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Vol. LXI, No. 44
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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Vol. LXI, No. 44
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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 (Photo by Matthew Hersh)
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE: An estimated 150 residents attended a workshop on a soggy Wednesday night last week to plan for the future as Sustainable Princeton held the first in a series of workshops itemizing environmental, health, and financial priorities for the long-term. Princeton High School faculty member Steven Carson, of the Sustainable Princeton steering committee, led one of six breakout sessions, where residents could voice their sustainable goals. |
The Princeton High School cafeteria was a mess. Sections of it were closed off, bathrooms were out of order, tables were piled haphazardly high, and the persistent rain left a chilly aura over the assembled crowd of about 150.
With the clock ticking on the Princeton HealthCare System’s self-imposed year-end deadline seeking zoning that would facilitate new development on its nine-acre Bayard Lane property housing the Merwick Care Center, Borough Hall flagged a potential rezoning ordinance, calling for more time to review the proposal.
The Historical Society of Princeton’s sixth annual house tour this weekend will feature a home that was built out of necessity when Princeton University grew, another that had T.S. Eliot as a tenant, and one that was built as a “dream house” for a U.S. president.
In the latest chapter in a potentially precedent-setting lawsuit over academic donor intent, a New Jersey judge last week set various ground rules as a dispute between Princeton University and the heirs to the A&P Supermarket fortune prepare to go to trial.
Charles Simonyi was 17 when he left Hungary for work as a computer programmer in Denmark. The young emigré went on to join the start-up Microsoft, helping to catapult the company to worldwide prominence by leading teams that developed MS Word, Excel, and other successful software applications.