Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Bracken named president of New Jersey Chamber

       The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce has named Thomas A. Bracken of Skillman its new president.    Bracken has 40 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry, serving most recently as president of TriState Capital Bank’s New Jersey operation, located in Princeton. Bracken is a former chairman of the New Jersey Chamber of…

  • PRINCETON: Council closes session on arts district

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Residents hoping to get an update from the borough on the failed Arts and Transit district proposed by Princeton University at Tuesday night’s council meeting were sorely disappointed because officials offered no comment, citing “negotiations.”    When called to task by Chip Crider, a borough resident, Mayor Mildred Trotman said, “There…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Woman pleads not guilty to murder by poison charge

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Woman pleads not guilty to murder by poison charge

    Phil McAuliffe Tianle Li of Monroe with her attorney as she appeared in state Superior Court Wednesday in New Brunswick. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • PRINCETON: Still saying it with flowers

    PRINCETON: Still saying it with flowers

    Phil McAuliffe Georgianne Vinicombe, owner of Monday Morning Flower and Balloon Co. in Plainsboro’s Forrestal Village, arranges roses for a Valentine’s Day display. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • PRINCETON: Still saying it with flowers

    PRINCETON: Still saying it with flowers

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert. Staff Writer    Valentine’s Day is days away, making this the busiest time of year for local florists who arrange and deliver thousands of blooms for the day of romance.    ”It’s the single busiest day of the year,” said Georgianne Vinicombe, co-proprietor at Monday Morning Flower and Balloon Co. in the Princeton Forrestal…

  • PLAINSBORO: Police to keep its own dispatchers

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The Police Department will keep its dispatch department for now after concluding that a shared services study did not yield significant savings.    At the Township Committee’s meeting Wednesday night, Chief Richard Furda presented his findings from the study, which began in 2008. The township applied for and received…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Residents hire lawyer to block lights

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A group of West Windsor and Plainsboro residents has hired an attorney and filed a letter with township attorney Michael Herbert, demanding full land use approval for a field lighting project at both district high schools.    In a letter addressed to Mr. Herbert from Herold Law, a…

  • PRINCETON: Administrator says borough in good financial shape

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough is in good financial shape, thanks to an aggressive debt management plan. This sort of planning allows the borough to afford its $2 million share of the Community Park Pool.    Borough officials are struggling to approve funding their portion of the proposed $6 million project, which will either…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: WW-P school board expects to present preliminary budget

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    Although still awaiting comprehensive guidelines from the state for budget construction, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education will present a tentative budget to submit to the county at the board’s next meeting.    ”It’s been a short process given how the state is dribbling out information to us,” said Larry Shanok,…