Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PLAINSBORO: New hospital has its eyes on the aging

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Victoria Hurley-SchubertStaff Writer    Unique spaces designed with elderly patients in mind have been created at the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro.    Older patients will have extra special care with an Acute Care for the Elderly Unit (ACE) and a geriatric emergency room. Older patients have very different…

  • PRINCETON: March drug arrests of 4 people revealed

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Four Princeton residents were arrested on a number of drug-related charges after police found more than a pound of marijuana in their car at Hilltop Park on March 23 at 12:29 p.m.    Juan Cardona, 21, Juan Vazquez-Maldonado, 20, Nieme Banks, 19, and a juvenile, 17, were charged with possession of…

  • PRINCETON: Rocky road on way to 1 Princeton

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The relationship between the Princeton Borough Council and Princeton Township Committee is becoming strained over several issues, the most recent being comments made by Councilman Roger Martindell at this week’s council meeting.    The draft of a joint memo to the Transition Task Force Public Safety Committee addressed a concern over…

  • PRINCETON: Two separate charges of animal cruelty

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A Princeton resident and a Trenton resident were charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty last month for injuries to an elderly pit bull and a four-month-old kitten.    James Lapko, 41, of Locust Lane, was charged with four counts of animal cruelty after he was observed dragging his elderly dog…

  • PRINCETON: 5 bids received for transit study

    Staff report    Five proposals have been submitted to the Transit Task Force for an Alexander Road Transit Study.    The task force will meet at noon on May 4 to open and review the bids, said Borough Councilman Kevin Wilkes, who heads the Transit Task Force.    The consultants’ scope of services will include general analysis of…

  • PRINCETON: Officer makes two drug busts in one night

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A Princeton Township police officer made two drug busts in one evening that resulted in three arrests and three teens being escorted home by police over the weekend.    While on foot patrol, Patrolman Christopher King located four teens on the property of the Community Park School after hours. Upon contact…

  • PLAINSBORO: Christie to change high school tests

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Governor Chris Christie and acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf announced they are going change the way students are tested in high schools in an effort to reduce failure rates in state schools during a press conference yesterday at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School.    They said they would gradually…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Staff report Princeton Borough    Hector Murrales, 46, of Princeton, was charged with providing alcoholic beverages to a minor on Witherspoon Street on April 27 between 8:12 p.m. and 9:01 p.m.    Four juveniles were charged with shoplifting approximately $100 worth of items at Shop the World at 4 Spring St. on April 28 at 5:30 p.m.…

  • PLAINSBORO: Art to be part of healing process at hospital

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    This is the first in a series of stories about the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, scheduled to open May 22. Victoria Hurley-SchubertStaff Writer    While the shelves will be fully stocked with bandages, gauze and tape to heal wounds as patients come for treatments at the new…