Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Car-sharing service debuts at Princeton Junction train station

    Car-sharing service debuts at Princeton Junction train station

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Commuters looking to get to places beyond the immediate vicinity of the Princeton Junction train station have been handed a new tool after last week’s kickoff of a pilot program under test by NJ Transit and Zipcar, the nation’s largest car-sharing company.    The pilot program has brought…

  • Two new paths for walkers, cyclists, planned in Princeton Township

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Despite limited funds for making Princeton Township more bike and pedestrian friendly, two bicycle and walking pathways are in the works.    The township’s Engineering Department has made the most progress with a portion of a Quaker Road path that would ultimately connect Mercer Street in the area of Princeton Friends…

  • Extension granted to Princeton housing project

       The Regional Planning Board of Princeton on Thursday night authorized a one-year extension on a proposed senior housing development project to be located on 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 a housing…

  • Princeton Future sets Saturday session

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Princeton Future’s conversation with the community on Princeton University’s Campus Plan and the Princeton Community Master Plan, which began March 29, will continue Saturday.    Consolidation of the borough and the township, Princeton’s downtown, new types of housing in the community and Princeton University’s relationship with the Princeton community as a…

  • Officials detail arrest of ex-West Windsor coach on sex charge

    By Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — A South Brunswick High School physical education teacher stands accused of having an ongoing sexual relationship with an underage female student.    Daniel Kerekes, 37, was arrested at his home in South River on Saturday and charged with sexual assault and is being held at the Middlesex…

  • Towns mull legal challenge to COAH’s affordable-housing plan

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Council on Affordable Housing regulations set to become law in early June that would greatly increase the obligation of towns to provide low- and moderate-income housing have area municipalities considering joining a lawsuit led by the New Jersey State League of Municipalities.    The league has begun soliciting pledges of $500…

  • Princeton’s Trinity Church to mark 175th anniversary

    Princeton’s Trinity Church to mark 175th anniversary

       Trinity Church in Princeton will ring its carillon bells 175 times to mark each year of its existence, in celebration of its 175th anniversary on Sunday, May 11.    Trinity will host a special service at 10 a.m., with a sermon by Princeton University Episcopal Chaplain Steve White, followed by a lunch on the front lawn…

  • Former PU freshman faces charges in alleged kidnapping

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    A former Princeton University freshman has been charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, endangerment of an injured victim and two counts of making terroristic threats following complaints made to borough police by two students at the university.    The accused, Malik Little, 19, is being held at the Mercer County Correction Center…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, May 2

    Princeton Borough    Following a motor vehicle stop on Spring Street at 12:07 a.m. Monday, Francis Hetmanek, 25, of Highland Park was arrested on an active warrant for contempt from North Brunswick Municipal Court. The accused was transported to borough headquarters, processed and released on a $250 cash bail.    Following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau…