Princeton University will be the first institutional tenant at the Hub, a 1.7 square-foot mixed-use development that is being built near the train station in New Brunswick.
Currently, Local Q barbecue is available for take-out and delivery.
Nothing Bundt Cakes, a national franchise specializing in decorated Bundt cakes, celebrated the grand opening of its new location at the Windsor Green Shopping Center on Route 1 in West Windsor on Friday. The Windsor Green Shopping Center, which is anchored by Whole Foods, now has only one vacancy remaining where the Bargain Bazaar was…
The Princeton Wawa on Alexander Street next to the Dinky trains station reopened this weekend after a crew came in to disinfect and deep clean the store as a precaution after an employee at the store tested positive for COVID-19. According to a notice that was posted at the Wawa, the infected employee worked at…
The Princeton Wawa, the only 24-hour convenience store in town, is closed after an employee who recently worked in the store tested positive for COVID-19. In a notice posted at the Wawa store entrance, the company indicates that the employee who tested positive for COVID-19 was last working in the store next to the Dinky…
Honey Brook Organic Farm, the largest community-supported agriculture (CSA) program in the region with more than 3,000 members, will be moving next year to a new location less than two miles from the current location in Hopewell Township near Pennington. For three decades, Honey Brook Organic Farm has been located on Watershed Institute property on…
The AMC 24 movie theater on Sloan Avenue in Hamilton has closed down for good. AMC updated its corporate website on Monday, replacing the Hamilton listing with a note informing people that the theater is closed and directing them to the AMC 10 at the MarketFair Mall in West Windsor. MarketFair currently is screening a…
The board of directors for the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce has named Hal English to serve as the next president and CEO of the organization, succeeding Peter Crowley, who led the chamber for a dozen years and will retire Dec. 31. One of the largest regional business organizations in the state, the Princeton…
The New York Yankees announced on Saturday that they are restructuring their minor league affiliations, and leaving Trenton and Staten Island for Bridgewater and the Hudson Valley. According to a statement by the Yankees, changes in the team’s minor league affiliations are the result of the expiration of an agreement between Major League Baseball and…
New Jersey saw a five percent decline in new unemployment claims for the week ending Oct. 24, state officials said. The state received 27,201 new unemployment claims last week. A total of 1.74 million New Jersey residents have applied for unemployment since mid-March, and 1.45 million people have met the requirements for benefits, state officials said. For residents who…
The Princeton Small Business Resiliency Fund will provide additional grants of up to $5,000 to Princeton’s small businesses to supplement state and federal aid programs. Grants provide assistance to small independent business owners to help them with costs associated with reopening and adjusting to the current guidelines required to conduct business during the COVID-19 pandemic….
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has successfully processed $1.2 billion in FEMA payments. Residents who qualify for $300 per week supplemental FEMA unemployment benefits can expect to receive the payment as a lump-sum over the next two business days, depending on their banks, state officials said. FEMA Lost Wages Assistance is a limited-time federal…
Brenda Flanagan for NJ Spotlight Millions of N95 masks now made at a retooled factory in Paterson could help protect frontline workers as a second COVID-19 wave builds in New Jersey. Hospitals still face a shortage of N95 masks, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s gold standard, due to disrupted global supply chains and…
Grit + Polish, a nail salon on Witherspoon Street that opened four years ago with a philosophy of paying its workers a living wage, is one of the latest local businesses to close for good due to the pandemic. Jacqueline Fay told her customers in an email last week that Grit + Polish will be…
The New York Sports Club at the Princeton Shopping Center has been closed permanently. It is unclear whether another fitness company has bought the location from the parent company that owns the New York Sports Club brand. On Friday, workers removed fitness and office equipment from the gym that has been at the shopping center…
Tassot Apiaries, a regular vendor at many farm markets in the Princeton region, has been bought by a farm in Chester, New Jersey called Sweet Cheeks. Sweet Cheeks Farm will continue to sell products at local farmers’ markets where Tassot Apiaries sold items, including the Princeton Farmers Market. Tassot Apiaries, a family-run business created by…
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development received about 20,000 new unemployment claims last week, approximately the same number that were filed the previous week. The Labor Department paid out $343 million in benefits for the week ending Aug. 29. In New Jersey, 1.54 million people have applied for unemployment since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the region…
Bobby’s Burger Palace, the casual burger restaurant owned by celebrity chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay, has closed permanently at the MarketFair Mall in West Windsor. A representative for the company could not be reached for comment, but the space is for lease and the phone number for the eatery has been disconnected. Bobby Flay opened…
