Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • County college launches 3-year plan for improvements, growth

    County college launches 3-year plan for improvements, growth

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Mercer County Community College’s new three-year strategic plan is a roadmap for success for the college over the next three years, members of the colleges board of trustees say.    Created by processing the hopes and dreams of the college community into a comprehensive list of 35 goals,…

  • Borough police lieutenant now has an FBI education

    Borough police lieutenant now has an FBI education

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Freshly back from his graduation from the FBI National Academy, Princeton Borough Police Lt. Nicholas Sutter has returned with more than just a diploma.  As part of the 1 percent of active law enforcement officials who get a chance to take part in the program, Lt. Sutter has brought back…

  • Montgomery a kickoff site for 2008 robotics competition

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — While robots may not be invading Montgomery High School next month, the students who develop them will be out in force.    The school is helping to kick off the 2008 For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics Competition, an international program for high school students that…

  • A West Windsor premium for a permit? Just ask a plumber

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township’s permit fee system is out of line with area municipalities and West Windsor residents are sometimes paying about $100 in extra costs for routine work, a Hightstown plumber has charged.    Donald Meier — owner of Plumbing Solutions Inc. — said Wednesday that certain jobs, like…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Dec. 28

    Princeton Borough    Raymond Bralynski, 37, of Sebring, Fla., was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:22 a.m. Sunday following a motor vehicle stop on Stockton Street for careless driving, police said. He was later released on his own recognizance.    Julie Loprinzi, 36, of Lawrence, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 11:44 a.m. Saturday following…

  • County college launches 3-year plan for improvements, growth

    County college launches 3-year plan for improvements, growth

    A view of the student center in the quad area of Mercer County Community College. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • AT WORK

    AT WORK

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Name: Gabriel Morales, Age: 41, Hometown: South Brunswick, Company: MarketFair shopping center, West Windsor, Job title: Seasonal Sales Associate for MarketFair Gift Cards.  —- How did you get this job? MarketFair was advertising the position to employees of its other stores, so I found out about it while I was…

  • AT WORK

    AT WORK

    Gabriel Morales on the job as a seasonal sales associate selling gift cards at MarketFair. Staff photo by Katie Wagner

  • A potential partnership could help fill outdoor amphitheater

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Members of Princeton’s joint Recreation Board announced Thursday that they are pursuing a partnership with The Arts Council of Princeton that could bring a series of free concerts to the Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater during the summer.    Though the two entities have met to the discuss the possibility, a formal partnership…