Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Woman charged with prostitution

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A Fort Lee woman was charged with prostitution at an unmarked office in the Montgomery Professional Center on Vreeland Drive.    Soonja Go, 50, was arrested Friday afternoon after she allegedly propositioned an undercover detective for a sexual act in exchange for money, according to the Somerset County prosecutor’s…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton University has first Muslim chaplain

    By Reem Nasr, Staff Writer    From a young age Sohaib Sultan has always fostered a deep passion for serving the Muslim community.    Now at 28, he is the first full-time Muslim life coordinator and chaplain serving at Princeton University.    The past academic year was Mr. Sultan’s first as a full-time chaplain. Two years ago, the…

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

    Princeton Borough    Brian Quince, 53, of New Brunswick, was arrested after a records search revealed a $500 warrant from East Orange during a traffic stop on Wiggins Street at 1:45 p.m. Friday, police said.    Anthony Badami, 21, of Kansas City, Mo., was charged with providing alcohol to a minor after police allegedly saw him give…

  • PRINCETON: University’s new chemistry building takes shape

    PRINCETON: University’s new chemistry building takes shape

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Work crews will complete the installation of a glass and aluminum façade and undertake other exterior work this summer on Princeton University’s new Chemistry Building, located near Princeton Stadium off Washington Road.    Scheduled to open in the fall of 2010, the new 236,000-square-foot structure is a centerpiece of the university’s…

  • PRINCETON: University’s new chemistry building takes shape

    PRINCETON: University’s new chemistry building takes shape

    The new chemistry building under construction at Princeton University looms in the background as Chris Sallade of Princeton takes an early morning run. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: Merchants back local sales initiative

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The nonprofit organization Hometown Princeton Inc., founded as a means for local Princeton merchants to band together and collectively benefit each other in the poor economy, received financial commitments from 14 merchants at its first meeting, held Thursday.    ”At that meeting of the 15 retailers that were present, all but…

  • PRINCETON: Business district still a destination

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    As the recession drags on, in downtown Princeton as in other parts of the country the news seems inevitable that some businesses are closing, others moving, and still others growing restive over high rents and municipal actions they say reflect a lack of understanding of their plight by property owners…

  • PRINCETON: PU endowment drop estimated at 25 percent

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Princeton University has revised projections to account for a 25 percent decline in the value of the school’s endowment fund through the fiscal year that ended June 30 after estimates of the loss went as high as 30 percent during spring budget planning.    The university’s endowment, which was valued at…

  • PHOTO FEATURE: Magic at the Princeton Public Library

    PHOTO FEATURE: Magic at the Princeton Public Library

    They watched closely, wondering, how did he do that trick?