Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Battle of Princeton re-enacted
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Colonial American history took a modern turn this weekend as re-enactors gathered to stage the Battle of Princeton at Battlefield State Park. Soldiers dressed in Colonial garb and British red coats wandered about talking with spectators and answering questions about early America from children, but as the fighting began, those…
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MEDICAL CENTER MOVES: Chapel of Light and beautiful illusion
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Emitting a golden glow and representing three faiths, a shimmering bead curtain designed by an architecture student serves as the centerpiece for the Chapel of Light at the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. The 115,634 beads form an elaborate pattern that represents the scriptures of Christianity, Judaism…
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MEDICAL CENTER MOVES: Therapists move into the light
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer A transitional apartment that will allow therapists to evaluate whether patients are ready to go home and live on their own is the most exciting feature of the acute rehabilitation floor for the staff therapists at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. ”That is good, especially if (patients)…
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MEDICAL CENTER MOVES: Room and TV a big hit with child
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Feeling like a super star as she entered the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro and watching TV on the giant screen in her room were the best parts of Olivia Tuskey’s day in the hospital. The South Brunswick 10-year-old and her mother were one of the first…
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MONTGOMERY: Group given OK to purchase Potter property
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY After months of delay, the Montgomery Friends of Open Space, a separate nonprofit organization, can finally add the 10-acre Potter property on Grandview Road as another notch on its environmental belt. The Township Committee adopted a resolution that acknowledged the Montgomery Friends of Open Space has satisfied all…
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BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS: PMA update and calling all Kid CEOs
Bradley Koltz The Spirit of Princeton Memorial Day Parade will start at 10 a.m. on May 26 from the corner of Princeton Avenue and Nassau Street and it will conclude at a short ceremony in front of Princeton Borough Hall. For more information, visit spiritofprinceton.org. PMA update The Princeton Merchants Association’s May meeting featured a…
