Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Ed board to hold off on Valley Road decision

       The Princeton Board of Education will wait a little while longer before considering a proposal from a local group interested in turning the Valley Road School into a community center.    There was some thought the board might take up the proposal at its next meeting Tuesday. But that will not be the case, school board…

  • PRINCETON: Man held on $50,000 bail after high-speed chase

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A motorist, stopped for speeding on State Road Thursday in a possibly stolen vehicle, fled at high speeds out of Princeton before police detectives arrested him later in the day in Newark, authorities said.    Henry Belford, 19, of Newark, was being held on $50,000 bail at the Mercer County…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Board likely to move school election to November

    By Charley Falkenburg, Special to the Packet    WEST WINDSOR — All signs are pointing to a November election for the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District this year.    Once again, the Board of Education is faced with the opportunity to move its school election to November — a new option the state gave towns last year to…

  • PRINCETON: Sustainable Princeton award winners announced

       Nine community leaders will be honored on Jan. 23 at the Sustainable Princeton Leadership Awards Ceremony.    The awards ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the Princeton Public Library from 7 to 8 p.m. as a kick-off to the Princeton Environmental Film Festival.    Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert and Matt…

  • PRINCETON: Residents seeking gun permits

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A “steady flow” of Princeton residents have applied in the past six weeks to the Police Department seeking the necessary documents to buy and own firearms.    Police Capt. Nicholas K. Sutter said that since Nov. 29, 20 people have applied for a firearms identification card and or the handgun…

  • PRINCETON: Mayor headed to Washington for inauguration

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert plans to be in Washington, D.C., Monday for the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the second time she will have seen him take the oath of office.    ”It’s going to be exciting,” she said Wednesday.    Ms. Lempert recalled going to his first inaugural four years…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Plainsboro    A black iPhone 4S worth an estimated $500 was reported stolen Wednesday from a student at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North. Brad A. Siegel, 55, of Dayton, was arrested Jan. 9 and charged driving while under the influence of intoxicating drugs on Scotts Corner Road around 3:10 p.m. He was also charged with being…

  • PRINCETON: Council looking at expanding fire station

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton Council will explore possibly expanding the Witherspoon Street fire station and whether that renovation ought to include using part of the old Valley Road School located next door.    Council President Bernard P. Miller and council members Jo S. Butler and Lance Liverman were named Monday to a…

  • PRINCETON: University police seeking to carry firearms

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    As a patrolman at Princeton University, Mike Michalski has to respond in any kind of situation, be it a drunk student who needs to go the hospital or something more serious such that he is required to wear a bullet-proof vest.    Despite facing potentially life-threatening situations, he and his…