Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Councilwoman says mayor in conflict over payment

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A Princeton councilwoman raised concerns Monday about Mayor Liz Lempert’s role in negotiating a nearly $2.5 million voluntary contribution to the municipality from Princeton University given that Ms. Lempert is married to a university professor.    Councilwoman Jo S. Butler, saying Ms. Lempert had a conflict of interest, expressed those…

  • PRINCETON: Hospital site task force to meet

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The newly created task force looking at rezoning the former University Medical Center is due to start meeting this week.    The first scheduled meeting is set for noon on Thursday, followed by meeting on Jan. 22 and Jan. 24 so far.    The task force, created by the Princeton Council,…

  • PRINCETON: French librarian turning U.S. pages
  • PRINCETON: Animal shelter looking to break ground

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton’s animal shelter will look to break ground in April on its new shelter in Montgomery Township, the first step of an eventual relocation after more than 70 years on Herrontown Road.    Piper H. Burrows, executive director of SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals, said Friday that she expected…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Flu cases increase locally

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    As chairman of the emergency department at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, Dr. Craig Gronczewski has been seeing his share of flu patients.    Medical professionals like him are dealing with an uptick in flu cases this year, as the nation battles what’s been called a flu epidemic…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    A 17-year-old male was arrested Jan.12 and charged with marijuana possession and related drug offenses.    The juvenile, whose name was not released, was pulled over during a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street around 1:36 a.m. Police said the youth, who allegedly had bags of marijuana with him, also was charged with possession of…

  • PRINCETON: Booking on sermons to fund local charities

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Jim Knipper, a deacon at St. Paul Catholic Church in Princeton, had never done anything like this.    About a year ago, he started a project to create in book form an ecumenical collection of sermons and homilies from across three denominations of Christianity.    The result: “Hungry, and You Fed…

  • PRINCETON: University, youth center to sever legal ties

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton University will sever its formal legal affiliation with and control over the Princeton-Blairstown Center, a more than 100-year-old charity that serves inner city youth.    Since 1995, the center had been classified as a support organization of the Ivy League school — an arrangement that meant the center’s roughly…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Mayor discusses upcoming plans, projects

    By Charley Falkenburg, Special to the Packet    WEST WINDSOR — About 50 people, including Councilman Kamal Khanna, joined Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh at Town Hall on Saturday to hear about developments, projects and other initiatives West Windsor will be tackling in 2013.    The mayor, along with Business Administrator Marlena Schmid, Community Development Director Pat Ward and…