Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: University plan sent to planning board

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Princeton University’s controversial arts and transit plan has been officially submitted to the Princeton Regional Planning Board for site approvals.    The plan also reveals the university has purchased an additional parcel of land, 152 Alexander St., a former insurance agency with a second floor apartment. The assessed value was $612,600,…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton rated as a Top 20 small town

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Most people who live in Princeton already think it is a great town, but that was lent credence this week when Smithsonian magazine released its list of Top 20 Small Towns and Princeton was listed at number 14.    ”It’s nice to see recognized what we here already know — that…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton Half Marathon to benefit HiTops agency

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The mental health of adolescents will be the focus of the first half marathon being organized in Princeton in 25 years.    The Princeton Half Marathon will take place on Sunday, Nov. 4, and will include many activities.    The race has taken 18 months of planning, said Jennifer Chung, HiTops volunteer…

  • PLAINSBORO: Hospital gets lots of attention

       PLAINSBORO — The design of the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro has garnered interest from all over the world.    More than 200 designers, architects and hospital administrators gathered this week for a three-day colloquium about the design and extensive tours of the 636,000-square-foot building and its 231 patient rooms off Plainsboro Road.…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Township    Chritian Castro-Pagan, 37, of Trenton, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Ewing in the amount $250 on Mercer Road on April 18 at 2:02 p.m.    Bernice T. Mills, 82, of Ewing, and Ashley Kalbach, 25, of Monroe, were involved in an accident at the intersection of Stuart Road and Cherry Hill…

  • PRINCETON: Historic Sites Council OKs NJ Transit Dinky plan

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    TRENTON — The Historic Sites Council of the Department of Environmental Protection has approved the early abandonment of a transit easement of the Dinky tracks along University Place in Princeton Borough.    The measure was approved — with one dissention among the six members of the council — with conditions and…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Couple injured in RV rollover improving

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The conditions of a Canadian couple injured in an RV rollover accident on Route 1 on Monday have both improved.    Verne Beers, 68, and Louise Beers, 55, of New Brunswick, has been upgraded to good, according to Don Macneill, a spokesperson for the Capital Health Systems Regional…

  • BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS: Area events, openings and summer camps

    By Bradley Koltz    Congratulations    Christie’s International Real Estate, the world’s leading luxury real estate network, has awarded affiliate status to Gloria Nilson Realtors, Real Living, making Gloria Nilson its seventh affiliated brokerage in New Jersey.    Pennington Market is celebrating its 52nd year this coming week. Stop by to congratulate the Rothwells and see why Pennington…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Canadian couple injured in RV rollover

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Verne Beers, 68, and Louise Beers, 55, a couple from New Brunswick, Canada, were flown to the hospital on April 16 after their RV flipped over after being hit on Route 1 at Quakerbridge Road at around 3:30 p.m.    Police said Fady Abdelhady, 22, of King of…