Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Police raise funds for Unity Tour

    By Allison Musante, taff Writer    PRINCETON — The township Police Department is seeking donations to participate in this year’s Police Unity Tour, an annual bicycle ride for National Police Week that raises awareness of officers killed in the line of duty.    Patrolman Chris King and Sgt. Geoffrey Maurer must raise $1,600 to participate in the…

  • MONTGOMERY:Tentative school budget $78.1 million

       MONTGOMERY — The Board of Education for Montgomery schools approved a tentative budget for the 2011-2012 of $78.1 million on Wednesday, March 2, according to a statement released by the Office of the Superintendent.    The budget, up from last year’s $77.9 million, will go to the acting county superintendent of schools, Kathy Serafino, for approval.…

  • PRINCETON: Police seeking suspect in assault, robbery attempt

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Princeton police are investigating a daylight assault and attempted robbery of a woman on Guyot Avenue.    A 24-year-old woman was approached from behind by a man who spoke with an accent about 8 a.m. on Monday morning, according to police.    The assailant forced the victim to walk down the pathway…

  • PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Katz, Oates awarded National Humanities Medal

       Princeton University professors Stanley Katz, a well-known scholar of American legal history and educational institutions, and Joyce Carol Oates, one of the country’s most influential authors of fiction and essays, have been awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.    The medal honors people whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of and engagement…

  • PRINCETON: Tentative school budget at $62 million

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    The Board of Education for Princeton Regional Schools has decided that $62,190,302 should be raised for the tentative school district budget for 2011-2012.    ”This is not the official presentation, which will be at the next meeting,” said Rebecca Cox, president of the board. The budget hearing will be held on…

  • WEST WINDSOR: council holds first budget talks

       WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Township Council held its first budget session on Monday night. The total budget for 2011 is $37,405,000 compared to $37,047,000 last year, said Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh in the budget cover letter.    The proposed budget and municipal tax levy in 2011 is within the state-mandated cap, said Mayor Hsueh.    He…

  • MONTGOMERY: Ready, set, … read in Township

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township Committee adopted a proclamation declaring March 2 as Read Across America Day. The celebration is a commemoration of the 106th birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.    Montgomery schools celebrated this with a variety of activities during the week. Orchard Hill and…

  • PRINCETON: Team formed to help towns go green

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    It’s getting easier to be greener in Princeton. A Green Team Advisory Committee has been formed by the borough and township governing bodies.    The committee will focus on green community initiatives, such as a program called BYO Bag to reduce plastic bag use, that are easy to replicate and affordable…

  • POLICE BLOTTER WEEK OF MARCH 1

    Princeton Borough    Callum Satchell, 22, of Belle Mead was charged with aggravated assault after an altercation at Palmer Square. At 1:25 a.m. on Feb. 27 police responded to a fight in Palmer Square. One individual involved suffered a fractured nose, fractured sinuses and fractured orbital socket of the right eye. Mr. Satchell was arrested, released…