Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Democrats pile up wins in local races

    PRINCETON: Democrats pile up wins in local races

    Princeton Borough Councilman Kevin Wilkes awaiting returns on election night. He won election to a one-year unexpired term. Staff photo by Greg Forester

  • When George Washington lit it up: Re-enacting a scientific test

    When George Washington lit it up: Re-enacting a scientific test

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — Re-enactors dressed as Gen. George Washington and Thomas Paine paddled a boat onto the Millstone River Wednesday afternoon to honor a landmark scientific experiment held by the men over two centuries ago.    A crowd of about 100 residents, local officials, scientists and historians looked on, huddled under…

  • Exiting polls, voters say they gave priority to the issues

    By Greg Forester, Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writers    It may have been low voltage in the Princeton area, but there was nevertheless a sense of electricity in the air on Tuesday as voters went to the polls to make their choices in an historic presidential election.    A random sampling by Packet reporters of various polling places…

  • Montgomery, West Windsor suffer voting machine failures

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Broken voting machines in Montgomery Township caused confusion on Election Day among crowds of voters who had lined up before the polls opened.    At the Montgomery Emergency Medical Services station on Harlingen Road, where residents in District 8 vote, the only machine in the polling place didn’t work when the…

  • Undocumented workers feel the impact of economic dip

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Illegal immigrants in the Princeton area may be shielded from the full brunt of the economic downturn, due to nature of their employment, but many are still feeling its effects, according to immigration experts.    Obtaining specific numbers on small populations of immigrants like those living in Princeton is difficult, but…

  • Intercap back at the redevelopment negotiating table

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Intercap Holdings has backed off  plans to end cooperation with the Township Council over the redevelopment of the train station area.    In a complete turnaround, company chairman Steve Goldin was invited by council to sit at the table with them during a workshop on the redevelopment draft…

  • Democrats pile up wins in local races

    Democrats pile up wins in local races

    Princeton Borough Councilman Kevin Wilkes awaiting returns on election night. He won election to a one-year unexpired term. Staff photo by Greg Forester

  • Princeton Borough Council tables resolution to mediate dispute with NHKT

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough Council tabled a resolution under which the borough and developer Nassau HKT Urban Renewal Associates LLC would have retained former Superior Court Judge Neil H. Shuster to serve as mediator of a dispute between the parties over a number of aspects of the downtown redevelopment project.    The resolution…

  • Obama victory unleashes a special sense of joy for African-Americans

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Wednesday was a day like no other for Evelyn Turner.    ”I’m so proud and excited,” said Ms. Turner, 86, a resident of John Street. “It is the first time we have experienced one of my race in the top office of the nation,” Ms. Turner said on the day after…