LEA KAHN, Staff Writer

Lea began working for the Packet publications in 1985, covering Lawrence Twp., and then expanding her coverage to Princeton in 2019. While history is her favorite topic, she has earned 13 awards from the New Jersey Press Association for coverage ranging from features to government and education. Lea continues to cover Lawrence Twp. and Princeton. She can be reached via email at lkahn@donnelly.media.

‘It is about the people’

Mayor Mark Freda was sworn into office, alongside newly-elected Princeton Councilmen Leighton Newlin and Brian McDonald, at the Princeton Council's annual reorganization meeting Jan....

‘Thank you for making Princeton smile again’

Michael LaSusa, who is the superintendent of schools in a northern New Jersey school district, has been named to become the Princeton Public Schools...

Princeton school board reorganizes, elects president and vice president

Three newly-elected school board members were sworn into office at the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education's reorganization meeting Jan. 7. Mara Franceschi, who is...

Man charged with multiple drug offenses

A 47-year-old East Windsor Township man was charged with multiple drug-related offenses after he was allegedly found asleep in a dugout at the Hightstown...

East Windsor Police blotter

A 30-year-old Philadelphia resident was charged with shoplifting Jan. 7 for allegedly taking items valued at $346 from Target in an incident that occurred...

Princeton Police blotter

A 45-year-old Maple Shade woman was charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief after police responded to a report of a person inside the...