Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Township awaits COAH rules

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The township has successfully petitioned the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) for a stay in adopting the amended housing element of its Master Plan.    COAH will not review the amended Housing Element of the Master Plan adopted by the township in November. The stay, issued on Dec. 8,…

  • PRINCETON: Teacher a star at jazz festival

    PRINCETON: Teacher a star at jazz festival

    unknown Andrea Brachfeld is an English as a second language teacher in the Princeton school system, and a sought-after jazz flutist who returned this week from attending a jazz festival in Cuba.

  • PRINCETON: A message of peace

    The Rev. Moore celebrates 30 years as coalition director By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Wednesday was a day of celebration with the ratification of the new START treaty in the U.S. Senate, particularly for those like the Rev. Robert Moore who had worked feverishly into the late hours of the evening this week to encourage…

  • MONTGOMERY: Fire destroys unoccupied house

    MONTGOMERY: Fire destroys unoccupied house

    The house at 49 Bedens Brook Road in Montgomery was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived on the scene shortly after 6 a.m. on Friday. Photo by Gene Keller

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: WW-P classmates founding a dream

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    Tim Spinner and Brian Sirhal are busy putting the last dashes of seasoning on the plates and the last coat of paint on the walls before opening the doors of their own Mexican restaurant, a dream of theirs since becoming best friends at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South.    Mr. Spinner…

  • MONTGOMERY: Fire destroys unoccupied house

    MONTGOMERY: Fire destroys unoccupied house

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A fire destroyed an unoccupied house Friday morning at 49 Bedens Brook Road.    Firefighters responded to a call from a neighbor made at 6:08 a.m.    Police said the vacant house was for sale, but it appeared to be a total loss. No injuries were reported.    The owner, Julius…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of Dec. 17

    Princeton Township    Rodrigo Ramirez, 34, of Trenton, was arrested on outstanding warrants out of Princeton Township and West Windsor, totaling $2,000. At 11:53 a.m. on Dec. 7, police responded to the Municipal Courtroom to assist in Mr. Ramirez’s arrest. He was taken to police headquarters and later released after posting the $2,000 bail. * *…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Police curbing drinking drivers

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    As part of a national campaign to curb drinking and driving this holiday season, the townships of West Windsor, Plainsboro, and Montgomery, and Princeton Borough will be conducting local saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints through Jan. 2.    The holiday campaign, “Over the Limit, Under Arrest,” is a federally funded grant…

  • PRINCETON: Parents show concern for children’s stress levels

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Some 40 parents gathered on a cold winter night to discuss an issue dear to their hearts: their child’s education. But, this wasn’t just any discussion about the education system, it was a discussion focused on how stressed out, over booked and over achieving today’s youth have become.    The discussion…