Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: High school to raise funds for Japan

       In response to the disaster in Japan, students at Princeton High School are holding fund-raising events.    Japanese teacher Natsuko Buurstra said that during the second week of April the following clubs will hold bake sales after school: on Monday, the Japanese and Chinese Club; on Tuesday, the Dance Club; on Wednesday, the Debate Club; and…

  • PRINCETON: Anne Waldron Neumann joins race for borough mayor

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Anne Waldron Neumann announced her candidacy for borough mayor yesterday with a letter to the editor of The Princeton Packet.    She has run for office before, the most recent being last year for Borough Council as a Democrat.    ”I am a yellow dog Democrat, like my father before me,” she…

  • MONTGOMERY: Girl Scouts present library petitions to the township

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer Princeton report studies women leadership traits

  • PRINCETON: Jack West new borough engineer

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A new engineer has been hired in Princeton Borough to fill a vacancy on the municipal staff.    The position came available after the death of Borough Engineer Chris Budzinski, who passed away in September after a heart attack while golfing.    Jack West, a Toms River resident, completed his first week…

  • PLAINSBORO: School hosts Invisible Children film screening with Ugandan speaker

       PLAINSBORO — On April 11, Invisible Children, a media-based nonprofit dedicated to ending Africa’s longest-running war, will be screening “Tony” at West Windsor Plainsboro High School.    Invisible Children exists to raise awareness about children who are abducted and forced to fight as soldiers in the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group currently terrorizing central east…

  • PRINCETON: Summit sees good future for economy

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Local, national and global economies are recovering with job gains and consumers returning. Problems still exist, but are working themselves out.    That was the message from speakers at the Mercer County Economic Summit sponsored by the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce at The Conference Center at Mercer County Community College…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Klein named president of United Way chapter

       Herbert Klein III has been named president and chief executive officer of United Way of Greater Mercer County succeeding Craig Lafferty, who served as president since1994 and retired late last year.    Mr. Klein has executive management experience in both for profit and nonprofit. He brings an understanding of emerging technologies and their commercial applications, having…

  • PRINCETON: State grants awarded to schools for audio, visual upgrades

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    The New Jersey Schools Development Authority has awarded two state grants to the Princeton Regional School District for classroom audio and visual system upgrades.    The schools involved are John Witherspoon Middle School and Princeton High School. The state estimates the total funding for the project at around $637,300, $254,920 is…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Supporters pressing to reverse animal officer vote

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A group of concerned residents and local animal welfare workers are planning to petition Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh for a reversal of the Township Council’s decision to enter into a shared service agreement for animal control with East Windsor and eliminating the job of a long-time animal control…