Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: U-Store weathers downturn with layoffs, less hours

    PRINCETON: U-Store weathers downturn with layoffs, less hours

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Officers of the Princeton U-Store continue to monitor business at the store’s two borough locations, after imposing some layoffs at both and a reduction in hours at one site.    The Nassau Street store sells Princeton University apparel and gifts, while the store on University Place offers shoppers snacks, drinks, cosmetics,…

  • PRINCETON: Getting affordable housing closer to jobs

    By Lauren Otis    The prospect of increasing the density of housing in a community often brings forth certain fears by residents, but once these “knee jerk reactions” have been dispelled the benefits become apparent, said Peter Kasabach, executive director of New Jersey Future.    ”Smart housing zones” — parts of a municipality that have been rezoned…

  • PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    Phil McAuliffe 15 year old Ben Hong of West Windsor plays with a Chinese YoYo during Chinese New Year celebrations at Plainsboro Library.

  • PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    Phil McAuliffe The Tai Ji Fans perform at a Chinese new Year celebration at Plainsboro library on Saturday. They are students at the Huaxia Chinese School at Plainsboro.

  • PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    Phil McAuliffe Wen Shi of Plainsboro and a student at the Huaxia Chinese school of Plainsboro practices for a performance with the Chinese artistic group the Tai Ji Fans.

  • PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    It is the Year of the Ox and communities throughout the Princeton area have seen a variety of Chinese New Year celebrations, including one at the Plainsboro Public Library.

  • PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    Phil McAuliffe Students of the Yinghua Day School in Princeton watch a performance at the Chinese New Year celebration at Plainsboro Library on Saturday.

  • PRINCETON: Planning board considers university plans

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    An amendment to the Princeton Community Master Plan, addressing Princeton University’s long-term development plans, was debated Wednesday at a meeting of the Princeton Regional Planning Board.    The university Campus Plan is designed to carry the school through 2016 and add an additional 1.5 million square feet of space. It includes…

  • PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    PLAINSBORO: Marking the Chinese New Year

    Phil McAuliffe Chinese calligrapher and brush painter Shiwen Pang demonstrates his artistry during the Chinese New Year celebration at the Plainsboro Library on Saturday.