Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PLAINSBORO: UMCP hospital taking shape here

    PLAINSBORO: UMCP hospital taking shape here

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Princeton Healthcare officials say construction of the new hospital is on schedule for an early 2012 opening.    According to Pam Garbini, vice president of construction and facilities, the hospital is 35 percent complete and on target to be enclosed by mid-fall and completed by the end of 2011.…

  • PLAINSBORO: UMCP hospital taking shape here

    PLAINSBORO: UMCP hospital taking shape here

    The new University Medical Center of Princeton rises off Route 1 in Plainsboro. It is expected to open next year, replacing the facility on Witherspoon Street in Princeton. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PLAINSBORO: Old library slated to become recreation center

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Township officials are hoping to get started on Plainsboro’s next building project — turning the former library building into a recreation center.    The building, on Plainsboro Road, has been vacant since the library moved to its new location in the Plainsboro Village last month, and the township expects…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Acme shopping center gets new owner

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Acme shopping center on Route 571 has a new owner.    Cyzner Properties in Somerset purchased the shopping mall Friday and plans to renovate the structure.    ”We intend to redevelop it and take the empty Acme space and redo it into shops,” said Irv Cyzner, owner of…

  • PRINCETON: Spirit of Princeton issues a call for troop donations

    Memorial Day Parade and Dedication Ceremony Saturday, May 29     The Spirit of Princeton invites the community to the annual Memorial Day Parade and Dedication Ceremony on Saturday, May 29, 10 a.m., parade on Nassau Street, and 11 a.m., dedication ceremony at Princeton Borough Hall.     The parade — dedicated this year to Operation Shoe…

  • PRINCETON: Plantings approved for Harrison Street Park

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The Princeton Borough Council gave approval Tuesday night for the planting of 2,000 perennial plants in newly-renovated Harrison Street Park.    The council approved going forward with the $30,000 plantings after receiving a report from Borough Engineer Christopher Budzinski that a meeting this past Saturday with park neighbors, the park’s landscape…

  • PRINCETON: Merrick’s boutique closing Moore Street store

    PRINCETON: Merrick’s boutique closing Moore Street store

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The last week of April, a letter from Merrick’s began arriving in the mailboxes of fans of the Princeton women’s clothing store located at 6 Moore St..    ”It is with a sad heart we let you know that we are closing Merrick’s at the end of June after 25 years…

  • PLAINSBORO: Teen’s parents take up cause of suicide prevention

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Kenny Baker was like a lot of students who went to West Windsor-Plainsboro schools. A member of the High School North swim team, Kenny was popular, athletic, and had a close group of friends.    But things changed in March 2006 when he was diagnosed with anxiety disorder. The…

  • PRINCETON: Thai cafe getting scratched from Y’s menu

    PRINCETON: Thai cafe getting scratched from Y’s menu

    Robert and Da DeToro with their sons, Thomas, 8, and Tony, 6, in the kitchen of Da’s Thai-American Cafe at the Princeton Y. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski