Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Martin talks about his career in stand up

    By Charley Faulkenburg, Staff Writer    Princeton University received a little comic relief in the form of actor, author and comedian Steve Martin, who Gave a talk, “Stand Up: My Rise and Collapse,” to a packed audience Dec. 8 at McCosh Hall.    Mr. Martin’s lecture described his long and difficult rise to fame as a standup…

  • MONTGOMERY: Resident designs township flag

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY— A resident has designed a township flag for the new Montgomery Park Veterans Memorial and for Montgomery Township.    Hugh Dyer, chairman of the Veterans Memorial Committee and a former Navy captain, designed the flag.    He came up with the idea about four months ago when he noticed the design…

  • PRINCETON: Post Office to present relocation plans to council

       The United States Post Office is scheduled to formally present its plan for moving from Palmer Square to a different, smaller location in Princeton Borough to the Princeton Borough Council on Dec. 13.    ”We’re not taking the operation away, we want to move to a smaller location and something that will be better in the…

  • 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…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Borough    Ernst Delma, 27, of Leigh Avenue, was charged with contempt of court at 10:41 p.m. on Dec. 8 on Nassau Street. Police said he had an active Princeton Borough warrant for $115. Claudio Tarquino, 48, of Skillman, was charged with contempt of court at 1 p.m. on Dec. 8 on Bayard Lane at…

  • PLAINSBORO: Ravi rejects plea bargain

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi of Plainsboro rejected a plea bargain in court on Dec. 8 in an invasion of privacy case that was sparked by the suicide of his roommate, Tyler Clementi, after Mr. Ravi caught him being intimate with another man with a hidden web cam.    The…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Staying sober during the holiday season

    By Chris Losch    The holidays are a time to celebrate, but for many people they are also a time of added stress, especially for those who struggle with alcohol dependency.    Rarely is there a holiday gathering that does not include alcohol of some sort. This presents a challenge for anyone who wants to limit their…

  • PHS PERSPECTIVE: The gap year: It can have its ups and downs

    By Marissa Delikouras “I had a fever and a stomach virus in Mongolian grasslands with no toilets, cold weather, and high wind, and had no way of getting back for three days,” says Daniel Taub, a Princeton High School alumni from this past year’s graduating class, about a recent incident on his gap year. “I…