Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Borough merchants targeting tourist dollars
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer A judge from New Orleans once visited Kathie Morolda’s Palmer Square art and framing shop, Cranbury Station Gallery, and purchased one of Ms. Morolda’s oil paintings. ”That was a big deal for me,” recalled Ms. Morolda. When Hurricane Gustav forced the evacuation of New Orleans in late August, the judge,…
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Princeton’s newest boutique filling a high-profile location
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer The expansive shop windows at the corner of Nassau and Chambers streets won’t stand empty much longer. Cheryl Goldsmith, the owner of Ma Chérie Boutique in Pennington, will be opening a new branch of the boutique in Princeton, at the site which formerly housed Go For Baroque. ”This was absolutely…
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Princeton recreation plan eyes $33 million in projects
By Katie Wagner / Staff Writer PRINCETON — The Princeton Joint Recreation Board has presented a Parks and Recreation Master Plan that includes a $15.1 million-community and recreation center and improvements to Community Park Pool estimated at $7.9 million to the Township Committee and Borough Council. The 278-page document, which includes an inventory of Princeton’s…
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Expansion plan approved for W. Windsor church
The Church of St. David the King in West Windsor has had its expansion plan approved by the township planning board. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Buyer backs out of 3M Belle Mead plant deal
By Greg Forester / Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — A public review of the second phase of stormwater management improvements at 3M’s Belle Mead plant has been canceled, after a prospective buyer for the sprawling, Sourland Mountain site backed out of negotiations. Future buyers would continue 3M’s efforts in controlling the tainted stormwater that originates on…
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Princeton wants to recycle schools building as rec center
By Katie Wagner / Staff Writer PRINCETON — The Township Committee will likely adopt a resolution next week that indicates its interest in building new indoor municipal recreation facilities on the Valley Road site owned by the Princeton Regional School District, according to Township Administrator Jim Pascale. The Valley Road site contains a multi-building complex,…
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Expansion plan approved for W. Windsor church
By Greg Forester / Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The Church of St. David the King has received unanimous Planning Board approval for plans that call for a 24,000-square-foot expansion that will eventually provide additional space for parish activities. The only catch in the approval was a facetious condition of approval that the pastor of…
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Princeton park to get synthetic turf field
Barbara Smoyer Park, off Snowden Lane in Princeton, is now slated to get a synthetic turf field. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Bank of Princeton makes management changes
By Lauren Otis / Staff Writer PRINCETON — After 17 months in operation, a senior management shakeup has hit The Bank of Princeton, the Princeton-based community bank. Peter Crowley, one of the Bank of Princeton’s founding investors, and its president and chief executive officer since inception has left, as has Gerard Murray, formerly the bank’s…
