Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • 2 indicted Rider students seek pre-trial intervention

    Program for first-time offenders By Lea Kahn The Packet Group Two Rider University students who were indicted Aug. 3 on charges of aggravated hazing in connection with the alcohol-poisoning death of Rider freshman Gary DeVercelly Jr. are seeking admission to the Pre-Trial Intervention program. Adriano DiDonato, of Princeton Township, and Dominic Olsen, of Kenilworth, appeared…

  • NJ Transit offers glimpse of potential bus service

    A preview for Princeton master planners By Nick Norlen Staff Writer A presentation by New Jersey Transit officials of their proposed Route 1 Bus Rapid Transit system — and how it could include stops in Princeton — was met with a variety of questions at the Regional Planning Board’s Master Plan Subcommittee meeting Tuesday. Queries…

  • WW hosts autism bill-signing

    Gov. Corzine praises new measures By Greg Forester Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Gov. Jon S. Corzine came to the Eden Family of Services Employment Facility in West Windsor on Wednesday to sign legislation providing support for those suffering from autism and related illnesses in New Jersey. The governor and legislative sponsors said that the…

  • Borough council warned of litigation

    Rev. Lombardo says he plans to file $66 million suit By Nick Norlen Staff Writer The Rev. Martin Lombardo, a Princeton Borough resident and former Borough Council member, appeared before the council Tuesday to announce his intention to file a $66 million lawsuit against Borough Police Chief Anthony Federico, Mayor Mildred Trotman and all members…

  • Food 101: Grow it yourselves

    Princeton University students tend a garden By Katie Wagner Staff Writer A four-month stay at a Vermont farm during the end of Ruthie Schwab’s junior year of high school sparked a curiosity in her about something she’d never thought about before — what she ate. In Vermont, Ms. Schwab studied at the Mountain School of…

  • Police Blotter

    Princeton Borough    Debra Anne Marino, 42, of Plainsboro, was charged with credit card fraud at 9:12 p.m. Friday. Ms. Marino was arrested after an investigation revealed she had used a stolen credit card to purchase alcohol from Varsity Liquors on Nassau Street, police said. She was transported to police headquarters, processed and released after posting…

  • Defeating depression

    Defeating depression

    Haley Worsthorn, 20, of Montgomery, is now a nursing and psychology student at Rutgers University. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • WW Arts Council building study completed

    Structure can now be brought up to code By Greg Forester Staff Writer        WEST WINDSOR — An environmental study of the Princeton Junction Firehouse property has been completed, and now the structure can be brought up to code for use as the new home of the West Windsor Arts Council, township officials said Thursday.    The…

  • Food 101: Grow it yourselves

    Food 101: Grow it yourselves

    Princeton University junior Ruthie Schwab tends the garden project near Forbes College on Thursday morning. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski