Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: State officials pitches ‘smart growth’

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — It is up to each of the state’s 566 municipalities to take steps toward creating a more sustainable environment, a state official explained to residents last week.    Ben Spinelli, executive director of the state Office of Smart Growth, appeared Thursday night at a town hall meeting with…

  • PRINCETON: University accepts 1,068 graduate applicants

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Princeton University’s Graduate School has admitted 1,068 — or 10.5 percent — of the 10,135 applicants who submitted papers for admission for the 2009-10 academic year.    The 10,135 total applicants represented a 10 percent increase in the number of people applying for admission to master’s or doctoral programs at the…

  • PRINCETON: Fire burns upper level of Red Hill Rd. home

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    A second-floor fire totally destroyed the bedroom and bathroom of a Red Hill Road residence Sunday afternoon and has left the home uninhabitable, according to Princeton Township police.    Police said resident Peter Middleton had been soldering piping in the upstairs bathroom when a piece of wall insulation ignited.    Mr. Middleton…

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

    Princeton Township     Gregory Ballard, 51, of Ewing, was charged with maintenance of lamps and driving while suspended and arrested after a records search revealed a $133 warrant from Trenton during a traffic stop on Mercer Road at 9:31 p.m. April 28, according to reports. Police stopped Mr. Ballard for having a broken taillight and discovered…

  • PRINCETON: State Bar Foundation honors attorney

       PRINCETON — William S. Greenberg of Princeton is being honored with the New Jersey State Bar Foundation’s Medal of Honor, given each year to persons who have made outstanding contributions to improving the justice system.    Mr. Greenberg, a partner at McCarter & English, LLP, will receive the award at the foundation’s Annual Medal of Honor…

  • MONTGOMERY: College student nominated to mental health board

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A local college student who has been outspoken on teenage depression awareness is awaiting approval to a council that oversees mental health policy statewide.    Haley Worsthorn, 22, of Montgomery, is awaiting approval to serve on the state Governor’s Planning and Policy Council, said Pam Mastro, Somerset County mental…

  • PRINCETON: Boro getting ‘arts neighborhood’ presentation

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton University will be giving a public presentation at tonight’s Borough Council meeting on its plans for the creation of an arts and transit neighborhood in the area where the Dinky station, McCarter Theatre, and the Wawa store are located.    The meeting, at Borough Hall, is scheduled to begin at…

  • PRINCETON: Swine flu precautions follow confirmation of first NJ cases

    By Greg Forester Staff Writer     Gov. Jon Corzine confirmed Thursday that five New Jersey residents who recently traveled to Mexico and California have been infected with H1N1, or swine flu, the disease that has sickened hundreds across the planet and killed individuals in Mexico and Texas.     The announcement, made at a Trenton press…

  • PRINCETON: Boro shuttle gave 4,851 rides in first year

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — A total of 4,851 riders took the FreeB shuttle in Princeton in its first year of operation, said Princeton Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi at a Borough Council meeting Tuesday evening.    Ridership was 565 for March, Mr. Bruschi said. That figure amounts to an average of almost 26 riders…