Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Borough Council casts a wary eye on police department flap

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Admittedly short on details about the suspension and criminal investigation of three borough police officers, some Princeton Borough Council members said they want to see a quick resolution from the county Prosecutor’s Office.    At the same time, most council members said they prefer to stay unaware of the particulars in…

  • WW shade tree committee seeks shelter from potential lawsuits

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — For tree-tending municipal shade-tree organizations in New Jersey, a change of a single word can mean a world of difference.    A measure doing just that advanced this week in West Windsor.    It would change the Shade Tree Committee to the Shade Tree Commission, as township officials work…

  • Briefs in Congo appeal focus on whether dog was provoked

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Was Congo provoked?    If briefs filed in preparation for the April 4 appeal are any indication, the dog’s fate — and a potential legal precedent — likely hinges on that question.    Congo, the German shepherd owned by Princeton Township residents Elizabeth and Guy James, was labeled “vicious” and ordered to…

  • WW police program teaches kids to stand up to adult assailants

    WW police program teaches kids to stand up to adult assailants

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The scene is the Village Elementary School gymnasium.    It seems like some vastly unfair version of American Gladiator is unfolding, with a West Windsor police officer dressed in a large red, foam suit harassing a small 9-year-old clad in similar protective gear.    Patrolman Tom Moody approaches, trying…

  • WW police program teaches kids to stand up to adult assailants

    WW police program teaches kids to stand up to adult assailants

    Lisa Mathiasen, a registerd nurse at Princeton HealthCare System, adjusts the headgear for Ben Schulman, a student at Village Elementary School. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Could COAH rebellion include Montgomery?

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Township, like Princeton Borough, is trying to decide if continued participation in the state Council of Affordable Housing program makes sense.    ”COAH is a voluntary program and, given my understanding of that condition, it is still an option for Montgomery to withdraw from COAH,” Mayor Cecilia Birge…

  • Rocky Hill seals police services contract with South Bound Brook

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council authorized the mayor to sign a two-year police contract with South Bound Brook following a closed session Monday.    The contract, which is to provide Rocky Hill with 50 hours of traffic enforcement from the South Bound Brook Police Department each month, is effective April…

  • ICE grants reprieve to family in March 13 immigration arrests

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    In a turn of events one supporter called a “miracle,” the Princeton Township family who was facing deportation has been allowed to stay in the country under special conditions set by the immigration authorities who raided the family’s home just last week.    The decision to suspend the deportation was made…

  • PU professor lands in the eye of state’s voting machine storm

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    A Princeton University professor is proceeding with a study of inconsistencies in the printouts and back-up tapes of certain electronic voting machines used in New Jersey’s Feb. 5 presidential primary, including Mercer County, despite the refusal of the manufacturer to allow him to examine the machines.    The Constitutional Officers Association…