Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Board facing showdown on AvalonBay plan

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton Regional Planning Board and developer AvalonBay are on course for a possible showdown if the board does not vote this week on the firm’s 280-unit apartment project proposed for the former Princeton Hospital.    The board was scheduled to have a hearing on Monday and a final one…

  • PRINCETON: New council still without its president

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The six-member Princeton Borough Council that takes office in January still has to chose a council president, a decision that local officials are expected to make before the end of the month.    According to political insiders, Councilwoman-elect Heather H. Howard had her eyes set on the mostly ceremonial job,…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Dec. 11

    Princeton Borough    Michael Mangiamele, 19, of Cutchogue, New York, 19, Samuel Treinish, 19, of Cortland Manor, New York and Michael Lahlouh, 19, of Redwood City, California were arrested Dec.9 and charged with trespassing, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled dangerous substance. The trio allegedly were in the Princeton Cemetery on Witherspoon Street…

  • PRINCETON: Strollers find art at their call

    ArtWalk offers visits to Princeton arts venues By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    From a table at Small World Coffee, artist Maxine Shore sat down Thursday night with her copy of the New Yorker and something to drink.    On the wall behind her, hung one of Ms. Shore’s oil paintings — a scene from the…

  • PLAINSBORO: Seeking marrow donor

    PLAINSBORO: Seeking marrow donor

    A drive to find a matching bone marrow donor for Jerald P. Hurwitz, above with his wife Rachelle Feldman Hurwitz, will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at the Walker Gordon Farm Clubhouse in Plainsboro. 

  • PRINCETON: Consolidation logo chosen

    PRINCETON: Consolidation logo chosen

    Press Release from Princeton Arts Council PRINCETON – Princeton and the Arts Council of Princeton are pleased to announce the winner of the Logo Design Competition held for the consolidated Princeton, according to a press release from the organization. The competition, open to all ages, was conceived to involve the community in creating a simple…

  • PRINCETON: Consolidation logo chosen

    PRINCETON: Consolidation logo chosen

    The new logo for the consolidated Princetons by Jeff Leonard.

  • WEST WINDSOR: Police to enforce school bus safety

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Police have stepped up their presence at school bus stops in the wake of a motorist allegedly hitting a local teenager after she just had exited a school bus Nov. 28 on Southfield Road.    Police have said the enforcement will be in the mornings and afternoons…

  • PRINCETON: Seminary celebrates a global Christmas

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Merry Christmas can be said in different languages and the holiday celebrated in different ways, something the people at Princeton Theological Seminary know well.    On Monday, the seminary again will hold its Carols of Many Nations, a series of three free public services consisting of music and Scripture in…