Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • POLICE BLOTTER, May 6

    Montgomery    Robert L. Hutchings, 61, of Princeton was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle accident on Millstone River Road about 8:51 p.m. Saturday. Police said Mr. Hutchings was southbound on River Road when he lost control of his 1998 BMW, ran off the roadway, and struck a mailbox, fence and tree in…

  • Nine salmonella cases reported at Princeton University

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Nine Princeton University students and a staff member have contracted salmonella bacteria as of Monday afternoon and university officials suspect about 60 to 70 of the 80 reports of stomach problems made by students and staff over the past week to also have been caused by the bacteria.    Salmonella is…

  • Coalition of groups form to battle Corzine park cuts

       Representatives of environmental, sportsmen’s, and historic preservation groups joined Assemblyman Reed Gusciora of Princeton and other legislators at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville on Saturday to oppose Gov. Corzine’s plan to cut funding to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its Divisions of Parks and Forestry and Fish and Wildlife.    The DEP announced…

  • Millstone River rates poorly in DEP contaminant testing

    Millstone River rates poorly in DEP contaminant testing

    The Millstone River in West Windsor. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Bunn Drive senior housing gets a one-year extension

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    The Regional Planning Board of Princeton authorized Thursday a one-year extension on a proposed senior housing development project proposed for Bunn Drive.    The extension, to June 1, 2009, was approved 9-2, despite opposition voiced by several representatives of environmental groups and residents, who expressed concern about the potential impact of…

  • Montgomery prepares to select new police director

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee Thursday took action on a trio of measures aimed at paving the way for the selection of a successor to outgoing Police Director Michael Beltranena, whose contract is set to expire on June 30.    Two of the measures were ordinance revisions. One creates the position…

  • University presents plans for neuroscience, psychology buildings

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Princeton University has presented its concept plan for a two-building facility that would serve as the center for the university’s neuroscience and psychology programs to the Regional Planning Board of Princeton.    The facility would occupy part of a 98-acre site on the west side of Washington Road, approximately 158 feet…

  • West Windsor officials spar over proposed pay raise

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The quarreling over proposed pay raises for elected officials in this year’s budget has worsened among Township Council members and Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, as an ordinance advancing the salary plan was set to be introduced Monday night.    The ordinance — which enjoys the support of a majority…

  • WW-P Board of Education reorganizes; Marathe once again president

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — President Hemant Marathe and Vice President Robert Johnson have been selected to continue on in the top two positions on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education, following April’s school board elections and budget vote.    New on the board is Alapakkam Manikandan, who was sworn…