Category: news/the_princeton_packet

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

    Princeton Borough    Andrew Phillip Stone, 24, of Jersey City, was arrested during a traffic stop on Pine Street at 10:32 p.m. on Jan. 17, police said. Police said Mr. Stone had an active contempt of court warrant out of Mercer County for failure to appear for an arraignment    Sharon Ann Stark, 32, of Monroe, and…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Traffic stop nets 250 bags of heroin

    A traffic stop Monday night along Route 1 in West Windsor led to the discovery of 250 bags of heroin inside the vehicle, police said.    The driver, Chad D. Kauffman, 28, of Trenton, was charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute, possession of heroin and possession of under 50 grams of marijuana.    At…

  • PRINCETON: 7th-graders write to Obama daughters

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer        Registered voters aren’t the only ones who are excited about President Barack Obama.    Children have also caught Obama fever, with the new president’s young daughters becoming idols to many. Seventh-graders at John Witherspoon Middle School who wrote letters to Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, are dying to know about the…

  • PRINCETON: Library store to close

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The Library Store, which has provided a shopping opportunity to library patrons and valuable financial support for the Princeton Public Library since 2004, will close sometime in March due to the adverse economic climate.    Like many area businesses, the Library Store has been victimized by economic factors that have hampered…

  • PRINCETON: University gets Time editor’s papers

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The Princeton University Library has acquired the papers of former Time magazine editor and Princeton alumnus T.S. Matthews for preservation in the library’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.    The acquisition means that an impressive array of articles, correspondence and other papers Mr. Matthews authored during his career will…

  • PRINCETON: Christie to address Lincoln Dinner

       Christopher J. Christie, a GOP candidate for governor of New Jersey, will speak at the Republican Association of Princeton’s Lincoln Bicentennial Dinner and Celebration on Feb. 20, at Jasna Polana, in Princeton.    Association president Linda Sipprelle said that Mr. Christie’s talk will precede remarks by biotech executive and Republican leader John Crowley.    Tickets for the…

  • MONTGOMERY: Layoffs, reduced hours imposed

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — As the township struggles to balance its 2009 budget, four part-time employees were laid off Friday, and the hours of five full-time employees were reduced to part time.    Employees were laid off from administration, the clerk’s office, tax assessment and the planning department, township administrator Donato Nieman said…

  • PRINCETON: University tuition to rise

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Princeton University officials have approved plans to raise tuition and other fees by 2.9 percent for the 2009-10 school year in what represents the lowest percentage increase at the school since 1966.    The increase in tuition and other undergraduate costs — to a total of $47,020 next year — coincides…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Planner hits Intercap treatment

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — At the Planning Board meeting Thursday night, Chairman Marvin Gardner accused the Township Council of giving “special, preferential treatment” to a landowner in the redevelopment area.    The Planning Board is continuing its review of the draft plan for the redevelopment of the train station area. According to…