Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: His mission: Learning all about Mars

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Frank O’Brien lives just down the street from Grover’s Mill, the infamous ground zero of Orson Welles’ 1938 Martian invasion hoax. But Mr. O’Brien is convinced the invasion is real, only it’s the other way around — the humans are invading Mars.    ”We’ve been doing an invasion…

  • 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…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Officials, residents tackle safer schools

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — When 20-year-old Adam Lanza gunned down 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary last December, it sent resounding waves of anger and fear across the nation.    For many, it was a wake-up call. It was proof that evil and heinous acts could happen anywhere and…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Residents hit DOT jughandles plan

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Residents showed their concern by filling the council chambers for two hours Monday morning to discuss the state Department of Transportation’s concept to improve traffic on Route 1.    With the DOT’s failed attempt to eliminate the jughandles at Washington Road and Harrison Street still fresh in their…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: Trip to Italy, Slovenia a high school highlight

    By Miranda Alperstein    On the snowy morning of Friday, Feb. 8, about 80 Princeton High School students sat excitedly in the cafeteria of the school, exchanging “Secret Choir Member” gifts and eating bagels together as a farewell to American culture — for they would be travelling to Italy and Slovenia for eight days.    I count…

  • MONTGOMERY: Panel leans toward modified smoking rules

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee appears amenable to the idea of a modified smoke ordinance that would create smoke free zones in all public parks.    The officials, during a Feb. 21 meeting, briefly reflected on the recently passed Board of Health resolution that supports banning smoking in designated areas within…

  • PRINCETON: Police to look at staffing, community service

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert, Police Chief David J. Dudeck and others plan to do a mid-year analysis to look at what the staffing level of the Police Department ought to be.    Ms. Lempert had been firm that the department, over time, needs to get down to 51 officers to…