Category: archives

  • Landscaping plan for Nassau Street development reviewed

    Barsky Brothers housing site gets on-site look By: Marjorie Censer    Princeton planning officials took their Thursday meeting on the road — gathering at 302 Nassau St., where developer Barsky Brothers will soon build a small housing development on two existing lots.    The Landscape Subcommittee of the Regional Planning Board of Princeton convened on site and…

  • Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert to talk at PU Nov. 8

       Bob Herbert, op-ed columnist for The New York Times, will deliver the Stafford Little Lecture at 8 p.m. Nov. 8 in McCosh Hall 50 on the Princeton University campus.    Mr. Herbert’s lecture, "The Consequences of Incompetence," will examine human costs of poor planning and bad decision-making by public officials. His lecture will focus on recent…

  • Candidates differ on police, recreation

    The four candidates vying for two seats on Bourough council next month say that partisan politics should play little or no role in leading the bourough. By: Vic Monaco    HIGHTSTOWN — The four candidates vying for two seats on Borough Council next month agree that taxes and the redevelopment of the former mill property are…

  • Borough reluctantly introduces affordable-housing ordinance

    Council decides to challenge state Council on Affordable Housing at a later date By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Borough Council introduced an ordinance Tuesday intended to help the borough cope with its new affordable-housing regulations — and decided to challenge the New Jersey State Council on Affordable Housing at a later date.    The council had…

  • Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance honors a mentor

    Rhonda Heisler receives Eva Collins Award By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance — a joint municipal alliance that works to prevent substance abuse in the community — presented the Eva Collins Award to Rhonda Heisler at its annual breakfast Wednesday.    Ms. Heisler has worked on the Corner House newsletter, news releases and…

  • Dakota

    "Dakota," a friendly, 3-year-old border collie mix, is in need of a loving home and available for adoption from SAVE, Princeton’s animal shelter, 900 Herrontown Road, Princeton. For information about adopting "Dakota" or another cat or dog, call (609) 921-6122. SAVE: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/NJ143.html

  • Tigers oust Monroe from GMCT

    By: Carolyn M. Hartko    There was no upset in this year’s Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament for the Monroe Township High School field hockey team. The sixth-seeded Lady Falcons bowed out of the tourney with a 3-0 quarterfinal loss at third-seeded South Plainfield (11-5) this past Monday.    South Plainfield played an extremely aggressive game, outshooting the…

  • Letters to the Editor for the week of Oct. 28

    By: It’s time for change on Borough Council To the editor:     There is a similarity between the federal and Hightstown Borough governments.    They both believe themselves to be competent, intelligent, honest, open and supporters of the Constitution and its democratic principles. They both would like a balanced budget. It isn’t happening. We have secrecy…

  • Lanning Boulevard Linkage Road opens

    New roadway will help businesses and customers. By: Marisa Maldonado    EAST WINDSOR — About 800 feet of new roadway will help businesses and customers in one of the township’s more heavily developed areas, after the Lanning Boulevard Linkage Road was opened for business Monday afternoon.    The road, which connects Lanning Boulevard to the ShopRite on…