Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MEDICAL CENTER MOVES: Room and TV a big hit with child
  • MEDICAL CENTER MOVES: To the new building

    MEDICAL CENTER MOVES: To the new building

    The University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro off Route 1.

  • MONTGOMERY: Depression prevention initiative put on hold

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — After concerns were raised about increased demands on guidance counselors and student confidentiality, the Board of Education decided to put a depression prevention initiative at the Upper Middle School on hold at its May 22 meeting.    The school aims to work with Rutgers University to combat adolescent depression…

  • PRINCETON AREA: DOT outlines jughandle trial plan for Route 1

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Plans to eliminate jughandles at two major Route 1 intersections in Mercer County continued this week as stakeholders met during a Transportation Forum in Princeton Wednesday.    One of the suggestions from the forum, held May 23 at the New Jersey Hospital Association, was to involve neighbors to the…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Township    Maria Lopez, 61, of Princeton, and Wei Yang, 42, of Belle Mead, were in an accident on Terhune Road on May 21 at 8:52 a.m. Ms. Lopez was taken to the University Medical Center of Princeton and Ms. Yang received a summons for failure to stop or yield.    Princeton residents Guillermo Aparicio-Paz, 37,…

  • PRINCETON: Dangers of drinking, driving driven home

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Princeton High School juniors and seniors breathed a collective gasp as police officers unveiled a horrific scene: two cars irreparably mangled from a head-on collision, smashed windshields spattered with blood and the lifeless body of a girl in a cocktail dress, splayed atop one of the car hoods.    It was…

  • PRINCETON: New police chief choice is debated

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    In addition to approving the police headcount and selection date for the police chief of the new Princeton Police Department at a joint governing bodies meeting this week, an unexpected nomination motion for the chief position was made by a member of Borough Council.    The date for the selection of…

  • PRINCETON: Parade and battle re-enactment take place this weekend

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    It will be a busy weekend in Princeton this week, with the Memorial Day parade and dedication ceremony on Saturday, followed by the grand opening of the Community Park pool complex and a re-enactment of the Battle of Princeton on Saturday and Sunday.    The parade will kick off at 10…

  • PRINCETON: School bus crash investigation continues

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Christine Walker, 43, of Hamilton, will be receiving a summons for careless driving after the school bus she was driving crashed into a tree and telephone pole on Valley Road on May 22 at 3:23 p.m.    The bus contained 19 students and a few coaches who were being bused from…