Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Shopping Center sale expected soon
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer A deal for the sale and purchase of the Princeton Shopping Center could be completed as soon as today, transferring ownership of the site from George Comfort & Sons to Edens of South Carolina. ”There is a contract signed to sell it,” confirmed Peter Duncan, president of George Comfort &…
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PRINCETON: Workman injured in fall at Princeton
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer A 55-year-old contractor broke his ankle after falling 20 feet from the roof of the Fisher Hall dormitory in the Whitman College of Princeton University on Tuesday, May 29, at about 4:24 p.m., according to university spokesperson Martin Mbugua. The worker had been installing sound equipment for a reunion event…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Township David Gallante Jr., 34, of Franklin, Shaista Azizalam, 50, of Princeton, and Boram Lee, 25, of Tenafly, were in an accident on Route 27 at Prospect Avenue on May 24 at 9:51 a.m. Mr. Gallante received a summons for careless driving. Sharon DeVito, 50, of Princeton, and Ruth Cooper, 65, of Skillman, were…
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PRINCETON: Bear up a tree in Princeton Cemetery
Animal Control officer Mark Johnson looks up at the bear.
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MONTGOMERY: Man charged with drunk driving on ATV
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Lance A. Pederson, 58, of North Plainfield, was charged with driving while intoxicated after an accident while riding an ATV on May 28 at 5:44 p.m. Mr. Pederson was riding a Suzuki four-wheel drive Quad Runner ATV through trails on the property of a Broadway residence, when a…
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PRINCETON: Mayoral candidates tackle issues
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Bringing Princeton Borough and Princeton Township together in consolidation, the police chief, politics and hospital redevelopment were topics of discussion for Democratic mayoral hopefuls Liz Lempert and Kevin Wilkes during a meeting at the Packet in advance of the primary on June 5. Both candidates agreed more than disagreed, but…
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PRINCETON: Bear up a tree in Princeton Cemetery
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer A small bear wandered around Princeton on Wednesday and spent a good part of the evening up a tree in the southwest corner of Princeton Cemetery of the Nassau Presbyterian Church after running through the Conte’s parking lot and parking garage of the old hospital. Officials decided to wait to…
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PRINCETON: Stuart girls win national video game contest
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer Watch out Nintendo and Playstation the eighth grade girls at Stuart Country Day School have a talent for video game programming and now they have the title to prove it. Two teams of Stuart eighth graders won the PBS KIDS category of the 2012 National STEM (science, technology, engineering,…
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PRINCETON: Area police seeking clues in rash of burglaries
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer A rash of burglaries in Princeton and surrounding municipalities have police in several jurisdictions concerned and homeowners worried. However, an arrest has been made in South Brunswick that might provide a break in the cases. One key trend in all the break-ins in all the towns is that the burglar…
