Category: archives

  • Jan. 24, 4:45 p.m.: I’m back. Let’s talk about Hillary and the ISCJ plan

    The junior senator from New York steps way over the line. By: Hank Kalet    Once again, I have to begin a post by apologizing for my negligence in not posting. I’d like to promise that it won’t happen again, but I can’t make that kind of a promise. So here goes the blogging for today:…

  • Hearing begins on controversial Schafer site plan in Rocky Hill

    Largest housing development in decades attracts crowd to Planning Board session By: Jake Uitti    ROCKY HILL — Planning Board hearings on the controversial Schafer tract began Thursday in a special meeting that was described by officials as agreeable.    With about 100 residents in attendance, the Pulte/Schafer group asked the board to grant preliminary and final…

  • Soltau answers call for South track

    Senior helps strengthen Pirates indoor team By: Justin Feil    Brian Soltau’s cell phone has been busy lately.    College coaches have been calling nightly to see about landing the West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior. It’s just what he hoped for when he decided to run indoor track for the Pirate boys’ team for the first time.    "Lately,…

  • Princeton Charter School to hike enrollment

    State Department of Education OKs increase of 58 students By: Emily Craighead    Princeton Charter School has received approval from the New Jersey Department of Education to expand enrollment by 58 students over the next five years, the department announced Monday.    Approval of the expansion and a five-year renewal of the school’s charter came as the…

  • Best job in town

    Library’s book buyer satisfies the cravings of a voracious readership By: Marjorie Censer    Andre Levie still hasn’t gotten over the joy of opening boxes of new books.    For Mr. Levie, collection development coordinator at the Princeton Public Library, opening those boxes is one of the best parts of his job.    Mr. Levie oversees the library’s…

  • Letters to the Editor, Jan. 24

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Jan. 24 One-way streets would discourage truck traffic To the editor:     I am flabbergasted that Glatting-Jackson would propose extending Alexander Road to Route 206 through the Princeton Theological Seminary (The Packet, Jan. 10). It looks like an out-of-town planner’s solution to our traffic problems. But one must realize that there…

  • Washington Crossing Inn

    Offering inventive cuisine in a comfortable, intimate setting, this restaurant has a "feel" for its historic site. By: Richard Burns    This venerable inn has been in operation at its present location since about 1932, and parts of the structure go back as far as 1817. A number of Bucks County, Pa., inns can trace their…

  • Princeton Democrats choose new leader, but not quietly

    Jenny Crumiller elected president at a heated annual meeting By: Marjorie Censer    Jenny Crumiller, a Library Place resident, was elected president of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization at a heated annual meeting with record attendance Sunday evening.    More than 200 people packed the Suzanne Patterson Center to vote in an election that is typically uncontested.…

  • Potluck

    Food reviewer Richard Burns celebrates Chinese New Year with a sumptuous feast, prepared with a group of his Yardley, Pa., neighbors. By: Richard Burns    The Chinese celebrate the new year with fireworks, lantern parades and elaborate banquets. Each year, the Chinese Association of Chinatown in Philadelphia has imported chefs from different provinces of China to…