Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Band going to Hawaii for anniversary of attack

       WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South orchestra is going to Hawaii to play at the 70th anniversary remembrance of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7.    ”I am elated that the students will have the opportunity to be involved in this historic event,” said orchestra director Jean Mauro, 57, who…

  • MONTGOMERY: Man escapes cruiser, is captured after search

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A man who was under arrest and was being taken to Somerset County Jail escaped from a Montgomery police car on Tuesday night and was found early Wednesday morning after a search using state police helicopter and a police dog unit.    Kevin Slovensky, 31, of East Windsor, was…

  • PRINCETON: The benefits of tourism dollars

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Visitors to the Mercer County area help drive the economy and support local businesses by spending millions of dollars in restaurants, hotels and attractions in the 18 municipalities that make up the Princeton region.    Adam Perle, vice president of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, speaking at the Princeton Merchants…

  • FAA should probe low-flying aircraft

    T. Jeffery Clarke, Princeton To the editor: To Carmine Gallo, Eastern Region regional administrator, Federal Aviation Administration:    We live in a heavily wooded, environmentally sensitive area of Princeton (known as the ‘Princeton Ridge’) approximately 1½ miles south of Princeton Airport.    I am writing to specifically request that you investigate frequent and flagrant violations in our…

  • BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT:Bits and pieces about local business ventures

    By Bradley Koltz Recognized    The Mercer County Chapter of the American Council on Diversity recently recognized four local organizations at their annual Humanitarian Awards. The recognized are The ARC/Mercer, HomeFront’s President Connie Mercer, Mercer County Community College and the downtown Trenton branch of PNC Bank. The Mercer County Association of Realtors recently announced that Rosalee…

  • MONTGOMERY: Teen wins partnership’s Young Entrepreneur Award

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY— A Montgomery High School senior has been selected as the recipient of the Somerset County Business Partnership 2011 Young Entrepreneur Award.    The award will be presented to Ryan Lucht, 17, of Belle Mead, for his online marketing business on Dec. 1 at the Bridgewater Mariott during the Business Partnership…

  • MONTGOMERY: Skillman family happy with name of new park

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Although a piece of Skillman history has a new name, that doesn’t change its meaning to its namesake family.    The former Skillman Village, now known as Skillman Park, is part of the town that is named for the great-grandfather of life-long resident and seventh-generation Thomas Stryker Skillman.    He…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

       William Johnson Ogilvy Holden, 19, of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., was charged with criminal mischief, resisting arrest, aggravated assault on a police officer, obstructing the administration of law at 2:59 a.m. on Nov. 13 at the Dinky train station. Police said Mr. Holden was breaking windows on the south side of the station. When he…

  • MONTGOMERY: Veterans Memorial dedicated

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Former Princeton Township mayor and World War II veteran Winthrop Pike, 91, came out to see his name on the new Montgomery Park Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day.    His wife, Nancy, and his daughter, Kristina Hadinger, who is Montgomery Township’s attorney, accompanied him.    ”It was great to see…