Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Digital coming of age

    Stuart to supply iPads to 330 students By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Technology moves at the speed of light and educators are keeping pace by introducing it into the classroom and finding ways to weave it into their lesson plans.    At Stuart County Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, a private girls school,…

  • WEST WINDSOR-PLAINSBORO: Voters to select candidates in school election

    By Allison Musange, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR – PLAINSBORO — The election of the Board of Education and budget vote will take place Wednesday.    Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at four locations.    West Windsor residents may vote at Grover Middle School, Village School and High School South, according to their…

  • PRINCETON: Revaluation lit interest in filing lawsuit

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Some of Princeton University’s tax exemptions are being challenged by a small group of residents.    A lawsuit is challenging the validity of some of Princeton University’s tax exempt buildings — assessed at $120 million — and may help taxpayers of Princeton Borough by adding $2.2 million to municipal coffers if…

  • PRINCETON: With no TV, students found there’s time for other things

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    TV-Turnoff Week came early this year for students at Community Park School. The national week, held April 18-24, fell on spring break, so they decided to engage students in the initiative a week early.    Now nationally known as Screen-Free Week, TV-Turnoff Week began in 1994. Numerous studies have examined the…

  • BUSINESS: Yoga studios find right chemistry

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Chakras, or energy centers, are in line at two local yoga centers to create a business collaboration that is balanced and satisfying for their customers and each other.    Princeton-based Wild Child Yoga and Skillman-based Princeton Center for Yoga & Health (PCYH) have joined forces to offer more classes and better…

  • PRINCETON: Voters to elect three to school board

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    On Wednesday voters in the Princetons will be asked to vote on the budget for the Board of Education for Princeton Regional Schools, with the total tax levy set at $62,190,302.    Although a second ballot question to extend beyond the tax levy cap is needed, said Superintendent Judy Wilson, one…

  • PRINCETON: Suit takes aim at 20 campus buildings

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A lawsuit is challenging the validity of some of Princeton University’s tax-exempt buildings — assessed at a total of $120 million — and may help taxpayers of Princeton Borough by adding $2.2 million to municipal coffers if successful.    Some 20 buildings are highlighted in the five-page document filed earlier this…

  • MONTGOMERY: Movement to Shop Local forming here

    MONTGOMERY: Movement to Shop Local forming here

    Mike Fedun of Singer & Fedun LLC, Jennifer Pierce of Jersey Fresh Photos and Lorette Pruden of Team Nimbus NJ are all members of the Montgomery Business Association. jerseyfreshphotos.com

  • MONTGOMERY: Four seek seats in school board race

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The election for three open seats on the Board of Education for Montgomery Township schools, as well as voting on the $77.7 million budget, will be held Wednesday.    After a decline in property valuation of 0.68 percent, the increase to the average home will be $196 instead of…