Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Sharing pi with Einstein

    PRINCETON: Sharing pi with Einstein

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    If Albert Einstein was alive, he might have been embarrassed to see people walking on Nassau and Witherspoon streets Saturday dressed like him.    The community paid tribute to its most famous resident during a weekend long celebration of Pi Day, an international event that takes on an added dimension…

  • PRINCETON: Sharing pi with Einstein
  • WEST WINDSOR: Some Cyanamid concern on council

    By Charley Falkebnburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR – Despite calls for collaboration in deciding the future of the former American Cyanamid site, some elected officials think discussions with the Howard Hughes Corp. have become developer-driven and want to prepare for the what ifs.    The most recent Howard Hughes roundtable discussion last week was intended to…

  • PRINCETON: Town could require ‘green’ checklist for developeres

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Potential developers in Princeton soon will have to complete a checklist on eco-friendly aspects of their projects.    The Princeton Council is scheduled to vote next month to make the requirement law, a proposal that has the backing of Mayor Liz Lempert. She last week called the checklist “a great…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: March 8

    Princeton    John Young, 76, of Princeton, was charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams on Birch Avenue on Feb. 28 at 6:05 p.m. West Windsor    (No blotter items were supplied by West Windsor police.) Montgomery    (No blotter items were supplied by Montgomery police.) Plainsboro    Christopher R. Cox, 27, of Monmouth Junction, was charged with…

  • PRINCETON: School board adopts $84 million budget

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A proposed $84.24 million school budget, balanced “tightly” to compensate for increases in utilities and health benefits, would raise taxes by a little less than $149 on average in Princeton, the district said this week.    The Board of Education adopted the tentative budget on Tuesday, as the spending plan…

  • WEST WINDSOR: High School South wins Consumer Bowl

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Returning champs West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South (WWPHS) came out on top once again in Mercer County’s 19th annual Consumer Bowl, thanks to five young savvy shoppers.    The Consumer Bowl competition was created to spur students to become smart consumers so they would be able to spot…

  • PRINCETON: Judge agrees to speed up AvalonBay appeal

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Developer AvalonBay scored a mini-victory Tuesday when a judge agreed to a faster schedule to resolve its lawsuit that seeks to construct a 280-unit apartment building at the former Princeton Hospital.    During a conference call with lawyers, Mercer County Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson scheduled a hearing for…

  • PLAINSBORO: Former emergency room worker indicted on sex charges

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A former emergency room technician at University Hospital of Princeton at Plainsboro was indicted on charges that he had sexually assaulted a female patient and forced another female patient to touch his genitals last year.    Edher Osorio of Princeton faces up to 10 years in prison on second-degree sexual…