Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Skillman Village sewer study planned

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee approved a contract with Omi Environmental LLC to study how planned upgrades to the sewage treatment plant at Skillman Village would impact the water quality.    The committee adopted a resolution March 6 that limits the project to no more than $39,000.    The study, which Township…

  • The press described as the key to good government

    By Brian No, Special Writer    Journalists are still very much relevant today, Newsweek investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff argued Tuesday to a nearly full Dodds Auditorium at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School.    ”Are we still relevant? Is there a role for people like myself … who report on a weekly basis?” Mr. Isikoff asked. He added,…

  • Theological Seminary in pact with Microsoft to digitize library

    Theological Seminary in pact with Microsoft to digitize library

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Approximately a year after Princeton University announced it would digitize its library collection, Princeton Theological Seminary has decided to do the same, with the help of Microsoft’s Live Search Books service.    Announced by the seminary last week, the partnership will eventually allow religious scholars and regular Internet users from around…

  • PHS students plan Iraq war ‘walkout’ Wednesday

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    On March 19, Princeton High School sophomore Aislinn Bauer will walk out of her seventh-period U.S. history class — where she’s been learning about World War II — to talk about another war.    To mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by a U.S.-led military coalition, students at…

  • Consultant’s school bus plan for Montgomery is challenged

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township School District’s transportation department has recommended implementing a busing plan different from the proposal by Ross Haber, a consultant contracted by the district.    Robyn Friedlander, the transportation supervisor for Montgomery schools, explained why her department prefers its plan to Mr. Haber’s, during the March 11…

  • Montgomery school activity fee revenues seen lagging

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Township School District has not even made it halfway to its activity fees revenue goal for this school year.    This is the first school year parents have been asked to contribute the $75 fee per child participating in one or more Upper Middle School or high…

  • West Windsor curbside disposal law turns a new leaf

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — It looks like the time of lax enforcement of West Windsor’s leaf and brush disposal laws could soon come to an end.    People who deposit lawn debris and brush at the curb outside of scheduled pickup periods in West Windsor — be they residents or lawn contractors…

  • No testing planned yet for contamination at WW compost site

    No testing planned yet for contamination at WW compost site

    The West Windsor compost site, which is contaminated as a result of its previous use as a township dump, is located off Alexander Road in West Windsor. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • POLICE BLOTTER, March 14

    Princeton Borough    Derek Hoedl, 25, of West Windsor was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:07 a.m. Wednesday following a motor vehicle stop on Washington Road, police said. He was transported to police headquarters, processed and later released on his own recognizance.    Juan Armas, 19, of Trenton was charged with hindering apprehension at 10:45 a.m.…