Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Variances OK’d on Witherspoon Street projects

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Redevelopment is beginning to take shape along Witherspoon Street as a local architect/developer received unanimous approval from the zoning board to proceed with two projects.    Robert Hillier’s two applications for Witherspoon Street properties — one as a possible restaurant — were heard before the board for variances last week.    The…

  • PRINCETON: House burns during move-in

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    A family moving into the house at 431 Ewing St. in Princeton never even finished unpacking before they lost their new home to a fire on fire Saturday afternoon.    The family was moving in when their son noticed their vacuum cleaner, which was outside and running, was on fire. The…

  • MONTGOMERY: Supt. Kim says aloha to Montgomery

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — School Superintendent Earl Kim will be saying aloha to New Jersey followed by aloha to Hawaii on June 30 when he officially departs the Garden State to return to his roots.    After five years as Montgomery’s superintendent, Mr. Kim will be taking another position in his home state.…

  • PRINCETON: Crumiller seeks appeal of decision on Dinky hearing

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The Borough Council is going to keep chugging along in its perseverance to have New Jersey Transit hold a public hearing about moving the Dinky station and the abandonment of the transit easement on the track’s property.    In correspondence dated June 11, NJ Transit states it is not obligated to…

  • PRINCETON: Latest estimates show more personnel savings

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    An interim report comparing savings estimated by the Joint Shared Services Consolidation Commission and the numbers coming in from the Transition Task Force shows personnel savings estimates are ahead for the first year of consolidation.    ”This is an interim report, and these are the numbers we’ve got now,” said Patrick…

  • PRINCETON: Dudeck selected to become police chief

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Borough Police Chief David Dudeck was unanimously recommended for the chief of police position for the consolidated police department next year by the two governing bodies and the personnel selection committee this week.    When the new governing body takes office, the recommendation will be finalized and Chief Dudeck will be…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton man sentenced for child porn

       Eric Breisacher of Princeton was sentenced on Friday to 78 months in prison for possessing more than 600 images of child pornography on a computer located in his residence in September 2009.    U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson imposed the sentence on Mr. Breisacher, 48, in Trenton federal court.    According to documents filed in this…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Borough    The University Medical Center at Princeton reported $750 had been stolen from the medical office on Witherspoon Street sometime between 4:30 p.m. on June 20 and 6:55 a.m. on June 21.    Charles Thompson Jr., 48, of Edison, and Larry Wollack, 49, of Mays Landing, were in an accident on Herrontown Road on June…

  • PRINCETON: Hillier seeks eatery, salon on Witherspoon

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Developer Robert Hillier has two applications for Witherspoon Street properties — one as a possible restaurant — to be heard before the zoning board for variances this week.    The first is a request for approvals to re-use the existing building, known as the Forer Pharmacy building at 160 Witherspoon St.,…