Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Hunger forum outlines problem locally, nationally

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Nonprofit groups that provide food to the hungry say they are providing critical services at a time when people are struggling to meet their housing costs and feed their families.    ”We’re seeing a lot of children, a lot of seniors, a lot of people trying to put food on…

  • PRINCETON: Arts and transit approval headed to court

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Six opponents of Princeton University’s arts and transit project decided to sue in state court to overturn the approval the Princeton Planning Board granted the university in December.    Bruce I. Afran, their lawyer, said Monday the suit was due to be filed Tuesday. The plaintiffs, all but one a…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    Cecilia Johnson, 19, of Pompton Plains, was arrested Feb.3 and charged with shoplifting from Nikko Nikko on Nassau Street. Anthony Repollet, 27, of Rocky Hill, was arrested Feb.2 and charged with assault after allegedly punching a man in the face at the Alchemist and Barrister on Witherspoon Street. The victim was hospitalized with facial…

  • PRINCETON: Relative hiring policy reviewed

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton officials are working on a policy that would not allow the municipal administrator to formally approve hiring a relative.    They want to avoid a repeat of what happened last year when then-acting-Township Administrator Kathy Monzo had to sign off on hiring her daughter as a secretary in the…

  • PRINCETON: Down the hatch at annual Oyster Bowl

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Not even the biting cold nor the icy wind could keep hundreds of people away from watching folks slurp their way to victory at the Blue Point Grill’s 14th annual Oyster Bowl on Sunday.    It was a good day for the hungry — and a bad one for oysters —…

  • PRINCETON: Goerner named to Connect New Jersey board

       PRINCETON — Former township mayor Chad Goerner was named this week to a nonprofit organization to help towns consolidate.    Mr. Goerner, a leading advocate for the consolidation of the former Princeton Township and Borough, will volunteer on the board of directors of Courage to Connect New Jersey, the organization announced Wednesday. Mr. Goerner left office…

  • SUV Split in Half After Hitting Tree on I-95
  • SUV Split in Half After Hitting Tree on I-95

    SUV Split in Half After Hitting Tree on I-95

    The driver survived the crash, which was reported at 2:25 p.m. By Michael Ratcliffe A car was split in half after it collided with another vehicle, veered off Interstate 95 and slammed into a tree on Wednesday afternoon in Lawrence. Amazingly, the car’s female driver survived the crash and is expected to recover from her…

  • PRINCETON: Council looking at private property underage drinking

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton will consider creating an ordinance prohibiting people under 21 from drinking or possessing alcohol on private property, a measure used in most other New Jersey towns to fight underage drinking.    Hundreds of towns around the state — more than half of all municipalities — have done so. Princeton,…