Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Segal sculpture soars at art museum

    PRINCETON: Segal sculpture soars at art museum

    ‘Circus Acrobats,’ a 1981 sculpture by George Segal, now soars above the entry hall of the Princeton University Art Museum. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • PRINCETON: Township endorses Princeton Ridge preservation

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Township Committee adopted a resolution endorsing the idea of a Princeton Ridge Preserve and the preservation of lands along Princeton Ridge at its meeting Monday evening.    The adoption of the resolution, initially introduced by Committeewoman Liz Lempert, drew praise from open space and land preservation advocates.    The one page…

  • PLAINSBORO: Sleeping driver, fake grenade prompts scare

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — For several tense hours in Plainsboro on Saturday, Scotts Corner Road was closed near Brentwood Drive, and nearby houses were evacuated, until a state police bomb squad determined that a hand grenade in a stopped car was not real.    From just after 9 in the morning until 11…

  • PRINCETON: Parking here is no picnic

    By Reem Nasr, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — ”I think parking spots in Princeton are sparse, too expensive, and have a too short time limit.”    Aysha Azmat, a Princeton resident, visits the downtown area every couple of weeks to shop or eat. She usually just parks in the garage because circling around the blocks can be…

  • PRINCETON: St. Paul’s girl shares graduation gifts

    By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group    PRINCETON — For her eighth-grade graduation from St. Paul Catholic School in Princeton, Taylor Cohen asked anyone who planned to give her a gift to donate supermarket gift cards so she could help feed some hungry people at the First Baptist Church’s soup kitchen on South Main Street in…

  • PRINCETON: Report says affordable housing demand is up

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   PRINCETON —  The extended depressed economy has resulted in more applicants and longer waiting lists for affordable housing, according to the annual report of Princeton Community Housing.    There is about a 15- to 18-month wait for housing at PCH’s Elm Court and Harriet Bryan House, which are primarily residences for…

  • PRINCETON: Boro nixes idea of public safety director

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Princeton Borough Council, prior to publicly stating its intention to go forward with the process of hiring a new chief of police at its meeting Aug. 11, held a debate in private over the merits of instead hiring a civilian public safety director to oversee the borough’s police…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Former Twp. business adminstrator dies

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Richard Van Noy, West Windsor Township’s former business administrator, passed away at his home in the Poconos on Aug. 4 following a brief battle with cancer. He was 68.    He was a familiar face in Mercer County.    Mr. Van Noy was employed in various administrative roles in Hopewell, Lawrence, and…

  • CENRAL JERSEY: Special Olympics boosters mourn Eunice Shriver

    By Natalie Lescroart and Lea Kahn, Staff Writers     In the wake of Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s Aug. 11 death, Special Olympics New Jersey authorities, athletes and friends remember the founder of the international organization as an inspiration and as a pioneer for people with disabilities.    The 88-year-old sister of President John F. Kennedy died Tuesday in…