Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: After five years, DNA results crack sex assault case

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    With the help of DNA evidence, charges have been brought against a man lodged in a Texas prison in connection with a sexual assault that occurred five years ago in Princeton Township.    Police have not released the man’s identity because he was a 17-year-old juvenile at the time of the…

  • PRINCETON: WHWH founder plans to relive station’s history

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Herb Hobler was a member of the YMCA Board of Trustees in the early 1960s when he decided to try his hand at the radio business.    ”I built it from scratch,” said Mr. Hobler, the founder and creator of 1350 WHWH radio. “I was on the YMCA board…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Heat wave, dry spell threaten farm crops

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Bill Wagner wanted nothing more in life than to be a farmer, and about seven years ago, when he went into business for himself, his dream was right there for the taking.    But the owner of Wagner Farms, who works 600 acres in Pennington, Montgomery, West Amwell and…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Black bear keeps on the move

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Black bear keeps on the move

    A black bear estimated to weigh between 100 and 150 pounds was spotted at the Bristol-Myers Squibb headquarters in Lawrence Township last week.

  • PRINCETON: Former colleagues recall sociology chairman Bressler

       Students and co-workers say Marvin Bressler’s influence reached beyond the classroom.    ”It was clear he loved the possibility the naive young girl he was advising would actually go out and make it happen. It’s fair to say that Marvin Bressler enabled and propelled Teach for America before anyone else thought it had the potential to…

  • MONTGOMERY: School board acts on state-reduced tax levy

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Board of Education this week approved a $77.3 million budget that reflects a $2.1 million reduction in the tax levy ordered by the state Commissioner of Education.    Spending was reduced by $666,000 in order to meet the tax levy certified last week by the state, which…

  • PRINCETON: GOP ticket promises real choice in township race

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    EDITOR’S NOTE: This profile is being published in Friday’s edition of The Princeton Packet. The Democratic candidates for Township Committee, Lance Liverman and Liz Lempert, will be featured in an upcoming edition.    More than 15 years have passed since a Republican has held a seat on the Princeton Township Committee,…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, Plainsboro, West Windsor, Montgomery

     Princeton Township     Stewart B. Pittman, 35, of New Castle, Del., was charged with soliciting without a permit after police received reports of two men selling magazines door-to-door at 3:26 p.m. July 56.    While both men were charged, Mr. Pittman was placed under arrest for an outstanding warrant issued by the Brooklawn Borough Municipal Court. Mr.…

  • PRINCETON: Human services is a one-woman department

    PRINCETON: Human services is a one-woman department

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   PRINCETON —  Cynthia Mendez, executive director of Princeton Human Services, squeezed in a couple of vacation days last week, before the kickoff of the department’s annual young adult summer employment program this week.    When Ms. Mendez, the lone remaining employee at the joint agency, is on vacation so is the…