Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Panel addresses economic fears at forum

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A panel of regional business experts attempted to assuage local fears about the current economic crisis during a forum held by Montgomery’s Economic Development Commission this week.    About 70 people, many of them long-time business owners, turned out for the free event Tuesday night at the Princeton Elks…

  • PRINCETON: Boro extends prosecutor in police probe

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The Princeton Borough Council has agreed to extend the contract of Arthur R. Thibault, the man who served as independent prosecutor in an administrative proceeding involving Borough Police Sergeant Kevin Creegan, despite the misgivings of Councilman Roger Martindell.        The action came during the council’s meeting on Tuesday night.Sgt. Creegan…

  • MONTGOMERY: Budget woes may squeeze July 4th fest

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Faced with budgetary shortfalls that have led to employee layoffs, the Township Committee is considering ways to halve the cost of its Independence Day celebration.    The event, which in the past has included fireworks, a concert, games and food, has been held annually since the mid-1970s, township Recreation…

  • TRENTON: Mercer County touts new rec programs

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Tennis or a naturalist-led tour, anyone?    The Mercer County Park Commission announced plans to offer additional recreational opportunities for county residents last week, including a new tennis program and an expanded lineup of park activities including walks led by the county’s naturalists.    The county’s new park program is aimed at…

  • PRINCETON: Fake rifle prompts campus alert at PU

    By Angela Wu and Samantha Pergadia, Special Writers    A Princeton University student touched off a campus-wide security alert over the weekend by running across the campus carrying an “imitation” AK-4 assault rifle, police said.    Princeton Borough police confiscated the weapon and charged Steven Shonts, 18, of Eden Prairie, MN, with “possession of a weapon for…

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

    Princeton Township    Jose Lino Lopez, 45, of Hillside Avenue was charged with aggravated assault after he struck his housemate on the side of the head with a beer bottle at 9:30 p.m. Thursday and fled on foot, police said. The victim suffered a two-inch gash on his forehead and was taken to the University Medical…

  • PRINCETON: University discusses $82 million in budget cuts

    By Samantha Pergadia, Special Writer Princeton University has an $82 million budget-cutting plan set for the new fiscal year, Princeton administrators told members of the community during a town hall meeting on Wednesday afternoon.   Princeton currently has an operating budget of $1.3 billion, 48 percent of which comes from investment income while 29 percent…

  • PRINCETON: Candidates file for area school board races

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Candidates for Princeton-area school board seats filed papers with their districts this week to run in the April 21 school election.    They had a few extra days to do so, thanks to Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s extension of the Monday deadline to Wednesday, as a result of the late winter…

  • PLAINSBORO: Sallie Mae chairman analyzes banking crisis

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Lauren OtisStaff Writer    PLAINSBORO — A complex variety of cultural and institutional factors has made the banking financial crisis the intractable mess it is with little hope for a quick solution unless sweeping changes to the way banks conduct business and are managed are instituted, said Anthony Terracciano, a longtime…