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  • BUSINESS: Chamber marketing event draws crowd of 1,200

    BUSINESS: Chamber marketing event draws crowd of 1,200

    Iona Harding of the Princeton Methodist Church, at the wheel of fortune. Photo by Abigail Greene

  • BUSINESS: Chamber marketing event draws crowd of 1,200

    BUSINESS: Chamber marketing event draws crowd of 1,200

    Palmer Uhl and Mary Jo Gonsiorowski staff the Natural Kitchen Cooking School table. Photo by Abigail Greene

  • BUSINESS: Chamber marketing event draws crowd of 1,200

    BUSINESS: Chamber marketing event draws crowd of 1,200

    By Abagail Greene, Special Writer   The buzz around the Green at Palmer Square was electric as over 1,200 community members stopped at the fourth annual Mid-Summer Marketing Showcase to sample food and learn about 70 Princeton businesses last Thursday evening. The showcase, which had been postponed due to rain last Tuesday, was a joint…

  • BUSINESS: WW welcomes BlackRock move to township

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor officials are applauding a decision by BlackRock Financial Services to move to the township.    ”We have been targeting BlackRock for awhile and are very happy to hear they’ve reached an agreement to come to West Windsor,” said Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh. “This will send out the…

  • PLAINSBORO: Charter school is denied DOE deadline waiver

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The state Department of Education denied a request to waive a July 15 deadline for a new charter school to get a certificate of occupancy.    The Princeton International Academy Charter School had expected to open in September as a Mandarin-English immersion school for kindergarten through second grade. However,…

  • PRINCETON: Boro Council gets briefed on PD’s Detective Bureau

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough Council got a lengthy tutorial on the Police Department’s Detective Bureau at their meeting last week, as they sought information on the department in their quest to find appropriate staffing levels for the force going forward.    ”I know it got long and tedious, but you guys asked for…

  • PRINCETON: After five years, DNA results crack sex assault case

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    With the help of DNA evidence, charges have been brought against a man lodged in a Texas prison in connection with a sexual assault that occurred five years ago in Princeton Township.    Police have not released the man’s identity because he was a 17-year-old juvenile at the time of the…

  • PRINCETON: WHWH founder plans to relive station’s history

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Herb Hobler was a member of the YMCA Board of Trustees in the early 1960s when he decided to try his hand at the radio business.    ”I built it from scratch,” said Mr. Hobler, the founder and creator of 1350 WHWH radio. “I was on the YMCA board…

  • PRINCETON: Legal settlement makes space for new restaurant

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Parties in a dispute over responsibility for the failure of the JL Ivy restaurant have signed a settlement which clears the way for a new restaurant to open on the Alexander Road site.    The upscale Princeton Township restaurant and bar opened on the site of the Rusty Scupper restaurant in…