Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Borough sends downtown trash SOS to businesses
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer In an effort to improve garbage cleanup and litter in downtown Princeton, the Princeton Regional Health Department is seeking to engage downtown businesses, landlords and tenants to keep borough streets clean and free of debris. Recently, merchants began expressing frustration over litter-strewn streets downtown which might tarnish Princeton’s image as…
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Cupcakes grace shop where bagels once reigned
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Is there a food that is universally loved in America? One that evokes fond memories, that we can conjure up the taste of instantly, that we can’t ever recall refusing when offered? Marcel Proust’s madeleine for an entire society? Perhaps not, but a cupcake may come as close as any…
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POLICE BLOTTER, Aug. 29
Montgomery A resident on Buckingham Drive reported Tuesday that somebody used her personal information to rent a vehicle from Enterprise Car Rentals, police said. The resident made the discovery when she received a letter from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission reporting that she drove through the EZ Pass lane without paying the toll and was subject…
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Two Montgomery teens arrested on cocaine charges
Emily Laermer, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Two township teenagers were arrested Tuesday following a three-month narcotics investigation. Bryan Cummings, 19, of Andover Circle and a 16-year-old male from Montgomery were both arrested after selling cocaine to an undercover detective earlier this summer, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. Mr. Cummings sold a quantity of…
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Monday morning Canal Pointe townhouse fire displaces 9 families
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — An early morning fire severely damaged a group of townhomes on Trinity Court in the Canal Pointe housing development Monday. Investigators determined that the fire began in a utility closet in a third-floor unit sometime before 4 a.m., and quickly spread to other units on the right…
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Obama leads McCain in local fundraising
By Lea Kahn, The Packet Group When it comes to shaking the money tree in the greater Princeton area, Democratic presidential hopeful U.S. Sen. Barack Obama has far outpaced Republican presidential rival U.S. Sen. John McCain in fundraising in their quest for the nation’s top elected office. In New Jersey, Sen. Obama has raised $5.9…
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Monday morning Canal Pointe townhouse fire displaces 9 families
Protective tarps drape a fire-damaged building on Trinity Court in the Canal Pointe section of West Windsor. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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A library’s future home emerges in Plainsboro
The steel framework of the Plainsboro Public Library forms the backdrop to a fountain in Plainsboro’s Village Center. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Monday morning Canal Pointe townhouse fire displaces 9 families
A heavily-damaged roof is framed between two chimney towers at Canal Pointe. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
