Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • China Olympics controversy raises its torch in Princeton

    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

  • 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…

  • China Olympics controversy raises its torch in Princeton

    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

  • 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.…

  • New Arts Council of Princeton building to open June 5

    New Arts Council of Princeton building to open June 5

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    The Arts Council of Princeton has announced June 5 as the long awaited opening date for its new arts building on Witherspoon Street.    The expanded Paul Robeson Center for the Arts was designed by acclaimed architect and Princeton resident Michael Graves.    The building’s expansion includes an increase in size from…

  • Calico parking issue hits Borough Council’s radar screen

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough Council has been briefed on a parking problem which has hobbled the downtown restaurant Calico Grill, and placed its owners Alan and Marguerite Heap at odds with the borough administration, although no prompt solution to the problem seems likely.    At the closed portion of Borough Council’s meeting on…

  • Footrace to affect traffic to Montgomery churches Sunday morning

       MONTGOMERY — A footrace on Sunday is expected to affect traffic in the Burnt Hill and Sunset road areas, particularly for those attending church, according to the Montgomery Township Police Department.    The Run With Rotary race will require Burnt Hill Road to be closed between Skillman Road and Sunset Road beginning at 9 a.m. Sunset…

  • Three with gang ties charged with assault following fight at PU

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Three men who police say appear to have gang ties were arrested following a fight at Princeton University’s Wilcox Hall early Saturday morning.    A 19-year-old female university student rejected sexual advances from one of the three dance-party crashers, and that led to the assaults, police said.    The violence…

  • Suit settled in Rider U. 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.…