Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Judge Annich, of Congo case, retires

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Township Municipal Court Judge Russell W. Annich Jr., a township resident since 1974 and a colorful presence in Princeton Borough and township courts for decades, will be retiring at the end of January.    ”It’ll be 28 years, it’s about time,” Judge Annich said in an interview on Wednesday. A…

  • PRINCETON: Menorah lighting at Nassau Inn

    PRINCETON: Menorah lighting at Nassau Inn

    Lighting the Menorah: Retiring Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand read the blessings and lit the candles during Chanukkah ceremonies at the Nassau Inn on Monday night.

  • PRINCETON: Hun school gets new headmaster

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Greg ForesterStaff Writer    Princeton’s prestigious Hun School will have a new headmaster for the upcoming school year after the school’s board of trustees ratified the selection of Jonathan Brougham for the position at its December meeting.    Mr. Brougham will take the place of the school’s current headmaster, James Byer, who…

  • PRINCETON: Boro tax revenues take new loss

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Lauren OtisStaff Writer    That many hotels and other businesses use a so-called Princeton address and ZIP code while residing outside town lines may be considered a nuisance by some, but the practice has now hit Princeton Borough where it hurts, in the pocketbook.    On top of an already bleak budgetary…

  • PRINCETON: University pays $1.18 million to boro

    VBy Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton University announced Monday that it had completed 2008 special payment submissions totaling just under $1.18 million to Princeton Borough to offset the impact of properties exempt from real estate taxes.    The university pays taxes on non-exempt property and voluntarily keeps all of its non-dormitory housing on the tax rolls.…

  • PRINCETON: Menorah lighting at Nassau Inn

    PRINCETON: Menorah lighting at Nassau Inn

    Lighting the Menorah: Retiring Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand reads the blessings and lights the candles during Chanukkah ceremonies at the Nassau Inn on Monday night.

  • PRINCETON: Gusciora tweaked over consolidation bill

    By Matt Chiappardi, Staff Writer    The days of tiny boroughs surrounded by larger townships in the state may be numbered if one area state legislator has his way.    Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-Princeton, says he will be proposing legislation in January that would merge so-called “doughnut communities” — pairs or groups of municipalities like Hightstown and…

  • PRINCETON: Professor in vote machine case reprimanded

    Greg Forester, Staff Writer    A Princeton University professor who produced a report for a landmark court case on voting machine security was ordered by a judge to apologize to the court and pay attorney’s fees for breaking the conditions of a protective order.    Computer expert Andrew Appel, who prepared the report for the plaintiffs in…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Oil spill stops traffic on Route 1

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Traffic was stopped for nearly nine hours Tuesday morning after a crash that resulted in an oil spill on northbound Route 1 in West Windsor.    Just after 4 a.m., a tractor-trailer, driven by Angel Lema, 32, of Booton, was travelling northbound on Route 1 in the center…