Category: archives

  • AvalonBay plan has two pieces

    Wetlands separate three buildings from rest of Avalon Run East By: Lea Kahn    Township planners got their first look at AvalonBay Communities’ proposed 342-unit rental apartment/townhouse complex, and offered a few pointers of their own, at the Planning Board Screening Committee’s regular meeting last week.    The rental complex, known as Avalon Run East, Phase 2,…

  • Police nab alleged home burglars

    Chase leads to Somerville, Branchburg By:Eric Schwarz    Manville police have arrested two men in connection with a burglary and theft of more than $25,000 in jewelry.    Mandrue Mills, 33, a homeless man staying at a Branchburg hotel, was charged with second-degree burglary and two counts of third-degree theft. Gabriel Rodriguez, 19, of 67 Second St.,…

  • By any other name …

    The Princeton moniker pops up in many places By: David M. Campbell    The Princeton name.    It sure looks good on a sign, on a business card, under your company’s logo in the phone book. So good, in fact, that it often shows up in other towns, like Lawrence, West Windsor, Plainsboro, Kingston and Montgomery.    The…

  • Former head master recalls career

    REMEMBERING LAWRENCEVILLE by Marge Dwyer    Bruce McClellan had spent a year at Deerfield and two years before that at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and had been an assistant dean at Williams College, his alma mater, before coming to The Lawrenceville School in 1959. Soon after, at the tender age of 35, he was appointed…

  • Faith in system rewarded for pastor

    Covenant Christian Ministries will worship on Brunswick Avenue after long court fight By: Lea Kahn    Despite lawsuit after lawsuit, Pastor Lester Blount never lost hope that the abandoned warehouse on the corner of Brunswick Avenue and Pine Street would become the Covenant Christian Ministries’ new home.    Pastor Blount’s faith in the system was rewarded this…

  • A rented Buick and Einstein’s brain

    By: Jeff Milgram    As urban legends go, Albert Einstein’s brain is right up there with the story of albino alligators in the Manhattan sewer system.    So fascinating a topic, it’s been the subject of a documentary film and a heavy metal song entitled "Stealing Einstein’s Brain."    And now, it’s the subject of a new nonfiction…

  • ‘Healthy’ change seen in pending sale of Windrows center

    Staff, residents optimistic about the future By: David M. Campbell    PLAINSBORO – Despite uncertainty surrounding the pending sale of The Windrows at Princeton Forrestal assisted-living facility, some staff and residents say they are optimistic about the future.    Harris Schwartzberg of Schwartzberg Associates, a continuing-care company based in White Plains, N.Y., told The Packet on Monday…

  • Couple seeks OK for bed and breakfast

    Owners want to transform historic residence By: Cynthia Williamson        LAMBERTVILLE – A city couple are seeking permission from the Board of Adjustment to transform their historic 111 N. Union St. residence to a bed and breakfast.    The owners, Richard and Mary Freedman, would need site plan approval and several variances from the board.    A…

  • Pro soccer team eyes Millstone site

    New Jersey Stallions want to build a soccer field and spectator seating on 40 acres across from the Dairy Queen By: Frank C. D’Amico    MILLSTONE – A professional men’s soccer team has expressed interest in building a sports facility on Route 526.    The New Jersey Stallions soccer club wants to build a soccer field and…