Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Delay could keep solar project off the ballot

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    A referendum for the second phase of West Windsor-Plainsboro’s solar project will most likely be delayed as the district continues to hear crickets from the governor’s office for approval and the ticking clock of its deadline for federal financing.    To appear on the April 27 ballot with the budget and…

  • MONTGOMERY: Teen is suspected in case of racial graffiti

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Police have apprehended and are seeking to charge a 16-year-old who is suspected of spray painting racial epithets at Montgomery High School and anti-Christian symbols at St. Charles on March 5.    At approximately 1:30 a.m. Monday, March 14, police were searching for a teen who had been reported…

  • PRINCETON: Man has a vision of curing river blindness

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A college scholarship for his son changed Daniel Shungu’s life.    Because of the scholarship, Mr. Shungu was able to leave his 20-year position at Merck and take a 12-day trip to his native country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.    ”What I saw on that 12-day trip was unbelievable,” said the…

  • WEST WINDSOR/PLAINSBORO: Five seeking three seats on school board

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    Voters will cast their ballots on April 27 for five candidates vying for three open seats on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education.    From Plainsboro, Rachelle Feldman Hurwitz is challenging the incumbent, Mani Alapakkam Manikandan, for the open seat. Campaigning to fill two open West Windsor seats are Dana Krug,…

  • PRINCETON: Spa raising funds in honor of teen killed by train

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    Allison MusanteStaff Writer    La Jolie Salon and Spa in Princeton is donating its services and partnering with local businesses for a charitable evening of wine and pampering to raise funds in honor of a Plainsboro teen killed by a train almost two years ago.    Tere Villamil, La Jolie president and…

  • PRINCETON: PRINCETON: Geek Freak Weekend serves up some pi(e)

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert,Staff Writer    Princeton Plasma Physicists were rock stars with groupies this weekend as kids learned about air pressure, static electricity and plasma at Geek Freak Weekend festivities celebrating math and science.    The weekend-long celebration was in honor of Pi Day, which was officially yesterday, and Albert Einstein’s birthday. Prof. Einstein was a Princeton…

  • PRINCETON: Good news from Japan for local people

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    People in the Princeton area who have ties to relatives or students in Japan reported good news on Monday, four days after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the northeast coast of the country.    Eight graduate students and two undergraduate students from Princeton University are currently in Japan, said Cass…

  • PRINCETON: Joint solar project to be studied

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough, Princeton Township and Princeton Regional Schools are planning a feasibility study to explore the possibility of installing a number of energy-saving solar panels.    The study’s cost of $14,000 will be shared equally among the three entities and will be conducted by Gabel Associates of Highland Park.    The proposed…

  • PRINCETON: Community Park School part of trash recycling project

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    When Adam Blejwas, world language teacher at Community Park School in Princeton, heard about TerraCycle last year, an organization that converts trash into a range of products, he knew he had to get his school involved.    ”They take trash from schools, trash that’s not traditionally recycled, and they pay us…