Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Weekend block party at Merrick’s to benefit SAVE

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    If you have a soft spot in your heart for furry friends and fine apparel, then this is your weekend.    Merrick’s clothing store on Moore Street in Princeton will be playing host to a benefit for SAVE – A Friend to Homeless Animals which has grown into a full-blown three-day…

  • Plans for new hospital set to take big step in Plainsboro

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — An affirmative vote on a developer’s agreement with Princeton HealthCare System at next Wednesday’s Township Committee meeting should open the way for the final series of planning approvals necessary for the construction to begin on the hospital complex at the 160-acre FMC Corp. site off of Route 1.…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, June 6

    Princeton Borough    Liam P. Morton of 140 West 71st St., New York City, was charged with theft about 9:30 p.m. May 30 after he was observed by an officer taking a bicycle from a bike rack on Olden Street and attempting to ride away with it, police said. He was later released pending a court…

  • Composer Quincy Jones among honorees at PU’s Commencement

    Composer Quincy Jones among honorees at PU’s Commencement

    Zachary A. Squire delivers the valedictory. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • WW council’s $3,000 stipend plan angers foes of pay raise

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Opponents of a vetoed pay increase for Township Council members have reacted angrily to a resolution on Monday night’s agenda that would instead give the officials a $3,000 per-year expense stipend.    The new resolution proclaims that “each council member shall be reimbursed the same flat amount each…

  • Composer Quincy Jones among honorees at PU’s Commencement

    Composer Quincy Jones among honorees at PU’s Commencement

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Musician and humanitarian Quincy Jones, who has produced records for Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn and Michael Jackson, was one of the five persons awarded an honorary doctoral degree during Princeton University’s Commencement on Tuesday.    A doctor of music was presented to the 75-year-old trumpet player, composer, producer, arranger…

  • Bear spotted in Montgomery; schools keep students indoors

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Students in Montgomery schools were kept indoors today after a bear was sighted on Skillman Road, on Burnt Hill Road near Route 518 and on Bronson Way, which is located north of Skillman Road, police reported.    Police said they received the first call from a Bronson Way resident…

  • Arts Council’s Paul Robeson Center gets a grand opening

    Arts Council’s Paul Robeson Center gets a grand opening

    Architect Michael Graves cuts the ribbon opening the renovated and expanded Arts Council of Princeton building. He is assisted Paul Robeson Jr. Standing from left are Arts Council Director Jeff Nathanson, Marilyn Robeson and founding director Anne Reeves. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Composer Quincy Jones among honorees at PU’s Commencement

    Composer Quincy Jones among honorees at PU’s Commencement

    Composer Quincy Jones waves to cheering graduates after receiving his honorary degree. At right is Dennis Brownlee, university trustee. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski