Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Student to take part in Selma march

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Jerria Martin first heard of James Reeb when she started attending the Princeton Theological Seminary, how the seminary graduate and later civil rights martyr was connected to her hometown of Selma, Ala.    Mr. Reeb, only 38 at the time and married with four children, lost his life at the…

  • MONTGOMERY: Teen recognized and thanked for his charity work

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — For many teens, Halloween is a time to don masks, replace meals with Reeses and Kit Kats and party at a fellow ghoul or goblin’s abode.    But for sophomore Robert Sipos, it’s the time to give back to communities, both local and abroad. For the last three years,…

  • PRINCETON: Demonstrators protest against AvalonBay
  • BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS: Welcome home and make your own mozzarella

    By Bradley Koltz Welcome    The students and staff at Cherry Hill Nursery School, located on Cherry Hill Road in Princeton, welcomed Sgt. Peter Novobilsky back from Afghanistan last month.    Sgt. Novobilsky is a Hopewell resident and the son of CHNS teacher Alison Novobilsky. He was the recipient of care packages and cards from CHNS during…

  • PRINCETON: Demonstrators protest against AvalonBay

    PRINCETON: Demonstrators protest against AvalonBay

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A union-organized protest against developer AvalonBay on Wednesday sought to spotlight what critics call the apartment builder’s confrontational style.    Representatives of 32BJ Service Employees International Union, a regional private sector service workers union that has butted heads with AvalonBay before, joined about 15 community members in front of the…

  • PRINCETON:Bernanke to speak at university

       Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will address Princeton University’s senior class at an annual interfaith service on campus June 2, the University announced Monday.    Mr. Bernanke, chosen by President Shirley M. Tilghman after discussions with senior class leaders, taught at the university in the 1980s.    The Baccalaureate service, scheduled to take place in the University…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    Niraj Patel, 37, of Franklin Park, was charged with driving while intoxicated and eluding police after police found him sleeping in his car while it was parked on a travel lane on Carnegie Drive on Feb. 22 at 2 a.m. Police said Mr. Patel fled the scene and was apprehended several minutes later on…

  • PRINCETON: Slaughter, Tilghman: Challenges for women at work

    By Oren Fliegelman, Special to the Packet    It is still nearly impossible for the modern woman to be both a full-time professional and a responsible parent, said Princeton University professor Anne-Marie Slaughter on Friday afternoon.    Speaking to more than 500 students, faculty and community members in the university’s Richardson Auditorium, Ms. Slaughter and university President…

  • PRINCETON: University wins round in court

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton University won a legal battle Friday when a judge threw out one of the counts in a lawsuit seeking to stop the school’s $330 million arts and transit project.    Superior Court Judge Douglas H. Hurd, sitting in Trenton, ruled there was nothing defective with the legal notice the…