• ‘Shared sacrifices’ are needed now

    John Clearwater of Princeton Although it seems The Princeton Packet recently is not interested in any opinion pieces but it’s own, I will try once again.    I showed up at a November school board meeting and, as the only one wishing to make public comment that evening, took advantage in trying the board’s patience with…

  • PRINCETON: Man charged following disturbance at St. Paul’s

       A Trenton man was charged with criminal mischief after he allegedly broke a stained glass pane on a front door to St. Paul’s Church on Christmas Eve, angry that church officials asked him to leave, police said.    Princeton Borough police were dispatched to the church, at 214 Nassau St., at 7:17 p.m. and found Marvin…

  • PRINCETON: Police investigate borough stabbing

       A borough man was hospitalized this weekend with two stab wounds to his upper chest, according to police.    Officers responded to 120 Witherspoon St. at 6:50 a.m. Sunday after they were called to the scene by the victim’s roommate, Princeton Borough police Lt. Nick Sutter said. The victim was found inside the house, bleeding from…

  • PRINCETON: X-ray technicians received $2.8 million award

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    A jury awarded three technicians at Princeton Regional Orthopedics $942,000 each in compensation for injuries they received because of the improper installation of an X-ray machine in their office.    The $2,826,000 award — to Shellie Austin, Elizabeth Hall and Gail Letizia — was made Dec. 9 following a jury trial…

  • PRINCETON: Duo bringing sushi to Princeton

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    All that rich cooking, those sugary treats, making you crave a little Asian leanness and simplicity over the holidays?    Keep a watch at South Tulane Street where MoC MoC Sushi is set to open, featuring the fresh flavors of raw fish, rice and other simple and elegant Japanese fare.    MoC…

  • PRINCETON: Borough will repave Mercer Street

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The Princeton Borough Council took the first step last week toward alleviating the bone-jarring ride motorists endure as they travel on Mercer Street by awarding a $1.9 million contract for reconstruction of the street.    At its Dec. 22 meeting, the council unanimously voted to award the contract for reconstruction of…

  • Acting Classes

    By Judith K. Robinson Judith K. Robinson will be teaching a six week session of her acting classes at Princeton Community Television Studiostarting on Wednesday, January 13th and will continue through February 17th. This will give the opportunity for new members to join. The class focuses on learning a process that expands one’s emotional range,…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Dec. 29, 2009 – Jan. 8, 2010

    Tuesday, Dec. 29     Princeton Township Committee, 10 a.m., Township Municipal Complex.     Saturnalia Celebration : Ovid & Corinna. Labyrinth Books and Lethe Underworld Productions will present a public reading by Publius Ovidius Naso, the unsurpassed master of the elegiac Latin couplet, to honor the winter solstice. Publius Ovidius Naso, also known as Ovid, will…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, West Windsor, Plainsboro

    Princeton Borough    Leigh Holt, 34, of Merchantville, was arrested and charged with shoplifting and theft of library materials Dec. 21 after police determined she stole $136.91 worth of books from the Princeton Public Library on Dec. 21 and shoplifted approximately $22 in magazines from The Kiosk newsstand at Palmer Square on Nassau Street on Dec.…

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