Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Forum: Merging Princetons well prepared

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    After years of failed attempts, the two Princetons are less than a month away from a historic merger.    ”All I can say is: 28 days to go,” said Borough Administrator Robert W. Bruschi on Monday at a public forum updating the community about the merger.    At the event, the…

  • PRINCETON: Sustainable Princeton seeking award nominations

       Sustainable Princeton and the Princeton Environmental Commission are seeking nominations of leaders who have embodied sustainable behavior and action in the workplace, at school in the government or at home and whose success stories will help shape the vision for the new Princeton.    ”Princeton is entering an exciting new phase in our history,” Mayor-elect Liz…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: Debate team takes pride in reaching new heights

    By Tiffany Wang    Twice a week, long after most of the students of Princeton High School have headed for home, raised voices punctuated with bursts of laughter waft from underneath the door of Room 166. A particularly jaunty blue sign adorned with a wombat — the team mascot — and the words, “Debate Lounge,” stuck…

  • PRINCETON: Officer, borough $25,000 apart

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough and a borough police sergeant are $25,000 apart in their offers to resolve the whistle-blower lawsuit the officer had filed last year.    Sgt. Kenneth Riley, a 21-year-veteran of the department who had to fight to keep his job, is seeking $100,000 in damages, said B. David Jarashow,…

  • PRINCETON: State sending investigators to PHS

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Investigators from the state Department of Education were due to visit Princeton High School this week as part of an ongoing probe into an allegation into false student attendance records.    Richard Vespucci, a department spokesman, would not disclose Wednesday what day investigators planned to visit the high school. He…

  • PRINCETON: Trust presents grant to Pettoranello foundation

       The Princeton Pettoranello Sister City Foundation has received an award of $5,000 from the J. Seward Johnson Sr 1963 Charitable Trust.    ”We are grateful to the trust for their ongoing support of our foundation’s work to further the sister city relationship between Princeton Township and Pettoranello di Molise and to enhance the quality of life…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Dec. 7

    Plainsboro    Paul P. Van Den Brink, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was arrested Dec.6 and charged with driving while intoxicated.    He also was issued tickets for reckless and careless driving.    About $360 in cash and merchandise were stolen from a Nissan Maxima parked on Tamarron Drive during the over night hours between Dec.4 and 5.…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: French students strengthen sister cities’ bond

    By Gina Hsu    While most Princetonians were still cleaning up and recovering from Hurricane Sandy, a group of 22 Princeton High School students were already packing their suitcases for a trip across the Atlantic. The trip is part of a biennial exchange hosted by the high schools of Princeton and its sister city, Colmar, in…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Dec. 4

    Montgomery    Cash and jewelry were stolen from adjoining townhouse on Jackson Avenue on Nov.17. The burglaries were discovered when the residents returned home, police said. Sharon King, 47, of Jackson Township was arrested Nov. 17 and charged on two warrants, police reported.