Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Fifth graders learn to make bread

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Move over Betty Crocker — Princeton’s fifth graders now know a thing or two about baking bread.    A total of 226 fifth graders from Littlebrook, Community Park, Riverside and Johnson Park Elementary Schools united for the first time in the Littlebrook School gymnasium on Jan. 18 to learn how to…

  • PRINCETON: Piece of WTC steel coming to Princeton

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A piece of steel from the Word Trade Center is one step closer to coming to Princeton.    ”We’re getting the steel,” said Roy James, deputy chief of the Princeton Fire Department, who has been working to acquire a piece of the steel for many months. “We are getting the piece…

  • PRINCETON: Princetons to spend $4.5 million on sewer work

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Princeton Township and Princeton Borough both approved bond ordinances, appropriating $2.5 million and $2 million respectively to take care of sewer improvements and associated road restoration costs.    The $4.5 million total will be used to complete sewer work, replace sewer laterals, rehabilitate sewer mains and fulfill storm water management improvements…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Jughandles closing concerns raised at DOT meeting

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Residents and public officials from West Windsor Tuesday night had their chance to voice concerns about the state Department of Transportation’s plans to close two jughandles on Route 1.    The DOT plans eliminate left turns and U-turns at the intersections at Washington Road and Harrison Street from…

  • SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE: The three sources of rejection in unemployment

    By Tom Brophy    There are three sources of rejection in the world of unemployment. They are 1.) the resume 2.) the telephone 3.) the job interview.    Each one gives off giant doses of rejection to humans and lead directly to low self esteem, depression and the overall feeling of not being wanted or needed. We…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    West Windsor    Sui L. Sung, 48, of West Windsor, was charged with driving while intoxicated, careless driving and reckless driving at 7:33 p.m. on Jan. 20 on Westbrooke Boulevard. Police said Mr. Sung hit a curb and a tree causing his vehicle to turn over on its driver’s side. He was taken to University Medical…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Education board members pass background checks

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Board of education members from Princeton, Montgomery and West Windsor-Plainsboro have all completed mandatory criminal background checks required by a recent New Jersey law that disqualifies board members or members of charter school boards of trustees from serving if they have been convicted of certain crimes.    Board members from the…

  • MONTGOMERY: State official Cerf moves to township

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY— There’s a new neighbor in town and his name is acting state Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf.    Mr. Cerf has recently relocated from Montclair in Essex County to Montgomery Township. He has “established residency in Somerset County to allow him to shorten his commute and be closer to Trenton,” confirmed…

  • PRINCETON: Police investigating a rash of burglaries

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Police are investigating almost a dozen burglaries that have taken place in Princeton Township within the past few weeks.    ”The only real tie is they seem to be crimes of opportunity,” said Sgt. Michael R. Cifelli of the community services bureau.    The most recent activity was all in the Princeton…