Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Parental role discussed at minority ed seminar

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The positive impact of parental involvement on the lives of the Princeton Regional School District’s minority students was the focus of a Saturday minority education seminar held at Community Park School.    With more than 60 parents and community members in attendance, teachers, administrators and the school district’s Minority Education Committee…

  • PLAINSBORO: Governor tours new UMC hospital site

    PLAINSBORO: Governor tours new UMC hospital site

    Richard Titus Photographics Gov. Jon Corzine, left, with Barry Rabner, CEO of Princetion Health Care Systems, during a tour of the University Medical Center’s new site in Plainsboro.

  • PLAINSBORO: Governor tours new UMC hospital site

    PLAINSBORO: Governor tours new UMC hospital site

    Tim Larsen Gov. Jon Corzine tours tours the ‘green construction’ job site of the new University Medical Center. Photo by Tim Larsen

  • PLAINSBORO: Governor tours new UMC hospital site

    PLAINSBORO: Governor tours new UMC hospital site

    Gov. Jon S. Corzine toured the construction site of the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. The facility, which will replace the hospital’s current site on Witherspoon Ave. in Princeton, is being built on 50 acres of a planned 160-acre health campus between Scudders Mill Road and the Millstone River. The governor lauded the…

  • MONTGOMERY: School board mulls building upgrade vote

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education is expected to vote next month on whether to hold a referendum in December on a $14 million bond for upgrades to building systems in four of the district’s schools.    The project, which has been approved to receive 40 percent funding from the state…

  • TRENTON: WW firm designs 25-story Vista Center

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A project designed by West Windsor-based RMJM would become Trenton’s largest commercial development in decades when it is completed in the coming years.    The structure, known as the Vista Center, is a 25-story, 700,000-square-foot office building to be built on property adjacent to the Trenton Transit Center,…

  • MONTGOMERY: Princeton music store moving here

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY— Farrington’s Music has hit another glitch in its search for a space to replace its former Spring Street store in downtown Princeton and will be moving out of Princeton altogether.    Sept. 1, Farrington’s will open at a new space on Route 206 in Montgomery, said store owner Michele Farrington.…

  • PRINCETON: School start could add to Rosedale Rd. woes

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The Princeton Borough Police Department is satisfied with traffic management implemented this summer, during the closure of Rosedale Road for the Stony Brook bridge replacement project. But things could change when school resumes in September.    Rosedale Road is one of the main entryways to the Princetons and completion of the…

  • PRINCETON: Boro takes up tax advisory panel idea

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The finance committee of Princeton Borough Council has agreed to meet with citizens interested in forming a finance advisory committee to see if they could jointly hammer out plans for moving ahead with the idea.    Borough merchants had raised the issue of interested and qualified borough citizens offering their expertise…