Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Borough police reform into a single union

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Two Princeton Borough police unions have merged, bringing all 30 officers back into one union after several years apart.    Consolidation talks and the merger of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township helped bring the two groups together.    There are two types of police unions: the New Jersey Policeman’s Benevolent Association (PBA)…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Borough    Gordon Dix Griffin Jr., 62, of Princeton Avenue, was charged with criminal mischief at 6:06 p.m. on Dec. 11 on Princeton Avenue. Police said Mr. Griffin was caught on video scratching the exterior of his neighbor’s vehicle with a key. This is the second incident that had occurred to a resident’s vehicle in…

  • PRINCETON: Borough clerk Quinty retiring after 26 years

    By Charley Faulkenburg, Staff Writer    The Princeton Borough is losing a valuable resident and employee this year.    Longtime borough clerk Andrea “Lea” Quinty is retiring and moving to Palm Beach, Fla., with her husband to be closer to her son, his wife and her grandchildren.    Ms. Quinty’s last day is Dec. 31, but she is…

  • PRINCETON: Board of Elections zeroing in on new districts

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Under a plan from the Mercer County Board of Elections there would be 22 voting districts in the consolidated Princeton.    Districts aim to unite as many neighborhoods as possible and are delineated by natural or manmade boundaries, such as roads and seek to even out voter turnout at the polls.…

  • PRINCETON: Holiday project provides more than toys

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    More than 35 Princeton families will have a happy holiday thanks to the “incredible generosity” of the community and the response to the YWCA’s annual St. Nicholas project.    The porch of the Bramwell House looked like an exploded toy store as bikes, games, toys and children’s pajamas covered every surface…

  • PRINCETON: 59 residents apply to serve on transition team

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Almost 60 Princeton Borough and Township residents are interested in being a part of the transition process and possibly serving on the transition team as the two municipalities are consolidated over the course of the next year.    Princeton Borough received 28 applications from volunteers. Robert Bruschi, borough administrator, said the…

  • PRINCETON: Teachers union packs meeting

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    The cafeteria in the Community Park Elementary School brimmed with a multitude of people clad in bright blue shirts on Tuesday night as members and supporters of the teachers union came to the Princeton Board of Education meeting to demonstrate the failure to reach a new contract.    The crowd in…

  • PRINCETON: Redistricting map should be ready by Wednesday

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A second public meeting about new voting districts in the unified Princeton will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 14.    A new voting district map for the consolidated municipality must be in place by Dec. 23 because election law mandates the districts be redrawn within 45 days of the consolidation vote.…

  • SOUTH BRUNSWICK: Charter school back before Zoning Board

    By Charles W. Kim, Packet Publications    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — The Princeton International Academy Charter School is scheduled to be back in front of the Zoning Board of Adjustment Thursday night, but without a decision from the acting state commission of education in their behalf.    The proposed K-2 Mandarin immersion school seeking to be located at…