Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Township Committee approves senior housing amendments

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Nearly six months after the architect and developer requested it, the Princeton Township Committee granted J. Robert Hillier’s wish Monday, amending, among other things, the age limit allowed in the Bunn Drive senior housing overlay zone.    Although members of the committee insisted the ordinance made provisions for the site to…

  • Princeton University increases fees 3.9 percent

       Princeton University’s board of trustees approved Saturday a 3.9-percent increase in student fees for next school year.    An almost 7-percent increase in the undergraduate scholarship budget was also approved during the meeting to ensure that the increase in fees will not affect any student on financial aid, according to the university. Next school year’s financial…

  • Improvements suggested in study of WW traffic hotspot

    Improvements suggested in study of WW traffic hotspot

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission will be on hand at the Feb. 11 Township Council meeting to present the findings of a vision study that makes recommendations for future traffic transportation improvements to one of West Windsor’s busiest roadways, Clarksville Road.    The study drew on the…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Jan. 29

    Princeton Borough    Shannon Bulk, 20, of Cranbury, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 11:52 p.m. Friday following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street. She was transported to police headquarters, processed and released on her own recognizance.    Emmanuel Studer, 34, of Princeton, was charged with driving while intoxicated at 2:04 a.m. Saturday following a…

  • Improvements suggested in study of WW traffic hotspot

    Improvements suggested in study of WW traffic hotspot

    Penn Lyle Road as it approaches the intersection of Clarksville Road as it appears today, and …

  • Stage is set, cast has shrunk for state presidential primary

    By Fred Tuccillo, Managing Editor    New Jersey voters preparing to play their part in the Super Tuesday round of presidential primaries next week confront a shrinking cast of candidates and some last minute script changes in both the Democratic and Republican contests.    For Republicans, the withdrawal of Rudy Giuliani has set off some rapid reshuffling…

  • Montgomery Planning Board chairman arrested

       MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Township Planning Board Chairman Steven Sacks-Wilner, 57, of Dutchtown-Zion Road was arrested on warrants issued by the Hillsborough Township and Manville municipal courts for failure to appear in court on multiple motor vehicle summonses at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Montgomery police reported.    Mr. Sacks-Wilner, who is an attorney, was taken to police headquarters…

  • West Windsor attorney conflict is a rerun

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — It seems like déjà vu all over again, as Yogi Berra famously said.    Another disagreement over an attorney is brewing between Township Council and Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, as the Township Council moves forward with redevelopment planning duties.    This new impasse revolves around the selection of a redevelopment…

  • Lesson plan debate in Princeton school district simmers away

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    The debate — or discussion, depending on who’s describing it — between Princeton Regional School District teachers and administrators about a new lesson plan mandate is ongoing.    The issue was again aired at the board of education meeting Jan. 22.    But meetings have taken place with both parties, their representatives…