Author: Central Jersey

  • HOPEWELL TWP.: Stop results in marijuana charge 

    At midnight Dec. 21 Hopewell Township Police Officer George Peterson stopped a 2010 Volkswagen on Pennington-Lawrencville Road for having tinted front windows. While speaking with the driver, who was identified as Alexander S. Frazier, 24, of Pennington-Harbourton Road, Pennington, a small amount of marijuana was allegedly located on him. Mr. Frazier was placed under arrest…

  • THE TOP STORIES OF 2015: Fight continues over battlefield

    THE TOP STORIES OF 2015: Fight continues over battlefield

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Battle of Princeton was waged 238 years ago, but the fight to save the ground where the conflict happened raged on in 2015. State lawmakers, citizen activists and a nonprofit that preserves battlefields helped lead the charge to prevent a section of the battlefield from being turned into…

  • PRINCETON: Top 10 of 2015

    PRINCETON: Top 10 of 2015

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The 2015 calendar year was filled with athletic success from teams and individuals in the Packet area. As is the case every year, there was individual success as well as team success for the athletes and teams in the area. Here, in reverse order, is a look at the top…

  • Princeton University theater director dies in accident at his home in Brooklyn

    Princeton University theater director dies in accident at his home in Brooklyn

    The theater director at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts died Monday in an accident at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Lewis Center said on its website. A memorial for Timothy K. Vasen, 51, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street…

  • PRINCETON: Platform tennis celebrating faithful duo

    PRINCETON: Platform tennis celebrating faithful duo

    The Platform Tennis in Princeton began 40 years ago with two courts. As the demand grew the program added two more courts. In the early days there were Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Doubles Leagues. Now Platform Tennis is on the move again with the Men’s Leagues, A and B Divisions and the Women’s Round Robin…

  • THE TOP STORIES OF 2015: Nobel winner John Nash and wife die in turnpike car crash

    THE TOP STORIES OF 2015: Nobel winner John Nash and wife die in turnpike car crash

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer In 2015, the Princeton University community mourned the deaths of Nobel Prize winning mathematician John F. Nash Jr. and his wife, Alicia, who were killed May 23 in a car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike on their way home from Newark Liberty International Airport. The couple had been…

  • HOPEWELL TWP.: GPS taken from construction vehicle 

    Hopewell Township police officer Nicholas Sparaco responded at 7:45 a.m. Dec. 16 to a Titus Mill Road property on a report that someone overnight had removed a GPS unit and the ignition keys from an unlocked construction vehicle. The loss was estimated at $150. In other reports: — On Dec. 15 Officer Nicholas Sparaco stopped…

  • HILLSBOROUGH (update): Finished with Christmas tree? Scouts will dispose of it

    Keep your car clean and let Boy Scout Troop 1776 haul away your tree after the holidays. Help the troop raise money to support trips and efforts in the community. Cost is $20 per tree or $15 per tree if neighbors sign up together. The last scheduled date for picking up trees is Saturday, Jan.…

  • HOPEWELL TWP.: COAH legal fees mount, to consternation 

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TWP. — With legal fees for the municipality’s ongoing affordable housing court case quickly adding up, and related costs mounting, the Township Committee does not seem to like it one bit. Hopewell Township is in litigation ultimately to get a ruling on how many dwelling units for low- and…