Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Consensus elusive for a downtown SID

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    A Special Improvement District, or SID, for Princeton’s downtown might yield benefits for merchants and residents alike, yet the idea has failed to take off in two previous attempts to pursue it, according to participants in a discussion sponsored by the nonprofit organization Princeton Future.    A SID is a partnership…

  • VINELAND: Escaped Skillman inmate is captured

    bY Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — An inmate who escaped from a minimum-security work detail at Skillman Dairy Farm on Tuesday morning was apprehended early yesterday morning at a motel in Vineland, officials said.    Marc Harris, 22, ran away from the Burnt Hill Road farm near Montgomery High School around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday. Jailed…

  • PRINCETON: Research team IDs key cancer gene

    PRINCETON: Research team IDs key cancer gene

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    A research team working out of Princeton University has successfully identified a gene that dramatically increases mortality in breast cancer cases, opening the way for the development of treatments that could save millions of lives.    The gene, called Metadherin or MTDH, allows cancer cells to develop the “stickiness” that allows…

  • VINELAND: Skillman inmate captured

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    An inmate who escaped from a minimum-security work detail Tuesday morning at Skillman Dairy Farm in Montgomery Township was captured early this morning at a motel in Vineland, officials said.    Marc Harris, 22, of Pleasantville ran away from the Burnt Hill Road farm around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday and was sighted…

  • PRINCETON: Research team IDs key cancer gene

    PRINCETON: Research team IDs key cancer gene

    B Research team leader Yibin Kang, second from left, and team members, from left: Yong Wei, Andres Blanco and Guohong Hu. Photo by Brian Wilson

  • PRINCETON: No date set for boro budget sessions

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    During a brief open meeting session sandwiched between two closed sessions on Tuesday, Princeton Borough Council agreed to hold 2009 budgetary planning meetings after accurate municipal revenue and other data become available this month.    No firm date was set for the budget sessions.    Councilman Roger Martindell cited public comments by…

  • MONTGOMERY: Police report three sightings of fugitive

    MONTGOMERY: Police report three sightings of fugitive

    Marc Harris, 22, escaped from a work farm in Montgomery on Tuesday.

  • MONTGOMERY: Police report three sightings of fugitive

    MONTGOMERY: Police report three sightings of fugitive

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A convict who escaped from a minimum-security work detail at Skillman Dairy Farm was seen three times on the night of his escape, first at an auto body shop on Route 518 near Opossum Road, police said.    Marc Harris, 22, of Pleasantville, escaped from the farm on Burnt…

  • MONTGOMERY: Escaped inmate identified

       MONTGOMERY — The state Department of Corrections has identified the prisoner that escaped this morning from Montgomery work farm near the high school as a 22-year-old man incarcerated on drug charges.    Marc Harris, who is described as a 5-foot, 6-inch-tall black man weighing 200 pounds with black hair and brown eyes, escaped from a minimum-security…