Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Restaurants coming to mall

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Several new restaurants will be coming to the area in the next two years, along with many other changes at Marketfair Mall on Route 1.    Barnes & Noble will relocate into 27,950 square feet space including the former Restoration Hardware location on the north end of the shopping center, shedding…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council holds back $8,000 for helicopter lessons

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — After agreeing to make an amendment, the Township Council approved a resolution to transfer $19,000 in the 2011 budget to pay for tuition reimbursement at its March 26 meeting.    Chief Financial Officer Joanne Louth said the money would be transferred from some residual funds left over in…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Birthday celebration ends in death, charges

    By Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A birthday celebration led to the death of the man who just turned 25 and aggravated manslaughter charges for a Plainsboro friend driving him home early on Saturday morning, according to police.    According to police, Rohit Maddineni, 25, of Plainsboro, was driving Pavan Gottumukkala, 25,…

  • MONTGOMERY: 3 school board candidates debate

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — With a handful of people in attendance, three of the four Board of Education candidates discussed their assets, ideas on improving the district and views on the April school election and the superintendent search at a March 29 League of Women Voters candidates debate.    Four candidates are vying…

  • PRINCETON: School cafeteria payments now available online

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Cash and debit cards are no longer being used by some students in cafeteria lunch lines in Princeton schools after an online information and payment system was recently installed.    In March, Princeton joined the ranks of schools across the country by launching mySchoolBucks, produced by Heartland School Solutions, and more…

  • PRINCETON: Geoff Aton enters race for the new council

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A Republican candidate has entered the race for the Princeton Council.    Geoff Aton, a local businessman and member of the Princeton Township Zoning Board, announced his candidacy for a seat on the council of the newly consolidated Princeton.    ”It is a new era in Princeton. It is also time for…

  • PRINCETON: Rooming house cited for bedbugs, conditions

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A rooming house on Nassau Street was cited for bedbugs and multiple code violations this week after a tenant complained to the state about the living conditions.    The landlord, Sanford Zeitler, was given until March 30 to treat the bedbug issue and provide certification of treatment from a licensed exterminator.…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Township    Cluese Smalley, 54, of Newark, was charged with having four outstanding warrants from Roselle Park and Newark on Route 206 on March 27 at 8:10 p.m. The driver was issued a summons for improper maintenance of lamps. Princeton Borough    Juanita King, 24, of Trenton, was charged with theft by deception on March 26…

  • MONTGOMERY: Russ Walsh leaving schools for ‘other things’

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — After 14 years of service in the Montgomery School District, Russ Walsh, the director of human resources, is retiring to embark on new endeavors.    With a total of 42 years of education experience, Mr. Walsh said it was just time go.    ”I’ve had a good run here and…