Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Route 206 to be resurfaced this fall

       MONTGOMERY — The township has been informed that resurfacing of Route 206 will take place this fall between Route 518 and Wood Thrush Lane.    If state DOT funding allows, the project could be extended on both ends and begin just south of Hillside Avenue in Princeton and go up to just south of northern end…

  • PRINCETON: Music, food, fun for a cause

    By Miriam Geronimus, Special to the Packet    With 30 seconds left, Callum McKenney, 12, shoved his face into a pumpkin pie and twirled the dish in a circle as he slurped up its contents.    With face, hands and shirt covered in pie, he won the children’s pie-eating contest at the Witherspoon Grill’s third annual Harvest…

  • MONTGOMERY: Township committeeman resigns

       MONTGOMERY — Republican Township Committeeman Thom Carter resigned on Thursday after serving two years of his three-year term to take a job in Australia.    Mr. Carter, 33, has been working for Major League Baseball in Australia since mid-June. The assignment was to have been for three months, but officials inside Major League Baseball and the…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Township    Barton R. Cartwright Jr., 25, of Leigh Avenue was charged with a traffic warrant arrest at 9:53 p.m. on Oct. 6 at the intersection of Witherspoon Street and Leigh Avenue. Police said Mr. Cartwright was released on a $114 bond out of West Windsor Municipal Court. Joaquin Monge, 39, of Varsity Place was…

  • PRINCETON: PCDO chairman joins Wall Street marchers

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The chairman of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization joined the Occupy Wall Street march in New York earlier this month because he is “in sympathy with the views being expressed.”    Dan Preston described the demonstrations as “a rallying cry, a demand that society work for the vast majority and not…

  • PRINCETON: Borough candidates meet at forum

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    There were very, very few things the four Borough Council candidates agreed on during their forum last week.    Republicans Peter Marks and Dudley Sipprelle both disagree with a proposed consolidation of the borough and township, but for different reasons. Mr. Marks worries about the consequences on the downtown and Mr.…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    West Windsor Lukasz Zdunek, 24, of Lawrenceville was charged with shoplifting saw blades at 12:49 p.m. on Sept. 26 at a Home Depot on Nassau Park Boulevard. The blades were valued at $86.40. Whitney R. Fergusen, 20, of Robbinsville was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, speeding and having an open container of alcohol…

  • PRINCETON: Borough Council backs MoU

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    A revised memorandum with the borough, township and university concerning public transit in Princeton that includes moving the Dinky station was approved by a 3-2 vote at Tuesday night’s Borough Council meeting.    Before the vote, residents and council members expressed concerns about the agreement. “I can’t think of any reason…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Borough    Harold Cowdrick III, 28, of Howell and Nicole Paci, 21, of Tuckerton were both charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams and drug paraphernalia at 9:44 p.m. on Sept. 30 on Boudinot Street. Police said they were stopped for failing to signal a turn and were arrested when police found marijuana, marijuana…