Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Orchard Hill School playground equipment gets backing from board
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township Board of Education helped fund the new playground equipment that arrived at the Orchard Hill Elementary School last week. The school board recently agreed to contributed the $6,000 that was requested by the school’s former PTA president and newly elected school board member Adelle Kirk…
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China Olympics controversy raises its torch in Princeton
Doug Lennox presents his torch to state Assemblyman Reed Gusciora. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Montgomery board names new school superintendent
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township School District will have a new superintendent starting July 15. The Board of Education voted to officially appoint current Verona School District Superintendent Earl T. Kim to the position on Tuesday, setting up Mr. Kim’s eventual takeover of the job from interim Superintendent Sam Stewart…
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A bankless safe deposit solution is offered in Plainsboro
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer Feeling like a little outing? Why not stop by Forrestal Village in Plainsboro to do a little shopping, grab a bite to eat, and visit your safe deposit box. That’s right. Charter Private Safe Deposit Co., a private non-bank-affiliated provider of safe deposit boxes, opened its (very well fortified) doors…
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Domestic dispute ends with a death in MarketFair parking lot
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — A warm afternoon of shopping at MarketFair was interrupted Thursday when a domestic dispute turned deadly in a multiple stabbing incident that left a 32-year old man dead and 20-year-old woman injured. Police said the couple, who had a prior dating relationship and were nursing students and…
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China Olympics controversy raises its torch in Princeton
Those protesting human right abuses by China hold up signs at the rally. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Plainsboro municipal budget adopted with average $70 tax increase
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — The Plainsboro Township Committee voted Wednesday to adopt a revised version of the 2008 municipal budget, which will hand residents a slight drop in the municipal tax rate from what was originally projected. The $20,796,826 budget calls for a 1.8-cent increase in the municipal tax rate, resulting in…
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China Olympics controversy raises its torch in Princeton
Princeton University student Doug Lennox runs witht he Human Rights Torch at Borough Hall. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Rider student settles lawsuit over 2007 alcohol death
By Lea Kahn, The Packet Group LAWRENCE — Michael Torney, the former president of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at Rider University, has settled a civil lawsuit filed against him by the parents of a fraternity pledge who died of alcohol poisoning during a fraternity initiation rite in March 2007. The settlement reached between Mr.…
