Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • McCarter managing director leaving for post at Syracuse

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Jeffrey Woodward, who has served as managing director of McCarter Theatre since 1991, recently accepted a position as managing director of Syracuse Stage at Syracuse University.    On March 24, Mr. Woodward will assume his new position, which will involve overseeing administrative operations for the Syracuse Stage, including fundraising, finance, marketing,…

  • Indian village has water, thanks to a Princeton connection

    Indian village has water, thanks to a Princeton connection

    Princeton Day School student Rujul Zaparde with residents of the Indian village of Paras, where his father grew up.

  • Princeton planners endorse and question senior housing amendments

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    The debate over proposed ordinance amendments for the Bunn Drive senior housing overlay zone was taken on by the Regional Planning Board of Princeton on Thursday, with the board’s members ultimately voting 9-3 to refer the ordinance back to the Township Committee — with a list of issues to be…

  • Nassau Inn gives Planning Board a look at its plans for expansion

    Nassau Inn gives Planning Board a look at its plans for expansion

    Rendering shows how a renvoated Nassau Inn would look from Palmer Square West. The retail space housing Lindt Chocolate would be overhauled to make way for two new floors above, a new exterior entry, waiting area and outdoor dining space for the Yankee Doodle Tap Room. Courtesy Spiezle Group

  • Montgomery in pact with South Brunswick over animal control duties

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township Committee adopted a resolution authorizing a shared services agreement with South Brunswick Township regarding animal control last week.    The agreement allows South Brunswick to send all rescued animals to Montgomery’s kennel and receive assistance from Montgomery’s full-time and part-time animal control officers during times when…

  • University marks King Day with frank talk on immigration

    University marks King Day with frank talk on immigration

    Members of the Casym Steel Orchestra perform at the start of the Martin Luther King Day celebration at Princeton University. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Grammy winner Natalie Cole to keynote PHCS conference

       Multiple Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole will headline Princeton HealthCare System’s annual Soul to Soul conference with a keynote address on Saturday, April 19, at the Hyatt Regency Princeton, PHCS announced Monday.    Ms. Cole will present a talk entitled “Getting Beyond the Mistakes and Making Smart Choices,” drawing on her three decades of experience in…

  • Indian village has water, thanks to a Princeton connection

    Indian village has water, thanks to a Princeton connection

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — An Indian village 300 miles outside of Mumbai, formerly Bombay, now has its own water supply, thanks to the work of two eighth-graders at Princeton Day School.    Rujul Zaparde, 13, was able to venture back to his father’s home village in India to oversee construction of a 250-foot-deep…

  • Builder: sign was to attract interest in unapproved project

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer The Princeton builder who posted the Quarry Street sign announcing a new townhouse project on the street said it was intended to solicit buyers, not herald a done deal. “We’re just generating interest right now,” said Wayne Miller, who confirmed comments from Princeton planning officials that no formal plans have…