Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Procession from Brooklyn delivers WTC beam
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Knights of every color rode on shining armor from Brooklyn to Princeton to bring a piece of the World Trade Center to its new home this weekend. When all the motorcycles roared to life like a Princeton tiger, the growls echoed off the buildings on Van Brunt Street in Brooklyn…
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PRINCETON: Howard top vote-getter at PCDO; Moore last
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer In a surprising turn of events, Borough Mayor Yina Moore did not receive support from her fellow Democrats and finished with the least amount of support at the Princeton Community Democratic Organization meeting Sunday night. She received 97 votes, or 27.5 percent of the 353 ballots cast for the 10…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Borough Two juveniles were charged with juvenile delinquency when police found them allegedly in possession of marijuana in the Spring Street garage on March 23 at 4:12 p.m. Brenda Smith, 39, of Mount Laurel, was charged with forgery, obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud and possession of drug paraphernalia at the CVS pharmacy…
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PRINCETON: Lempert gets PCDO mayoral endorsement
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Township Committeewoman Liz Lempert received the endorsement of the largest turnout in the history of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) for mayor of the consolidated Princeton on Sunday night. Borough Councilman Kevin Wilkes, the second candidate for mayor, did not receive enough support for the organization’s recommendation. On Monday…
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MONTGOMERY: Two charged with drug possession
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY Two arrests off Route 206 in Montgomery Township yielded an estimated $2,000 worth of psilocybin mushrooms on March 22 at approximately 4:15 p.m. David Bohr, 19, of Ewing, and Lauren Garofalo, 21, of Lawrenceville, were both arrested on charges of possession of a controlled dangerous substance with the…
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PRINCETON AREA: Mandarin charter school application denied
By Charles W. Kim, Packet Publications A controversial Mandarin immersion charter school that is seeking to draw students from four local communities lost a major battle last Thursday when the South Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment denied it a use variance by one vote. ”Everyone (with the school) is quite disappointed,” said Princeton International Academy…
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PRINCETON: School for dyslexic students to open
By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer The Newgrange Independent School for children with dyslexia will open this September in the Lutheran Church of the Messiah on Nassau Street, where the Newgrange Education Center currently resides. The school will only have grades one through five in order to focus on younger children with dyslexia. Gordon Sherman, the…
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PRINCETON: Naked Pizza offers toppings, prebiotics
By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Naked is becoming the thing in Princeton. Naked Pizza, that is. The four-month old pizza shop’s saucy name is a reference to their food philosophy of naked ingredients — or ingredients without preservatives and chemicals. ”The idea behind Naked Pizza is one of the founder’s daughters is diabetic and his…
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PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter
Princeton Township Aloysius Molley, 30, of Secane, Pa, was charged with driving while intoxicated on Route 206 on March 18 at 2: 52 a.m. He was also issued summonses for speeding, driving while intoxicated within 1,000 feet of a school zone and reckless driving. William Acevedo, 24, of Hamilton, was arrested on an active warrant…
