Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • University panel to explore service abroad program for freshmen

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman has appointed a working group to explore the creation of a “bridge year” program that would allow about 10 percent of the university’s newly admitted undergraduate classes to spend a year of public service abroad before beginning their freshman year.    The program would enable…

  • Parties begin planning for Mercer freeholder campaigns

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Five Mercer County residents have emerged so far as Democratic candidates seeking election to Mercer County Freeholder seats, with no Mercer County Republicans having yet announced their candidacy.    Democratic incumbents Tony Mack and Lucy Walter will also be seeking the party nomination for their seats on March 15, bringing the…

  • Stephen Distler and wife donate $2 million for new hospital campus

    Stephen Distler and wife donate $2 million for new hospital campus

    Stephen Distler and his wife, Dr. Roxanne Kendall.

  • Stephen Distler and wife donate $2 million for new hospital campus

    Stephen Distler and wife donate $2 million for new hospital campus

       Stephen Distler and his wife, Dr. Roxanne Kendall, have committed $2 million toward the creation of University Medical Center at Princeton’s new campus in Plainsboro.    ”Without a doubt, what’s most exciting is the opportunity we have to build a regional medical center in our backyard and to build it from scratch,” said Mr. Distler, a…

  • AT WORK

    AT WORK

    Ken Larini, 57, Kingston resident, 26-year owner of Larini’s Service Center, Alexander Street, Princeton Township By Greg Forester, Staff Writer How did get into this business? —    I worked at gas stations during high school and I bought one in Kendall Park immediately after graduating from high school. It was always something that I wanted…

  • AT WORK

    AT WORK

    Ken Larini, owner of Princeton’s Larini’s Service Center, at the gas station on Monday. Staff photo by Greg Forester

  • Plainsboro police mark 30th year of service

    Plainsboro police mark 30th year of service

    This photo shows Police Officer Gary Coderoni, left, and Police Chief Clifford Maurer in front of the original Plainsboro police station in 1978 or 1979. The building is now used by the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education.

  • Stephen Distler and wife donate $2 million for new hospital campus

    Stephen Distler and wife donate $2 million for new hospital campus

    Stephen Distler and his wife, Dr. Roxanne Kendall.

  • Arts Council of Princeton receives major grant for endowment

    Arts Council of Princeton receives major grant for endowment

    Jarry Valtine of the ACD company applies a blue coating to the steps leading up to the entrance of the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, which is undergoing a major renovation and expansion at the corner of Witherspoon Street and Paul Robeson Place. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski