Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Power company gets federal grant

       Princeton Power will receive up to $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for major solar power projects, according to a statement from the office of U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ).    The federal funding, announced Wednesday, was awarded to projects that ultimately seek to increase integration of solar technologies in the country’s electrical grid,…

  • PRINCETON: 1,000 expected for bicycling event Saturday

       Over 1,000 cyclists from all around the eastern United States are expected to participate in the 29th annual Princeton Bicycling Event  Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Mercer County Community College.    Sponsored by Princeton Free Wheelers and supported by area businesses, the event includes six tours that vary in length from 20 to 100 miles for…

  • MONTGOMERY: Proposed activity fee ban worries school district

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A state Assembly bill that would prohibit school boards from charging students activity fees to participate in extracurricular activities has the township Board of Education concerned its passage could leave a gaping hole in the district’s budget for the upcoming school year.    In 2007, the district began asking…

  • PRINCETON: Office-sharing plan eyed by boro, township

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough and Princeton Township officials are moving toward a consolidation of space used by the Municipal Court and tax assessor’s office to provide better service to the public.    Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi has agreed to begin work on a plan that would combine office space for both the tax…

  • TRENTON: Judges named to state tax court

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Princeton Township resident Judge Patrick DeAlmeida has been named the next presiding judge of the state Tax Court. The appointment, announced Tuesday, will be effective Oct. 1.    ”I am deeply honored to have been asked by Chief Justice (Stuart) Rabner to step in to succeed Judge (Joseph) Small,” Judge DeAlmeida…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Nurse wins Florence Nightingale Medal

    WEST WINDSOR: Nurse wins Florence Nightingale Medal

    By Pat Summers, Special Writer    WEST WINDSOR —  A recruiter’s dream. A CEO’s delight. An HR director’s model for paid employees. Finding a volunteer who already has a day job, yet who will make a lifetime commitment and be a star every inch of the way, making everyone else look good in the process —…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Nurse wins Florence Nightingale Medal

    WEST WINDSOR: Nurse wins Florence Nightingale Medal

    Susan Hassmiller of West Windsor has been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest honor in nursing.

  • TRENTON: Mercer County sells $36.5 million in bonds

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The Mercer County government has sold $36.5 million in bonds under a federal program that allowed the county to save more than $3 million in interest while funding capital projects and preserving open space.    The bonds, known as Build America Bonds, were made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

  • PRINCETON: Walking tour of African-American history

    PRINCETON: Walking tour of African-American history

    Phil McAuliffe Shirley Satterfield, Vice President of the Princeton Historic Society, makes at stop at Nassau Hall as she leads a group on a Black History walking tour in Princeton on Saturday morning. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe