Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: PHCS says it’s evaded a generally gloomy hospital outlook

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Financial support for Princeton HealthCare System’s new facility in Plainsboro and business at the existing hospital in Princeton have not been significantly impacted by the worldwide economic downturn, according to hospital officials, unlike many health care organizations in the United States.    The news comes as an American Hospital Association report…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Nov. 28

    Princeton Borough     Joel Bliss, 39, of Pennsauken was arrested for having an outstanding warrant out of Maple Shade for $104 following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street at 9:17 a.m. on Nov. 21, police said.    Joseph Devido, 27, of Trenton was arrested by Ewing Township police and transported to Princeton Borough police headquarters for…

  • PRINCETON: Three from university, Hun grad named Rhodes scholars

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    A Hun School of Princeton alumnus and three from Princeton University have been chosen to receive four of this year’s 32 Rhodes scholarships, prestigious awards that allow recipients to undertake several years of graduate studies at Oxford University in England.    The award of three of the scholarships to Princeton University…

  • PRINCETON: Tilghman is No. 2 in university president earnings in state

    By Brian No, Special Writer    Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman is the second-highest paid university president in New Jersey.    President Tilghman, who is in her eighth year as president, was paid $742,444 in total compensation for the 2006-2007 academic year, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education in its annual list of executive compensation. The…

  • PLAINSBORO: Engineer honored for design of intersection

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    The engineer who solved a traffic headache for drivers in Plainsboro has been recognized by the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers.    David Samuel, an engineer with CME Associates in Parlin, was awarded first place for municipal construction projects for the design of the intersection of Dey Road and Scudders…

  • PRINCETON: Area merchants prepared to take our holiday sales pulse

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    As an economic crisis with few precedents swirls around them, Princeton merchants are attempting to remain upbeat while adopting an attitude of extra vigilance in their own sales and marketing practices at the onset of the peak post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping season.    ”Everybody’s nervous but everybody’s also optimistic, nobody’s ever lived…

  • PLAINSBORO: Doubts raised over state’s school consolidation plan

    By Lea Kahn, The Packet Group     Gov. Jon Corzine has called for smaller school districts to be consolidated into regional school districts to save money, but a panel discussion sponsored by the New Jersey School Boards Association on Saturday morning cast some doubt on whether mergers can be achieved.    Gov. Corzine signed legislation last…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council in push to conclude redevelopment plan

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer     The Township Council discussed a new timeline for redevelopment of the train station area at its meeting Monday night that would push a vote on the plan to February.    Council plans to vote on sending the draft redevelopment plan by architectural firm RMJM Hillier to the Planning Board at…

  • PRINCETON: Township Committee gives warm sendoff to its retiring mayor, Phyllis Marchand

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Presiding over her final Princeton Township Committee meeting Monday evening, Mayor Phyllis Marchand was feted by her fellow committee members and an audience of municipal employees and residents.    ”It has been a wonderful 22 years serving this town,” said Mayor Marchand after receiving a standing ovation. “It is very appropriate…