Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Tiger Transit set to roll on PU campus

    Greg Forester, Staff Writer Greg ForesterStaff Writer    A new and improved Princeton University transit system offering expanded service options will begin shuttling students, staff and visitors around campus Monday.    Replacing the P-Rides Campus Shuttle, the new TigerTransit system will offer five lines instead of three with expanded service to the Forrestal Campus and the Princeton…

  • PLAINSBORO: Two arrested in massage parlor assault

       PLAINSBORO — Two men have been arrested and charged with four counts of armed robbery in connection with a massage parlor assault where two female employees were attacked.    Kevin Kennedy, 18, of Lindenwold also faces three counts of aggravated assault and one count of theft in connection with the incident.    His alleged accomplice, Kahsheem Price,…

  • PLAINSBORO: Police Blotter

    Plainsboro    Kimberly Stubbs, 28, of Kendall Park was charged with DWI in connection with a car crash Dec. 12 on Mapleton Road. She lost control of her 1999 Jeep Cherokee, striking a guardrail and a utility pole, police said. She was transported to Fuld Campus of Capital Health Systems for her injuries. She was also…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Postpartum depression a mother’s cause

    bY Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Nearly a decade after it emerged, it is still difficult for Consuelo Bonillas to talk about her struggle with postpartum depression.    Her voice still cracks with emotion when she describes the painful episodes she experienced after the birth of her son in 2000.    But the West Windsor…

  • PRINCETON: Sewer office cuts Saturday hours

       The Princeton Sewer Operating Committee has given notice to residents of Princeton Borough and Township that Effective January 1, 2009, the SOC Convenience Center on River Road will no longer be open every Saturday during the year.    The Convenience Center will be open on the following Saturdays in 2009 between the hours of 8:00 a.m.…

  • ROCKY HILL: Mayor reviews year of battling state

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — The past year has seen the little Somerset County borough of 700 residents in a battle with the state for its very existence, according to Mayor Ed Zimmerman.    Last year, Gov. Jon Corzine announced he would cut state funding for municipalities with a population under 5,000 to…

  • PRINCETON: Police Blotter

    Princeton Township    Thomas Sanders, 20, of Princeton, was arrested in Hilltop Park on Friday at 12:46 a.m. and charged with under age consumption of alcohol, police said. Mr. Sanders determined to have consumed alcoholic beverages and was in possession of an open bottle of beer, according to police. He was released from the scene on…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Police Blotter

    West Windsor    Parthiban Jothipragasam, 39, of Somerset was charged with DWI after a traffic stop on Route 1 and Washington Road just after midnight on Wednesday. After he was stopped for failure to maintain lane and speeding, Mr. Jothipragasam was observed to be intoxicated, police said. He also received summonses for failure to maintain a…

  • MONTGOMERY: Police Blotter

    Montgomery    Police responded to a one-car crash on Hollow Road near Servis Road at 10 a.m. on Dec. 19. Naomi Young, 72, of Skillman was driving a 2001 Volkswagen Passat southbound on Hollow Road when she lost control of the vehicle on the snow-covered roadway and struck several trees off the southbound lane, police said.…