Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Rutgers University Student’s attorney offers denial

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Attorneys for Molly W. Wei, one of the two local students accused of invading the privacy of another student at Rutgers University, have released a statement denying the charges against her.    Ms. Wei and Dharun Ravi, both 18 and 2010 graduates of West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional High School…

  • PRINCETON: Professor awarded Nobel Prize

    PRINCETON: Professor awarded Nobel Prize

       PRINCETON — Princeton University is home to another Nobel Prize winner.    Acclaimed Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who is spending this semester as the 2010 Distinguished Visitor in Princeton University’s Program in Latin American Studies, has been awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature this week. He also is a visiting lecturer in Princeton’s Program…

  • PRINCETON: Hillier launches new project

    PRINCETON: Hillier launches new project

    An artist’s drawing shows the façade of 190-198 Witherspoon St., which will house office and residential space.

  • PLAINSBORO: Scudders Mill Road to be closed

       PLAINSBORO — A section of Scudders Mill Road will be closed for portions of two days next week, according to officials.    The road will be closed for bridge repairs to all traffic between College Road East and Schalks Crossing Road between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, if weather permits. Traffic will…

  • ROCKY HILL: After 95 years, ‘Peace and Order’ repealed

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — There’s no longer any local laws on the books to specifically keep you from riding your donkey down the street at a speedy pace.    That’s because the Borough Council voted Monday to repeal its Peace and Good Order ordinance, a measure passed in 1915 that prohibited a…

  • PRINCETON: Township forum set for Monday

       Candidates for Princeton Township Committee will have their turn in a forum Monday night at 7 p.m. Watch the live stream at www.centraljersey.com or on Princeton TV, Channel 30. The forums are sponsored by The Packet, the League of Women Voters, Princeton TV and AllPrinceton.com.

  • PRINCETON: Borough Council agrees to share consolidation study costs

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The Borough Council has agreed to pay half of the municipal cost — $41,387 — of the Joint Consolidation/Shared Services Commission study. They also accepted the consultant recommended by the commission and approved the sharing of two services with Princeton Township.    Rochester, N.Y.-based Center for Government Research was unanimously selected…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Week of Oct. 8

    Princeton Borough    Daniel Diperi, 25, of West Milford, was charged with driving while intoxicated after he was stopped for speeding on Prospect Avenue at 1:54 a.m. Oct. 2, police said. He was released on his own recognizance. * * *    Vincent Diperi, 21, of West Milford, was charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct at…

  • PRINCETON: Elm Court marks a milestone

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Residents and the community celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Elm Court senior and mobility-impaired housing with the dedication of a community garden and party.    ”I love (living here), absolutely love it,” said Judy Burkhardt, the apartment complex’s first resident who has occupied the same handicap-accessible unit for 25 years.…