Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Feb. 12

    Princeton Borough    Zbigniew Dmochowski, 40, of Trenton, was charged with exhibiting a false government document at 2:26 p.m. Sunday following an investigation of a motor vehicle accident on University Place, police said. Mr. Dmochowski was arrested for producing and exhibiting a fictitious driver’s license, police said. He was also arrested on a warrant of $250…

  • Tulane Street parking lot to lose an irritating symbol?

    Tulane Street parking lot to lose an irritating symbol?

    An overhead view of the storage containers in the Tulane Street parking lot. They were scheduled to be removed this week. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Black History Month arrives at an educational crossroads

    Black History Month arrives at an educational crossroads

    John Witherspoon Middle School teacher Connie Escher works with student Patrice Turner as she reads from her essay. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • ‘Art in nature’ the theme of new Princeton furnishings store

    ‘Art in nature’ the theme of new Princeton furnishings store

    By Lauren Otis, Business Editor    What first hits you when you walk into the new Natronica store in downtown Princeton is the fact that this recently-opened shop feels so airy despite residing in such a narrow space.    This is in part due to the lack of clutter in the compact storefront on Chambers Walk which…

  • ‘Art in nature’ the theme of new Princeton furnishings store

    ‘Art in nature’ the theme of new Princeton furnishings store

    Yaya Chen, general manager at Natronica, with some of the Chambers Walk store’s unique merchandise. Ms. Chen and her husband, Eric Xie, opened the business in the space which formerly housed The Flower Market. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Mercer forum is tough on Corzine fiscal plan

    Mercer forum is tough on Corzine fiscal plan

    Suzette Lucas Gov. Jon Corzine, in Hightstown on Saturday, explains his controversial plan to use highway toll hikes to help reduce New Jersey’s $32 billion debt. Photo by Suzette Lucas

  • Tulane Street parking lot to lose an irritating symbol?

    Tulane Street parking lot to lose an irritating symbol?

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    As both a tangible remainder of Princeton Borough’s first phase of downtown redevelopment and a marker of the site where future building may occur, the storage container that has sat in the Tulane Street parking lot for more than two years is scheduled to be removed this week, according to…

  • Cumberland search finds hunter from area dead

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    A Princeton-area man was found dead in Cumberland County on Sunday night during a search for three hunters who had been reported missing, the State Police said Monday.    The man was identified by police as Jan Toryfter, 45, of the 4000 block of Province Line Road, which is near Carson…

  • Mercer forum is tough on Corzine fiscal plan

    Mercer forum is tough on Corzine fiscal plan

    By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group    HIGHTSTOWN — It was not a good Saturday for Gov. Jon Corzine.    The Mercer County stop on a statewide tour brought him to a high school auditorium filled with about 500 people, many of them peturbed by his plan to halve New Jersey’s $32 billion debt, partly by raising…