Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Flemer family receives D&R conservation award

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Flemer family was known worldwide for the Princeton Nurseries it ran for nearly 100 years.    On Sunday, the same family that shied away from publicity was recognized and honored for deciding to preserve more than 1,900 acres of its land forever.    D&R Greenway Land Trust presented the family…

  • WEST WINDSOR: 9/11 vicitims remembered at MCCC ceremony

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A collective hush swept through the crowd as Lawrence Township police Sgt. Michael Yeh painted a vivid scene of destruction: burning fires, billowing clouds of smoke and an ocean of debris under which thousands of bodies were buried.    Sgt. Yeh, a member of the New Jersey Urban…

  • PRINCETON: YMCA Executive Club turns 50

       The Executive Club of the Princeton Family YMCA will host its 50th annual dinner on Thursday, Oct. 11, with a reception starting at 6 a.m., followed by dinner at 7:15 p.m. at the Springdale Golf Club in Princeton.    The Executive Club of the Princeton Family YMCA was founded in 1961 when local civic, business and…

  • BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS: Green Living Expo, fall programs at YWCA

    By Bradley Koltz    The first annual Green Living Expo will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Princeton Airport on Route 206 in Montgomery from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.    The event has attracted dozens of exhibitors, including new and rare eco-friendly autos, hybrids and electrics, zero emission power stations, innovative consumer products, educational…

  • PLAINSBORO: Joseph Dell Beni named Officer of the Year

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — And the award for officer of the year goes to — Patrolman Joseph Dell Beni.    Officer Dell Beni made history last night at the committee meeting when he was named the town’s Officer of the Year — making him the first police officer in Plainsboro Township to earn…

  • PRINCETON: Church to celebrate 180th anniversary

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Mt. Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church is due to open its doors this Sunday for morning service, just as it has every year since 1832.    The congregation, celebrating its 180th anniversary this weekend with a series of events, has been meeting on Witherspoon Street from its earliest days. Though…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Township    Donald Dudash, 67, of Trenton, Carol Lande, 71, of Monroe, and Paul Williamson, 71, of Hightstown, were in a chain reaction collision on Harrison Street at Western Way on Sept. 7 at 1:10 p.m. Mr. Dudash received a summons for careless driving.    A student at the Hun School reported a book bag containing…

  • PRINCETON: Officials want bridge replaced

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Alexander Road bridge over the Stony Brook needs to be replaced before the state Department of Transportation makes the jughandles traffic pattern changes on Route 1 permanent, township officials have said.    The township plans to put that request in writing to DOT Commissioner and Princeton resident James S.…

  • PRINCETON: Committeeman has October trial scheduled

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton Township Committeeman Lance Liverman has an Oct. 9 trial scheduled in Hopewell Municipal Court on driving while under the influence and related charges stemming from a car accident last month.    On Aug. 9, Mr. Liverman was travelling south on I-95 from Philadelphia, when allegedly sideswiped a tractor-trailer idling…