at Pennytown Shopping Village off Route 31, community banks were becoming an endangered species. Fleet and First Union had just acquired local banks, and only one community bank…

  • Moving In

    Princeton’s business scene welcomes new neighbors Gwen McNamara, Business Journal    Spring has sprung and so have new additions to downtown Princeton’s business scene.    In Palmer Square, Halo Fete — an ice cream pastry shop — is now open.    The shop, adjacent to Halo Pub on Hulfish Street, features ice cream cakes and high-end gourmet…

  • Making a difference

    Making a difference

    Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski Piedad Mendez an immigrant from Ecuador, worked for a number of hair salons before opening her own business in Princeton last month, Alexandra’s on Leigh Avenue.

  • SPECIAL ISSUE – PROGRESS EDITION ’05

    Central Jersey gives small businesses the chance to shine Gwen McNamara and George Spohr, Business Journal    Hugh Miller, CEO and founder of Hollyrock/ Miller Marketing Communications, doesn’t claim to be an expert on small businesses — but he may as well be one.    In addition to his client portfolio boasting some Central Jersey small…

  • Searching for the next ‘Spiderman’

    Searching for the next ‘Spiderman’

    Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski Bill Jemas, co-founder of 360ep, at the company’s Princeton headquarters at 20 Nassau St.