Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Hillier buys Princeton properties
Architect invests in Witherspoon units By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Eight buildings on Witherspoon Street in Princeton Borough changed ownership last month in a deal worth almost $3.9 million. J. Robert Hillier, principal of J. Robert Hillier, an architecture firm on Witherspoon Street, purchased eight buildings on three blocks between 114 Witherspoon St. and 188…
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CENTRAL JERSEY: Luminaries to mark annual Womanspace project
Princeton residents will light candles at dusk on Monday in recognition of Womanspace’s ninth annual Communities of Light, the largest single project in Mercer County designed to increase awareness about the serious issues of domestic violence and sexual assault. A formal ceremony with Princeton Township Mayor Bernard P. Miller and Borough Mayor Mildred T. Trotman…
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PRINCETON: Peace coalition holds ‘good jobs’ workshop
A workshop on How to Beat Swords into Plowshares and Create Good Jobs in America is being sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdayat the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road (just up the hill from the light at the intersection of Route 206 and Cherry…
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PRINCETON: Chicklet Books plans to close
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer One chapter of Princeton’s literary history is ending with the closing of Chicklet bookstore at the end of the month. ”The deal I had with the mall is over,” said Deb Hunter, owner of Chicklet Books, located in the Princeton Shopping Center on Harrison Street. “I can’t afford Princeton. We’re…
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PRINCETON: Free downtown parking aims to spur sales
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer For some extra holiday cheer this holiday season, the Princeton Merchants Association (PMA) and Princeton Borough are giving visitors free parking on Sundays in the downtown areas of Princeton. The parking promotion directly helps local businesses by encouraging people to come downtown and indirectly improves the overall experience of shopping…
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PLAINSBORO: Siblings a team in making photonic discovery
Brother and sister Michael and Rose Soskind, students at West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School, display their trophies and medals won at the Siemens Math, Science and Technology Regional Competition held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Nov. 6.
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PRINCETON: Mercer freeholders plan meeting at Borough Hall
The Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders is taking one of its regularly scheduled meetings on the road. Board Chair Ann Cannon has announced that the board will hold its Dec. 9 formal meeting in Princeton Borough. The meeting will take place at the Princeton Borough Hall, 1 Monument Drive. Local public officials have been…
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PRINCETON: Progress reports to get update
Princeton board backs new evaluation policy By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Parents will receive new progress reports about their children from Princeton Regional Schools in the future thanks to a new policy recently adopted by the Board of Education. The board passed, on a first reading, a district-wide policy on student progress. Board members said…
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PRINCETON: Chamber presents annual community leader awards
Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce honored this year’s Business Leader, Entrepreneur and Innovator of the Year award winners as well as the recipient of the Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Community Leader of the Year Award at the recent Annual Business Leadership Awards Gala. ”The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce was proud to honor Chris…
