Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Linderman leads boro merchants rebranding

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON —  Travis Linderman moved to Princeton because of the wrestling.    In 1994 his father, the Rev. Richard Linderman, took over as senior pastor of Nassau Christian Center at 26 Nassau St. and was deciding where in the area to settle his family.    Mr. Linderman, an accomplished high school wrestler,…

  • BACK TO SCHOOL: Feature photo

    BACK TO SCHOOL: Feature photo

    Feature photo by Mark Czajkowski Students returning on Move In Day at Westminster Choir College get a big welcome from two classmates.

  • BACK TO SCHOOL: Feature photo
  • PRINCETON: Service to honor school pioneer Chester Stroup

       PRINCETON — A memorial service for Chester R. Stroup, a former Princeton schools supterintendent who led the merger of borough and township schools n the 1960’s, has been scheduled for Saturday Oct. 17 at the Princeton United Methodist Church.    Mr. Stroup died on Aug. 24, at age 93. His career in education spanned…

  • PRINCETON: Awaiting a kidney, computer tech turns to art

    By Matt Chiappardi,The Packet Group    At 2 a.m. one Friday this past June, Princeton University computer technician Mark Pellecchia received a call that there might be a kidney ready for him.    As it turned out, Mr. Pellecchia did not ultimately get the organ and remains on three hospitals’ transplant lists. He’s been on dialysis, waiting…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council OKs new business administrator

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township’s interim business administrator has become the permanent one, following a contentious vote by Township Council on Monday night to approve the mayor’s appointment for the position.    Bob Hary, a township employee for over 20 years, was Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s choice to replace Christopher Marion, who…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Train trip promotes mass transit funding

    WEST WINDSOR: Train trip promotes mass transit funding

    Rep. Rush Holt, center, discusses mass transit funding while riding NJ Transit from Princeton Junction to Trenton. Photo courtesy of NJ Future

  • PRINCETON: Fired Boro PD dispatcher files suit

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The ongoing travails of the Princeton Borough Police Department took another twist, as a former police dispatcher filed a lawsuit against the borough, its Police Department, and four police officers, alleging she was sexually harassed by a borough police officer, and was fired for bringing the conduct to the attention…

  • LAWRENCE: Province Line Road to close for repaving

    By Lea Kahn, The Packet Group    LAWRENCE — Navigating to and from Princeton through Lawrence Township may present some challenges this month, as some of the road projects under way throughout the township will require detours.    Mercer County officials have arranged for detours for a section of Province Line Road, between the Delaware and Raritan…