The Princeton Packet

08/26/2024

VENDORS WANTED: Central Jersey Newspapers is looking for businesses focused opportunities for kids and families in Central Jersey! Interested in learning how you can be a part of the Family Fall Fest at the MarketFair on September 22 from 12-4? Email [email protected] today for more information!

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08/26/2024

Sunday, September 8 is Grandparents Day! Share photos of grandkids and grandparents to be featured in your local publication.

It's easy to share! Just comment your favorite photos below and let us know which publication(s) you would like us to share them. Please include any caption you would like used, too! Photos submitted by 5 pm on Wednesday, August 28 will be included.

Sun Newspaper, Northeast Times, and Lower Bucks Times images will be shared in the September 4 edition; Central Jersey Newspapers images will be shared in the September 6 edition.

08/22/2024

NMG Thoughtful Thursday: It's National Burger Day! Share your favorite burger toppings or place to grab a burger in town.

08/16/2024

Extra Extra 📰 "These changes represent significant cost savings" and more! Check out the August 16 edition of the The Princeton Packet including articles on Princeton Public Schools, New Jersey; Jim Floyd Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award recipient; Joint Effort Safe Streets Basketball Clinic; Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation's Full Moon Bike Ride; and Mercer County 4-H Fair.

Go to newspapermediagroup.com/princeton-packet/ -df_505416/1/ to read more!

Have a story you want featured in the next editions? Email our editor at [email protected]

08/15/2024

NMG Thoughtful Thursday: What are you looking forward to in the 2024-25 school year? What would you like to see accomplished by your local school board this year?

08/12/2024

Newspaper Media Group Employee Spotlight: Meet Kathy Chang, our Managing Editor for our Sun Newspaper, Central Jersey Newspapers, and New Jersey Lifestyle magazines. You can reach out to her at [email protected] for any stories in the local community 💼

08/11/2024

Submission Sunday 📢 What's going on in your town within the next few weeks? What would you like our writers to come check out?

08/09/2024

Common Calendar, Packet Papers, Aug. 9

Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties The American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets now to reinforce the blood supply as much as possible before the summer winds down. Type O blood donors and those giving platelets are especially needed to help keep hospital shelves ...

08/08/2024

NMG Thoughtful Thursday: Share your favorite Summer 2024 memories.

08/05/2024

Join NMG Media Group, Central Jersey Newspapers, and MarketFair for our Central Jersey Family Fall Fest on Sunday, September 22 from 12-4. Pre-register for this FREE event at nmg.ticketleap.com/cjfall24

If you are a local, family-themed business interested in having a vendor or sponsorship space at this event, email us at [email protected]. Spaces are limited.

08/01/2024

Gershkovich to be released from Russian prison

Wall Street Journal reporter and Princeton native Evan Gershkovich is expected to be released from a Russian prison as part of a prisoner exchange deal, according to published reports. Gershkovich is one of three U.S. citizens being held in Russia that were expected to be part of the prisoner exchan...

07/25/2024

NMG Thoughtful Thursday: Which sport are you most excited to watch at the 2024 Summer Olympics?

07/19/2024

‘All for doing his job’: Gershkovich sentenced -- Wall Street Journal publisher, editor in chief call sentence 'sham'

Wall Street Journal reporter and Princeton native Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony, following his conviction on espionage charges July 19, according to The Wall Street Journal. Gershkovich has been imprisoned in Lefortovo Prison since March 2023. The prison h...

07/18/2024

‘You (ICE) will not scare us’
Rally held to protest raid on immigrant community

Chanting “No papers, no fear,” about 40 people gathered on Hinds Plaza outside the Princeton Public Library July 16 to protest a recent raid carried out by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Three people were arrested by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division ...

07/11/2024

Join Newspaper Media Group, Central Jersey Newspapers, and MarketFair for our Central Jersey Family Fall Fest on Sunday, September 22 from 12-4. Pre-register for this FREE event at nmg.ticketleap.com/cjfall24

If you are a local, family-themed business interested in having a vendor or sponsorship space at this event, email us at [email protected]. Spaces are limited.

07/11/2024

NMG Thoughtful Thursday: Which July movie blockbuster are you most excited to see? Fly Me to the Moon, Twisters, or Deadpool and Wolverine?

07/10/2024

Despite opposition, Planning Board approves two-lot subdivision on Jefferson Road

The Princeton Planning Board approved a two-lot subdivision proposed for 479 Jefferson Road, on the corner of Jefferson and Cuyler roads, at a special meeting June 25. The meeting was a continuation of the Planning Board’s April 18 meeting. Developer Estate Shore LLC outlined plans to demolish the...

07/07/2024

Submission Sunday 📢 What's going on in your town or in Mercer County within the next few weeks? What would you like our writers to come check out?

07/05/2024

SHARE YOUR 2024 4TH OF JULY MEMORIES WITH US 🇺🇸

It's easy to share! Just comment your favorite 4th of July photos below. Please include any caption you would like used, too!

Images will be shared in the July 12 edition of our Central Jersey Newspapers.

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸 from the our family to yours, as we celebrate 246 years of independence! How are you celebrating this year? 🎆

07/01/2024

VENDORS WANTED: Central Jersey Newspapers is looking for businesses focused opportunities for kids and families in Central Jersey! Interested in learning how you can be a part of the Family Fall Fest at the MarketFair on September 22 from 12-4? Email [email protected] today for more information!

If you are interested in attending the event as a guest, pre-register for this FREE event at nmg.ticketleap.com/cjfall24/

06/28/2024

‘We have lived, laughed and struggled,’ Montgomery High’s Class of ’24 graduates

Montgomery High School (MHS) Class of 2024 celebrated the closing of a life chapter when they walked across the gym stage to receive their high school diplomas. The Class of 2024 did not have a conventional beginning to their high school chapters as they navigated the challenges of a global pandemic...

06/28/2024

‘Our lives are about to change,’ Princeton High graduates Class of ’24

Princeton High School (PHS)’s Class of 2024 did not start their high school journeys in a normal fashion as the COVID-19 pandemic was changing aspects of everyday life. Navigating the challenges to the start of high school, the Class of 2024 reaped the rewards of their hard work when they walked a...

06/22/2024

'Every Pride is someone's first Pride'

Princeton Pride will be a “celebration of q***r joy” this Saturday when people gather together to march in the parade and dance at the afterparty. On June 22, the parade and march in solidarity organized by the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice (BRCSJ) begins at 11 a.m. at the Princeton Mu...

06/18/2024

Developer of proposed subdivision to appear at special Planning Board meeting

The developer proposing a two-lot subdivision on the corner of Jefferson and Cuyler roads will be back in front of the Princeton Planning Board at a special meeting June 25. Applicant Estate Shore LLC was scheduled to appear before the Planning Board at a special meeting June 6, but the meeting was....

06/16/2024

Check out our weekly calendar for local events -- interested in posting an event, reach out to [email protected]

Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors....