Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Town officials pay the price for a Web rumor

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — The phones were ringing off the hook at the Montgomery Township Animal Shelter this week, after a false Internet rumor spread that it was closing and all the animals would be euthanized. It began Tuesday night with a couple of phone calls and an e-mail to the mayor,…

  • PRINCETON: Ballroom dance studio opening Saturday

    PRINCETON: Ballroom dance studio opening Saturday

    Millie Dhirmalani strikes a pose at her new Fred Astaire Dance Studio in the Princeton Shopping Center. She will be hosting an open house on Saturday. / Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: WPRB radio planning membership drive

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — WPRB 103.3 FM, Princeton University’s independent radio station, will kick off its third annual membership drive Oct. 7 as it promotes its eclectic mix of programming to listeners who can become official WPRB members for as little as $10.    Running from Oct. 7 to the end of the…

  • MONTGOMERY: Police targeting traffic checkpoints

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Police were on the lookout for expired vehicle inspection stickers during a checkpoint Monday at the intersection of routes 206 and 518.    The checkpoint, which was operated from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., was in conjunction with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Mobile Inspection Team, police said.…

  • PRINCETON: Ballroom dance studio opening Saturday

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princetonians, drop what you’re doing, you have a dance date with Fred Astaire.    Fred Astaire Dance Studio that is.    The national franchise is opening a new 4,000-square-foot dance space in the Princeton Shopping Center. An open house, complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Princeton Township Mayor Bernie Miller, will take…

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

    Princeton Township     Six people were hospitalized after a head-on crash Sunday on Route 206 near Jefferson Road, according to police. Juraj Bombara, 39, of Lawrenceville, was driving south at about 6:15 p.m. when he swerved his vehicle into the opposite lane to avoid a rear-end collision with a vehicle that was stopped in traffic in…

  • PRINCETON: PU group offers political boot camp for veterans

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — For Seth Lynn, the premise is simple — U.S. veterans are a valuable yet underused resource when it comes to public office.    So why not train this growing demographic and teach them how to campaign and help lead America?    That’s the question Mr. Lynn, a Woodrow Wilson School…

  • PLAINSBORO: New firetrucks win OK from voters

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer        PLAINSBORO — Voters approved the purchase of two new firetrucks in a fire district referendum held this weekend, at a cost of $2.125 million. The Board of Fire Commissioners proposed the replacement of two aging pieces of front-line fire apparatus, a 1977 pumper and a 1979 aerial tower ladder. The…

  • PRINCETON: Harrison St. park will get full renovation

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer     After a lengthy debate over whether plans for the full-scale renovation of Harrison Street Park had received appropriate review, the Princeton Borough Council voted to fund the project in its capital budget and to hire a contractor for the work.     “I’d like to know what the plan is;…