Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Enthusiasm was there, but the numbers were not
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer Two supporters of Republican Party mayoral candidate Richard Woodbridge busied themselves setting out orange and black plastic plates, knives, forks and spoons — the colors of Princeton University, Mr. Woodbridge’s alma mater — on a pool table at the Ivy Inn Tuesday night. One by one, Mr. Woodbridge’s backers trickled…
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PRINCETON: Honoring those veterans who have served
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Four young Marines in dress uniforms serving as the honor guard stood at attention Monday morning for a Veterans Day service at the All Wars Monument in downtown Princeton. Yet it was the older men, men with white hair and holding small American flags, who received the applause and…
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PRINCETON: Ferry House open under bankruptcy protection
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Chef Bobby Trigg reopened his Ferry House restaurant on Witherspoon Street last month after the state seized the property in October for his failure to pay more than $300,000 in taxes. Mr. Trigg, speaking in a phone interview, expressed excitement at being back in business. The Ferry House reopened…
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PHS PERSPECTIVE: Sandy has set students to scrambling
By Elena Wu-Yan and Jane Dai At its onset, Superstorm Sandy seemed like a wonderful excuse for Princeton High School students to miss class, with a call from the school on Sunday afternoon before the storm, announcing that there would be no classes on Monday and Tuesday. School was closed again on Wednesday, then Thursday,…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton Borough An employee at the Tandori Bite restaurant on Witherspoon Street allegedly used a fork to stab a fellow restaurant employee on Nov. 10, police said. Surjit Singh, 33, of Westampton, allegedly threatened to kill his male victim, who suffered a laceration to his right hand trying to…
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PRINCETON: Transportation group holds initial meeting
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Princeton officials agree that something needs to be done about all the cars going in and out of the community. But what’s the answer? That question could be answered in the next six months, as a pair of consultants set out to prepare transit and traffic studies that officials…
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PRINCETON: Federal aid to be sought in Princeton
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The borough and the township plan to seek federal aid to help them recoup the costs of responding to super storm Sandy, officials said Friday. Officials could not say as of last week how much exactly those storm-related costs were for employee overtime and related expenses. ”I’m sure it’s…
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PRINCETON: SAVE animal shelter powerless for a week
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Super storm Sandy left the Princeton animal shelter on Herrontown Road without power for more than a week, a predicament for the staff and the more than 70 cats and dogs housed there. SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals lost power on the evening of Oct.29, the day Sandy…
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PRINCETON: Councilman’s partner files lawsuit against borough
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The partner of Princeton Councilman-elect Patrick Simon has filed suit against Princeton Borough because he contends the municipality improperly allowed his repaved street to be opened so a developer could make a utility connection. Marc Weiner argued in court papers that the borough code says repaved streets cannot be…
