Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • HIGHTSTOWN: Children gather sweets for kids in Afghanistan

    By Doug Carman, Staff Writer    HIGHTSTOWN — The storage container sits half-full with butterscotch, Smarties and other hard candies weighing it down inside a collection area at the First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown.    Danielle Devlin, 11, and her friend Julia Pendino, 9, are hoping their church and perhaps the community at large can build up…

  • PRINCETON: Laptops make electrifying music

    By Lauren Wyman, Special to The Packet    Most orchestra rehearsals feature violinists sitting straight-backed in chairs, percussionists looking for cues from the conductor and flutists waiting with fingers at the ready. At the weekly rehearsals for the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, however, you’re more likely to see people hitting, banging and shaking their computers.    ”You can…

  • PRINCETON: You’re never too old to learn, or tutor, English

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    On a Friday afternoon in the Princeton Public Library, Laraine Schwartz and Irene Cuesta discuss poetry and gossip about the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.    What appears like a conversation between longtime friends is actually a tutoring session between Ms. Schwartz, a 63-year-old Princeton retiree, and Ms.…

  • MONTGOMERY: Ross, Bradley elected as education board officers

       MONTGOMERY — At its organizing meeting on Tuesday, May 3, the Montgomery Township Board of Education elected its officers.    Dr. Christine Ross was elected president and Andrea Bradley elected vice president.    The former president and vice president, David Pettit and Charlie Jacey, decided not to run for the board this year.    Last Wednesday, the community…

  • PRINCETON: Ed board elects officers

       At its organizing meeting on Tuesday, May 3, the Board of Education for Princeton Regional Schools re-elected its current officers by unanimous vote.    Rebecca Cox will serve as president and Timothy Quinn will serve as vice president.    ”Their leadership has been strong and clear,” said Superintendent Judy Wilson. “We are fortunate to have them guiding…

  • PLAINSBORO: Firefighters serve up ice cream for the fallen

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The muggy weather and promise of 31-cent ice cream drew more than a hundred people last Wednesday night to Baskin Robbins in the Plainsboro Village for a fundraiser benefiting the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.    For the fifth consecutive year, the Plainsboro Fire Company participated in the event with…

  • PRINCETON: POLICE BLOTTER

    Princeton Borough    Adam Dainty-Nagore, 19, of Princeton, was charged with unlawful taking of means of conveyance, driving without a license, and failure to yield the right of way at an intersection. At 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, police stopped Mr. Dainty-Nagore on Witherspoon Street. Subsequent investigation found he was an unlicensed driver and that he had…

  • WEST WINDSOR—PLAINSBORO: Concerns over funding for lights at 2 schools

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR –PLAINSBORO — The Board of Education has unanimously approved an amendment to the agreement for field lights at both high schools, an action that some fear could yield inequity between the schools and put tax dollars at stake in the future.    The amendment to the district’s agreement with…

  • BUSINESS: Daughter adding new flavors to chocolate shop

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Pattie Robinson has spent her weekends for the past two years learning the family trade at Robinson’s Fine Candies.    For more than 30 years, the Robinson family has been making chocolate in Montgomery. As they gradually pass the torch from one generation to the next, Ms. Robinson has ushered in…