Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Plainsboro Police Chief Bondurant plans October retirement
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — Police Chief Elizabeth Bondurant has informed township officials that she intends to retire from the police force when she becomes eligible for retirement at the beginning of October, at the completion of a full quarter-century of public service. The 25-year veteran and Mercer County Community College law enforcement…
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Towns eye state aid in NJ’s $32.9 billion budget
By Packet Staff With Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s signature on a final $32.9 billion state budget, area municipalities learned definitively what their level of state aid would be. Most received incrementally more Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief Aid or CMPTRA than originally allocated, but still significantly less than allocated in 2007, according to figures released…
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Ex-student indicted in Westminster Choir College death
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer A 20-year-old former Westminster Choir College student was indicted Friday by a Mercer County grand jury for allegedly injecting heroin and causing the death of Westminster Choir College freshman Justin Warfield, who died Oct. 17. Kieran Hunt, of Piscataway, was indicted on one count of strict liability of the drug-induced…
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University cuts need for parking in 2016 forecast
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Princeton University will have no net increase in parking needs under an updated proposal for traffic management and parking as part of its 10-year campus plan, according to Robert Durkee, the university’s vice president and secretary. In a traffic, parking and circulation presentation made before the Princeton Regional Planning Board…
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POLICE BLOTTER, July 1
Princeton Borough Vincent Romeo, 25, of Cherry Valley Road was charged with disorderly conduct about 11:15 p.m. Sunday after police said they responded to a fight in Palmer Square. Mr. Romeo was arrested after he became combative and disorderly, police reported, and he was committed to jail in default of bail. Rishi Mathur, 19, of…
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Two Princeton residents launch grassroots Republican drive
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Two Princeton residents have launched a statewide grassroots effort to identify,develop and provide funding to local Republican candidates. Their toughest challenge may be in their own backyard, with Princeton politics dominated by Democrats, who hold every local elected office in the borough and township. The organization is called “Building a…
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Cherry Hill Road in Princeton Township closed during off-peak hours
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Cherry Hill Road is closed between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. until July 4. Closure of the road between Stuart Road and Crestview Drive began Monday morning for sanitary sewer repairs and curb installation in preparation for repairs and resurfacing of the entire road scheduled to occur…
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An ‘eco-goods’ store opens for business in Princeton
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Shoppers who care not just about the aesthetic impact their purchases will have on their homes but the impact they will have on the health of their children, and of the earth too, have a new destination in downtown Princeton. Greendesign, billed as “an eco-goods store,” has been open for…
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West Windsor probes fatal driveway car fire
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The man who burned to death inside a car parked at a township residence Sunday morning was Syed Hyder, 44, of Edison, according to West Windsor police. Mr. Hyder succumbed to an intense fire that engulfed his 1992 Nissan Maxima soon after he pulled into the driveway…
