Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Tulane Street parking lot to lose an irritating symbol?
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer As both a tangible remainder of Princeton Borough’s first phase of downtown redevelopment and a marker of the site where future building may occur, the storage container that has sat in the Tulane Street parking lot for more than two years is scheduled to be removed this week, according to…
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Cumberland search finds hunter from area dead
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer A Princeton-area man was found dead in Cumberland County on Sunday night during a search for three hunters who had been reported missing, the State Police said Monday. The man was identified by police as Jan Toryfter, 45, of the 4000 block of Province Line Road, which is near Carson…
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Mercer forum is tough on Corzine fiscal plan
By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group HIGHTSTOWN — It was not a good Saturday for Gov. Jon Corzine. The Mercer County stop on a statewide tour brought him to a high school auditorium filled with about 500 people, many of them peturbed by his plan to halve New Jersey’s $32 billion debt, partly by raising…
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Yoga brings some wellness to downtown vacancy pains
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer At least one of the slots in the strip of vacant storefronts from 80 to 84 Nassau St. in Princeton Borough has been filled, and the owner is hoping the location isn’t a stretch. Yoga Above held its grand opening Saturday in its location on the second floor of 80…
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Conservative panelists see character, electability in McCain
Weekly Standard editor and New York Times columnist William Kristol, center, makes a point during the recent "Election 2008" panel discussion at Princeton University. He is flanked, at left, by Princeton University professor Robert P. George and Princeton visiting fellow James W. Ceaser. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Plainsboro’s veteran clerk to assume newly created post
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — It will be a changing of the hats for Patricia Hullfish next week, as she officially leaves her longtime position as Township Clerk to begin work as a part-time aide to Mayor Peter Cantu and the Township Committee. The move will be officially memorialized Wednesday when the Plainsboro…
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Black History Month arrives at an educational crossroads
By Kristin Boyd, The Packet Group In a year when Sen. Barack Obama is vying for the presidency, Oprah Winfrey announced plans to launch her own cable channel and Kanye West won four Grammys, some people find themselves questioning the relevancy of, or even need for, Black History Month. Now, with more emphasis being placed…
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New COAH regulations not sitting well with municipal officials
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Profoundly distressing, frustrating, burdensome and outrageous are the words municipal officials from Montgomery, Plainsboro, Rocky Hill and West Windsor have used to describe the state Council on Affordable Housing’s recently revised third round rules. The officials said they are most concerned about the new ratios of affordable housing units to…
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Conservative panelists see character, electability in McCain
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain’s unique character combined with his stances on foreign policy issues make him more electable than either of the two candidates vying for the Democratic presidential nomination, four political conservatives claimed at a panel discussion at Princeton University on Wednesday. Three of the panelists explained…
