Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Human services is a one-woman department

    PRINCETON: Human services is a one-woman department

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   PRINCETON —  Cynthia Mendez, executive director of Princeton Human Services, squeezed in a couple of vacation days last week, before the kickoff of the department’s annual young adult summer employment program this week.    When Ms. Mendez, the lone remaining employee at the joint agency, is on vacation so is the…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Diane Ciccone is new council president

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Diane Ciccone hopes that the next six months will see a Township Council that works together and finds creative solutions to difficult challenges.    Ms. Ciccone was named July 1 to serve as council president until the end of the year, with fellow council ember Kamal Khanna being…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Students don’t have to Imagine Global win

    By: Audrey Levine, The Packet Group ROBBINSVILLE — Paul McGlew, 17, was praying with his teammates as they sat in a large stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, waiting with 1,033 other groups of all ages to learn their fate. And when the Robbinsville High School Destination ImagiNation team – named the TSDAKWACATWBOTEAII Clan, or The Super…

  • BUSINESS: Owners see smooth skies for Princeton Airport

    BUSINESS: Owners see smooth skies for Princeton Airport

    Mark C Princeton Airport director of operations Steve Nierenberg in the hanger where aircraft are maintained. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • WEST WINDSOR: WW-P group raising funds for 6th grade program

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Foundation wants kids to get outside.    That’s why it’s launching a year-long fundraising effort to save the district’s Outdoor Education program.    The program is the culminating activity for sixth-grade students at Community and Grover middle schools. The three-day event offers students an…

  • MONTGOMERY: School budget affirmed by state education commissioner

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The state commissioner of Education this week affirmed the recommendation of the Somerset County executive superintendent of schools to reduce the 2010-11 township school tax levy by nearly $2.1 million.    The district’s proposed $77.96 million spending plan was overwhelmingly defeated in April’s school elections, and when the Township…

  • PLAINSBORO: 12-year-old visitor drowns in family’s pool

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — A 12-year-old boy from Queens, New York, who was visiting relatives in Plainsboro, drowned in their backyard pool Tuesday, police said.    According to police, Robert Yang was in the in-ground pool of the Partridge Court home at about 4 p.m. when he apparently slipped from the shallow end…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Township Council adopts $37 million budget

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council has adopted a $37.047 million budget that could carry a tax increase of 3.9 percent for the owner of a home assessed at the township average.    The new plan, approved Monday, calls for a municipal tax rate of 34.4 cents per $100 of assessed…

  • PRINCETON: Home food waste recycling to be tested here

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Princeton Township could become one of the few municipalities in the country to offer a food waste recycling program if a pilot program expected to kick off this fall proves a success.    The Township Committee gave their support Monday night to move forward with the initiative following a…