Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WW sprouts an ad hoc parking lot
  • Night of burglaries in Princeton nets arrests

    Three gang members are charged By Nick Norlen    Princeton Borough Police followed silently for more than two hours the night of Oct. 19 as three individuals allegedly cased several homes before being arrested and charged in connection with at least 10 burglaries in the borough, the township and on the campus of Princeton University.    All…

  • Boro council questions, tables Merwick plan

    What to do when rehab facility moves By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    All the players were present Tuesday for Princeton Borough Council’s discussion of an ordinance that would create an overlay zone for the multi-property tract that will likely be redeveloped as a result of Princeton HealthCare System’s relocation of its Merwick Rehab facility to…

  • Plainsboro collision kills woman

    Car crossed into oncoming traffic By Greg Forester Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — A 69 year-old Jersey City woman driving in the township was killed in a car accident Wednesday after her car crossed into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on collision with another car, police said.    Violeta S. Pangasan was driving a Honda Civic eastbound…

  • WW sprouts an ad hoc parking lot

    WW sprouts an ad hoc parking lot

    But don’t get too used to it By Greg Forester Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The extreme demand for parking near one of the Northeast Corridor’s busiest train stations has created a situation where parking-starved commuters will do just about anything for a space, up to and including parking on private property.    That is what…

  • 3 Princeton students diagnosed with MRSA

    A drug-resistant staph infection By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    Three Princeton Regional School District students have been treated for the antibiotic-resistant staph infection MRSA, District Superintendent Judy Wilson said Wednesday.    Two of the cases, which were confirmed by laboratory test results Tuesday morning, were from students at Riverside Elementary School, and a third was from…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    As published Oct. 26 Princeton Township    Three juvenile high school students were charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia 3:53 p.m. Wednesday. After police received a report that three juveniles were smoking “something” on the walking trail, the three students were arrested for smoking marijuana on their way home from school, police…

  • Funding dispute is latest crimp in WW redevelopment

    Council wants direction attached to money By Greg Forester Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Planning Board members Wednesday put a stop to redevelopment decision-making until Township Council makes additional monies available for planning work, citing pitfalls in funding and politics.    The halt in deliberations came after Township Planner John Madden and traffic consultant Gary Davies…

  • Montgomery schedules flu shot clinic

    Nov. 7 at Kauffman Community Center By Katie Wagner Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The township’s annual flu vaccination clinic will be held Nov. 7 at the Otto Kaufman Community Center on Skillman Road.    Stephanie Carey, the health officer for the Montgomery Township Health Department, said she believes this year boasts the largest number of flu…