• PRINCETON AREA: New programs, technology at schools this year

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    It’s that time of year again when Staples stores have been depleted, backpacks are being stocked with No. 2 pencils and kids are scrambling to finish their summer reading assignments.    Once again summer is coming to an end, prompting kids to trade in their beach towels for textbooks in preparation…

  • PRINCETON: Debate continues on care, future of former school

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton school district is allowing the Valley Road School building to deteriorate and needs to make basic repairs, according to mayoral candidate Richard Woodbridge.    Mr. Woodbridge, a 1957 graduate of the school, has worked with others to form a nonprofit organization that wants to acquire the Witherspoon Street…

  • David Jones Memorial/Monkees Convention

    By Then and Now Events/Liverpool Productions The Most Anticipated Monkees Convention in History planned E. Rutherford, NJ:  Producers of the most successful Monkees Convention ever have joined forces again to mark the one-year anniversary of Davy Jones’ passing with a celebration of the former teen idol’s life, and his band, The Monkees. This 3-day event,…

  • Hospital site needs environmental probe

    Vojislava Pophristic, Princeton To the editor: I’ve read a letter recently written by attorney Kleinbaum for Princeton Citizens for Sustainable Neighborhoods, and I find it concerning that, although the hospital site is listed as a contaminated site in the Environmental Resource Inventory for the township and borough of Princeton (DVRPC 2010), the undated report that…

  • PRINCETON: Reports shows jump in burglaries in the borough

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The number of burglaries has more the doubled in Princeton Borough during the first half of 2012, the police department reported.    The finding was contained in the June report that police Chief David J. Dudeck provided the Borough Council. Chief Dudeck was on vacation last week.    The 34-page document,…

  • PRINCETON: Chamber to open a visitors center

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A visitors center is scheduled to open up later this year inside the Princeton University Store on Nassau Street, the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce said last week.    Peter Crowley, chamber president and CEO, said the center would be interactive and brochure-driven without onsite staff. He said his organization…

  • PRINCETON: Signs of optimism at some local businesses

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    When Princeton businesswoman Rita Conallen was looking to hire a manager for her clothing store, the Palmer Square merchant was not inundated with job seekers the way she thought she would be.    Ms. Conallen, owner Urban Grace, said she found that surprising given all the news of people unable…

  • PRINCETON: Colleges to be asked to oppose exemption bill

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Borough Council will ask Princeton University and three other area institutions to oppose a state Assembly bill exempting private colleges from having to go before local planning and zoning boards.    Borough Councilman Roger Martindell will draft a letter to the presidents of those institutions and present it to his…

  • EDITORIAL: Use care: Schools starting

       It’s back to school on Thursday, which means that a number of students will be walking or riding bikes to get there.    Others will be waiting for buses and some of them might be excited enough that they are not paying attention to traffic as closely as they should.    The morning and afternoon sun will…

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