Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    Oct. 23, 2007 Princeton Township    Chanta Winston, 30, of Plainsboro was arrested 2:38 p.m. Oct. 15 on warrants, totaling $370 out of Princeton Borough Municipal Court and Trenton Municipal Court subsequent to a motor vehicle stop at Prospect Avenue and Harrison Street, police said. She was released to Princeton Borough police.    Mary Clark, 52, of…

  • Money problems roil Montgomery Center for the Arts

    Governing board experiences mass resignations By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Center for the Arts at the 1860 House has been experiencing financial difficulties, the nonprofit organization’s president and legal advisor confirmed Monday.    The organization, which has been leasing the 1860 House building from the township for approximately 10 years, offers art…

  • Illuminated crosswalks for D&R towpath

    Installation complete at Washington and Alexander roads Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    New illuminated crosswalks on Alexander and Harrison streets at the Delaware & Raritan Canal towpath are now in operation.    The new crosswalks include pedestrian-activated flashing lights that have been installed in the roadway pavement and on signs near the crosswalks to alert motorists when…

  • Vintage homes luring buyers to Trenton

    Vintage homes luring buyers to Trenton

    Princeton Montessori School teacher Laurent S’Chevalier bought this brick Italianate home in South Trenton. Staff photo by Greg Forester

  • NPDC sewage plant upgrades may cost Montgomery millions

    Consultant’s report irks Township Committee By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The township may face more environmental cleanup work, costing “millions of dollars” at the former North Princeton Developmental Center.    That is the conclusion of the township’s environmental consultant, James F. Cosgrove of Omni Environmental, who made his report at Thursday’s Township Committee meeting.…

  • Four charged in Westminster Choir College student’s death

    Four charged in Westminster Choir College student’s death

    A heroin overdose kills 18-year-old freshman from Maryland By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    An 18-year-old freshman at Westminster Choir College died Wednesday morning after using heroin in a campus parking lot the night before, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office said.    Another Westminster student who allegedly gave him the heroin and helped him inject it is…

  • ‘Radio Times’ coming to Princeton to talk 2008 politics

    ‘Radio Times’ coming to Princeton to talk 2008 politics

    Taking advantage of a wealth of political analysts By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    For “Radio Times” host Marty Moss-Coane, her show has always felt more like a theater production.    And for the past 20 years, the WHYY radio personality has been the writer, co-producer and co-star.    Now, she’s taking her show on the road.    Ms.…

  • ‘Radio Times’ coming to Princeton to talk 2008 politics

    ‘Radio Times’ coming to Princeton to talk 2008 politics

    unknown Marty Moss-Coane, host of WHYY’s "Radio Times," will host a panel discussion on the 2008 presidential race before a live audience at Princeton University on Wednesday.

  • University testing emergency notification today

    Upgrades allow more cell phone text messaging By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    While 93 percent of Princeton University’s freshmen should receive text messages today as part of an emergency test of the university’s upgraded emergency notification system, only 50 percent of the sophomores, juniors and seniors have provided personal cell phone numbers to the system’s…