Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Boro Council backpedals on PD oversight change

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Backpedaling from a decision to assign full police oversight to their borough administrator — as they had voted to do Nov. 10, at the urging of an outside consultant — members of Princeton Borough Council have asked for new language that would keep such authority with their Public Safety Committee.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: A Thanksgiving lesson at Village School

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    In the back hall of Village School, three kids struggled with a cardboard box wrapped in yellow construction paper.    Brimming with canned goods and other food, its sides seemed ready to burst as the three carefully carried it over the carpeted floor before vanishing through a classroom door.    The fifth-graders…

  • PRINCETON: Falling leaves land on Township Committee agenda

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Pointing to the piles of leaves clogging storm drains and creeping into roadways throughout the township, members of the Princeton Environmental Commission asked the Township Committee to expand enforcement of its leaf collection ordinance.    Commission member Matthew Wasserman, a resident of Meadowbrook Drive, said in a committee work session Monday…

  • P0LICE BLOTTER: Princeton, Montgomery, W.Windsor, Plainsboro

    Princeton Borough     Kevin Mervine, 41, of Yardley, Pa., was sentenced to 180 days in the Mercer County Correction Center following his third drunken driving conviction in Princeton Borough Court last week, according to police.    He was sentenced Thursday by borough Municipal Court Judge Bonnie Goldman and transported to the correction center to serve his sentence,…

  • PRINCETON: ZBA OKs Hillier plan for Witherspoon St.

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Plans to turn a neglected Witherspoon Street property into a mixed-use development were moved forward by the borough’s Zoning Board of Adjustment last week.    Architect and developer J. Robert Hillier presented his plans Thursday night to completely refurbish three existing buildings at 190-198 Witherspoon St. and convert the center courtyard…

  • MONTGOMERY: School improvement vote a first for Rocky Hill

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The upcoming referendum by the newly merged Montgomery Township School District will mark the first time that Rocky Hill voters will be able to cast their vote in one of the district’s elections.    District officials are concerned that rather than focusing on the purpose of the referendum —…

  • PLAINSBORO: Police department tweaks performance plan

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer   PLAINSBORO — The Plainsboro Police Department could have a new system in which to evaluate officers’ productivity by Jan. 1.    Police Chief Richard Furda said the system would allow the department to evaluate an officer’s performance regularly, with an eye toward improving performance.    ”We’re trying to resolve problems before they…

  • PRINCETON: PRIOR director named to Christie finance panel

       Richard F. Keevey, director of the Policy Research Institute for the Region at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University has been named to the treasury subcommittee of Gov.-elect Chris Christie’s transition team.    The treasury subcommittee, which will be chaired by former Rep. Michael Ferguson, was announced Monday. Mr. Keevey is a former director of…

  • PRINCETON: UMC chief schools Chinese on hospital construction

    PRINCETON: UMC chief schools Chinese on hospital construction

    Picasa 3.0 Princeton HealthCare System CEO Barry Rabner and his wife Amy outside an outpatient facility providing traditional medical care in Beijing, China.