Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • HOPEWELL: Weekend wine and food fest draws 2,500

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    HOPEWELL — More than 2,500 people consumed food and wine from some of the best eateries and wineries that New Jersey has to offer at the East Coast Food and Wine Festival in Hopewell over the weekend.    The second edition of the event, following last year’s inaugural festival, featured a…

  • EAST WINDSOR: Turnpike groundbreaking a gubernatorial event

    EAST WINDSOR: Turnpike groundbreaking a gubernatorial event

    By Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group    EAST WINDSOR — Gov. Jon Corzine turned out last week to break ground on the $2.7 billion project to widen the New Jersey Turnpike between exits 6 and 8A.    West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, who joined other local officials at the ceremony on Thursday, said the project will prove…

  • 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

  • PLAINSBORO: State grant funds traffic crackdown

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Extra patrols will be on the streets of Plainsboro this month as the township Police Department participates in a crackdown on speeding and other forms of aggressive driving.    The initiative is part of the first statewide “Obey the Signs or Pay the Fines” initiative, announced this week by…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Arrest made in car break-in

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A Trenton man was arrested for burglary and theft Friday after an officer on patrol saw him burglarizing a 2001 Jeep parked at the Princeton Junction Train Station, according to township police.    Brandon Ingram, 27, was observed rummaging through the interior of the vehicle by an officer…

  • PRINCETON: Library sets $10 million centennial goal

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Princeton Public Library officials hope to have amassed a $10 million endowment by the time the library holds a centennial celebration at the end of 2010, marking 100 years of service to the Princeton community.    Such a goal means the library and its supporting foundation will have to raise roughly…

  • ROCKY HILL: Small plane crashes, no injuries

       ROCKY HILL — Engine power failure is believed to have been the cause of a small plane crash Saturday morning in Rocky Hill.    The only person on board the Cessna 172 at the time of the crash was a student pilot who was not injured, according to Jim Peters, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.    However,…

  • PRINCETON: New farmers market debuts in borough

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Tuesday lunch and dinner decisions just got a lot easier in Princeton.    Starting today at 11 a.m. the Princeton Farmers Market makes its inaugural summer appearance at the intersection of Nassau and Pine streets.    Fresh summer produce and locally produced foods will be offered by a dozen vendors at the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, West Windsor, Plainsboro

    Princeton Borough     Luis Sanchez, 21, of Redding Circle, was charged with robbery, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, aggravated assault on a police officer, and criminal mischief after he threatened a victim with a knife near the intersection of Spring Street and Witherspoon Street at 2:40 a.m.…