Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • AT WORK: Registered Nurse

    AT WORK: Registered Nurse

    Vicki Daly of University Medical Center at Princeton By Greg Forester        How did you get into this business?     I actually went to nursing school here, when this hospital actually still had a nursing school. We’re probably sitting in one of the classrooms right now. I graduated from high school in South Hunterdon in…

  • Group working for a greener future

    Sustainable Princeton holds workshop By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    After the workshop it held last week, Sustainable Princeton is looking to sustain something else: the momentum created by the more than 100 township and borough residents who attended.    ”Sustainable Princeton: Toward a Greener Future,” was held Oct. 24 as the first step in developing a…

  • Mr. Lee grows Asian Pears in Plainsboro
  • AT WORK: Registered Nurse
  • PU Art Museum returning works to Italy

    Authorities sought smuggled vases By Katie Wagner Staff Writer    The Princeton University Art Museum has announced its intent to transfer ownership of eight antiquities in its collection to Italy, including two ancient vases that Italian authorities alleged were smuggled out of the country.    Italian investigators contacted the museum in December 2004 to request details about…

  • Resident gets reply to development queries

    Borough of Princeton responds on NHKT By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    Six weeks after a resident submitted questions about Princeton Borough’s downtown development project and its negotiations with developer Nassau HKT, the borough provided detailed answers.    But they weren’t detailed enough, according to borough resident Mark Alexandridis, who received the responses from Borough Administrator Bob…

  • Fatal crash in Plainsboro on Saturday

    Georgia man, 42, is killed By Greg Forester Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Plainsboro experienced its second fatal car accident this week after a Georgia man driving on Route 1 was killed after his vehicle left the roadway early Saturday morning.    Peter Maina, 42, of Stone Mountain, Ga., was driving a pickup truck on Route 1…

  • Mr. Lee grows Asian Pears in Plainsboro

    Mr. Lee grows Asian Pears in Plainsboro

    From Merrill Lynch to his own orchard By Greg Forester Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — On Nostrand Road in Plainsboro, there sits a two-story home. It looks like your standard Jersey farming home, with neat rows of six-foot tall trees, grapevines, and a small barn in the rear of the house.    And in October — after…

  • PU team advises paper backup for electronic voting

    Addressing security risks of digital elections By Katie Wagner Staff Writer    A Princeton University research team, including computer science PhD candidate J. Alex Halderman, have concluded that requiring all voting to be conducted with both electronic and paper ballots, combined with a machine-assisted auditing technique could significantly reduce the security risks associated with voting.    ”Taking…