Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Anthrax case files cite Princeton links

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The U.S. Department of Justice released dozens of documents Wednesday related to the joint FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s investigation into senior Army microbiologist Bruce Edwards Ivins as the suspect in the anthrax letter attacks of 2001.    In the documents, investigators stated they had genetically tied anthrax Mr. Ivins…

  • Court upholds Princeton Township in suit over 7-house development

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    The Herrontown Woods Citizens Association, which filed a lawsuit opposing a proposed development at the corner of Snowden Lane and Van Dyke Road, will continue to fight despite an appellate court’s recent decision to uphold most of a Superior Court ruling in favor of the project.    Peter Dickson, co-council for…

  • STARS program at Stuart brings academic enrichment to Trenton kids

    STARS program at Stuart brings academic enrichment to Trenton kids

    By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    It takes most people months to learn how to play an instrument. For students at the Summer STARS program, this process only takes four short weeks, thanks to band instructor David Geltch.    ”It’s not as hard as you’d think,” he said. “The students are talented as it is, and there…

  • West Windsor officials approve COAH complaint letter to state

    By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council and Affordable Housing Committee discussed and approved a letter Monday to be sent to the state Council on Affordable Housing regarding concerns over the state agency’s latest regulations.    The Township Council, Affordable Housing Committee and the Planning Board are all writing similar letters to…

  • Beaching at the battlefield: At least it’s closer than the shore

    Beaching at the battlefield: At least it’s closer than the shore

    Rebecca Lumb of Liverpool, England, studies a plaque at the park. Staff photo by Katie Wagner

  • DOT seeks to relieve congestion on Route 1

    By Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group    Efforts to ease traffic congestion along the stretch of Route 1 passing through South Brunswick, are inching forward at the state level.    The state Department of Transportation has gone out to bid on the initial phase of a six-part project outlined in fiscal year 2009’s Draft Statewide Transportation Improvement…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Aug. 8

    Princeton Township    Jedidiah Neverson, 18, of Birch Avenue was charged with possession of an alcoholic beverage by an under-aged person and failure to equip a bicycle with proper lighting at 4:06 a.m. Saturday after being stopped by police on Birch Avenue.    Three men who live on Route 27 in Kingston, police said, were charged with…

  • June 29 driveway death seen by police as a suicide

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR —West Windsor police believe the June 29 death of an Edison man in a car fire at a township residence was a suicide, despite a lack of a definitive ruling from county officials.    The Mercer County Medical Examiner’s office has yet to make a determination on the incident,…

  • Beaching at the battlefield: At least it’s closer than the shore

    Beaching at the battlefield: At least it’s closer than the shore

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    The Princeton Battlefield State Park, where the 1777 Battle of Princeton — a turning point in the Revolutionary War — occurred, receives visitors year-round, but attracts a different crowd during the summer.    On any given sunny day in July or August, motorists passing the park on Mercer Road are sure…