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Missing Teen Found Safe, South Jersey High School Sex Scandal Top State News

Other top stories this week include a family of six forced to jump from the third-floor of their burning apartment building and a man accused of stealing the identity of a deceased dentist to work out of four dental offices over the past year.

 

Missing Teen Who Tweeted 'Call 911' Turns Herself In After 48-Hour Disappearance

A Clark teenager who tweeted, "There is somone in my hour ecall 911," around 6 p.m. Sunday night before vanishing, turned herself into police Wednesday. The teen's disappearance, which police now consider voluntary, went viral on Twitter, with the hashtag #helpfindkara peaking at No. 3 worldwide.

Three Triton High School teachers are charged with engaging in sexual activity with former students, and two administrators, including Principal Catherine DePaul, are charged with not reporting what they knew.

Family Jumps Out Third Floor to Escape Blaze

A mother and her five children were forced to jump out of a third-floor window when a fire broke out early Wednesday morning in their Newark apartment.

Short Hills Man Allegedly Stole Dead Dentist's Identity

A Short Hills dentist, who was banned from practicing, used the identity of dead dentist to work out of four dental offices during the last year, according to the state Attorney General. 

Four Mahwah High School students have been charged as juveniles in a burglary and arson in the Ridge Gardens condo complex Wednesday night, Mahwah police said Friday afternoon.

Authorities have charged 18 people from around the region as part of a months long investigation into drug sales, gambling and violent crime in the Englewood-area, including a seasonal parks worker who was dealing ecstasy from a concession stand in Englewood's Mackay Park, City Police Chief Arthur O'Keefe said.

New Jersey Doctors Received Medication Linked to Deadly Meningitis Outbreak

Pain specialists in Teaneck and Sparta were among doctors at six medical facilities across the state who received medication linked to a deadly multistate outbreak of fungal meningitis, officials said Friday. 

16-Year-Old Bloomfield Girl Killed in Car Crash

A 16-year-old Bloomfield High School soccer player died Saturday night in a car crash that left four others injured.  

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SFB June 19, 2013 at 02:02 pm
I totally disagree that the plan to build apartments on the hospital site is bad for Princeton. ForRead More the many people who drive into Princeton every day from neighboring townships to work, these apartments will offer an alternative that allows them to walk or cycle instead. Less traffic is good for everybody. Residents in these apartments will also support Princeton businesses and contribute to Princeton's tax base. They will make the town more vibrant. The plan has been substantially revised to better fit in with the neighborhood. In fact it makes the neighborhood more open by adding several new through streets and a park on the corner of Witherspoon and Franklin. 56 affordable units are provided in both big buildings on every level and facing every direction. This is a fantastic opportunity for tenants of income-restricted properties in Princeton. These apartments would be beneficial anywhere in Princeton. They will increase the value of surrounding homes and provide new housing opportunities. Neighbors are entitled to voice their protest, but they will reap the greatest benefit from living next to a modern, well-maintained residential property instead of the much larger, uglier hospital building, which generated far more traffic and regular shipments of biohazardous waste.
David Keddie June 19, 2013 at 03:34 pm
Respectfully, there are over 24,000 workers who drive into Princeton each day many of whom wouldRead More love to live within walking distance of their jobs. In the former Borough more people walk to work than drive. Surely we would all benefit from more housing in town. Princeton has become unaffordable. No doubt if zoning had existed when the Witherspoon/Jackson neighborhood developed it would have been blocked by the neighbors. The only way to preserve the original character of our town as one marked by socioeconomic diversity and affordability is to increase the supply of housing. Other college towns like Ithaca, Berkeley, and Cambridge are built at much higher densities and don't suffer as a result.