Category: archives

  • Boys’ Tennis Player of the Year

    Holland set tone for whole PDS season By: Justin Feil    Each flight in high school tennis can only win one match, and no one understands that any better than David Holland does.    Confident on the court, but humble off it, Holland doesn’t look at his job as any more important than anyone else’s on the…

  • EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

    The Princeton Packet, a group of award-winning community newspapers, is currently seeking a full time editorial assistant for its Lifestyle and Arts & Entertainment sections. College degree and word processing proficiency required.  Must possess good writing skills, be able to learn AP style and pagination, and be organized and accurate. Writing experience a plus. Good…

  • MILESTONES

    Issue of June 26, 2007 FINANCIAL SERVICES    Lisa M. Thouin of Hamilton has been elected president of the Mercer Chapter of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants for a one-year term. She joined the society in 1992, and has served as vice president, secretary and director in the Mercer Chapter. Currently a manger…

  • Big retirement choice: annuities or mutual funds

    IT’S YOUR BUSINESSAaron Skloff    Q: I am a public school teacher with the Princeton Regional High School District and my husband is a professor at Rutgers University. We can either chose annuities or mutual funds in our 403(b) retirement plan. What are the pros and cons of each?     The problem: annuities in retirement plans.…

  • Built in 1964, despised dorms get wrecking ball

    Butler complex to make way for new facility By: Olivia Tattory    With frustration mounting and made evident in recent student satisfaction surveys, Princeton University students are getting what they wanted.    Waffle style concrete ceilings that made the rooms feel dark and small, poor floor layout and at least one exposed brick wall that simply did…

  • Find out how effective your communications are

    SPEAKING OF COMMUNICATIONSSusan Young    June is Effective Communications Month. Our communications, both verbal and non-verbal, can be challenging. Whether you are speaking or responding to a situation at work or at home, messages can quickly be misunderstood, misconstrued and mistaken for something they are not. When communicating, we must always keep in mind that perception…

  • West Windsor set to defend softball title

    District 12 champs working hard By: Justin Feil    David Black got a look at the softball talent during the West Windsor Little League regular season.    As the first-year manager for the 12-year-old all-star team that begins District 12 Tournament play Wednesday, he has had the chance to see them up close. And he likes what…

  • Hand in hand

    Couple reunites ‘in sickness and in health’ By: Olivia Tattory    "All You Need is Love" is a title that resonates with many. The familiar and poignant song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney is a clear message that love can conquer all. And that it did for Wilma and Norman Ruskin.    After meeting at…

  • OBITUARIES, June 26, 2007

    Maurice C. Oldham Jr., Bonnie W. Taft, Raymond S. Papszycki, Leslie B. Nash Maurice C. Oldham Jr. Grew up in Princeton     LOS ANGELES — Maurice Clifton Oldham Jr. died May 17. He was 48.    Born in Princeton, he graduated from Princeton High School in 1977 where he played varsity basketball all four years, becoming…