Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • POLICE BLOTTER, July 15

    Princeton Township    Alisha Regan, 21, of Lawrenceville was charged with driving while intoxicated on Thursday at 10:31 p.m. after her car was stopped on Route 206 near Elm Road. She was driving erratically and the car had two flat tires, police reported. She was placed under arrest after taking a series of field sobriety tests.…

  • A train schedule for your cell phone

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Commuters know the drill well: You won’t make your regular train, and can’t remember when other trains depart, so you have to root around for a paper schedule that you may or may not have remembered to bring with you, sometimes with only minutes to spare.    But what if the…

  • Princeton Library loans watt meters to energy savers

    By Lisa Merolla, Staff Writer    With one simple experiment, the Princeton Public Library discovered a way of saving around $6,500 a year. It didn’t take much — just a small device called the Kill-a-Watt meter.    The meter lets people measure just how much energy their appliances are consuming. Armed with that information, they can adjust…

  • Princeton licensing more dogs in 2008

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    There are 300 more licensed dogs in the township this year than last year and that number is likely to grow as the Princeton Regional Health Department’s dog census continues this summer.    The increase is higher than the township typically sees in a year by at least 100 dogs, said…

  • Alexander Road construction detours begin

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The first weekday morning rush hour with roads closed for construction near the Alexander Road bridge over the Northeast Corridor tested the patience of motorists on Monday.    Drivers experienced detours, congestion, and longer commute times because of work to connect the new Alexander Road bridge with the…

  • Princeton Chamber of Commerce gets a lesson in taste (and smell)

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — “Taste is complex,” said Anthony Clark, vice president of corporate research and development at Firmenich, the large privately-held Swiss perfume and flavor manufacturer, at the outset of a luncheon talk before Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce members on Thursday.    Prior experience, learning, perception, even culture affects how we…

  • West Windsor Libertarian is U.S. Senate underdog

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Jason Scheurer, the Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate, wants people to have more choices: in health care, education, immigration policy and economic policy.    Mr. Scheurer said he also wants New Jerseyans to have choices in candidates for U.S. Senate that is not available to state residents…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, July 11

    Princeton Borough    Joshua Desai, 21, of Robbinsville was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle stop on Hulfish Street about 1:40 a.m. July 3.    Joel Hostler, 34, of Redding Circle was taken into custody on a $1,000 warrant out of North Brunswick Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on University Place shortly…

  • Township considers 70K loan to affordable housing project

    Township considers 70K loan to affordable housing project

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    A $70,000 loan by Princeton Township to finance the replacement of roofs on affordable housing units in the Washington Oaks development is on hold as the township’s Housing Board sorts out the details of the agreement.    The loan would be a first for the township and is intended to ease…