Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Debate over redevelopment rages on in West Windsor as year ends

    Debate over redevelopment rages on in West Windsor as year ends

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — For West Windsor Township, 2007 will forever be associated with redevelopment and the twists and turns the community has undergone as it strives to arrive at an acceptable plan for the 350 acres encircling the Princeton Junction train station.    The key question remains what to include in…

  • Skillman Village looms large for Montgomery in 2008

    Skillman Village looms large for Montgomery in 2008

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — It was a year of preparing for new development for Montgomery, with the township’s purchase of the former North Princeton Development Center — a 260-acre former state institution the township has had its eye on for more than a decade — kicking off 2007.    The demolition of 92…

  • Debate over redevelopment rages on in West Windsor as year ends

    Debate over redevelopment rages on in West Windsor as year ends

    Redevelopment planning for the area surrounding the Princeton Junction train station dominated an election and continues to divide West Windsor. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Open alcohol is found in truck that killed Plainsboro woman

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    EWING — An open container of alcohol was found in the vehicle of the man who ended the life of a Plainsboro woman and two others when he crashed his pickup truck into oncoming traffic Friday while traveling the wrong way on northbound I-95.    Robert William Clarke, 76, of Gaston,…

  • Plainsboro among towns getting grant for pathway improvements

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders announced the award of over $1 million in funds from the Open Space and Recreation grant funds to 14 county towns for the improvement of pedestrian and bicycle paths.    Plainsboro Township was among the 14 municipalities slated to receive the funds,…

  • Skillman Village looms large for Montgomery in 2008

    Skillman Village looms large for Montgomery in 2008

    Demolition work and lingering controversy at the former North Princeton Developmental Center site occupied attention in Montgomery in 2007. In 2008, the focus is expected to be on how the site will be redeveloped. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Hospital plans remain on Plainsboro’s agenda for 2008

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The speed of Plainsboro Township’s redevelopment planning process for the future site of the University Medical Center at Princeton made what is going on in West Windsor look like a snail’s race in 2007.    From an announcement that the Plainsboro Township Committee was exploring the idea of designating…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Jan. 1

    Princeton Borough    Patrick Maniere, 27, of State College, Pa., was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:31 a.m. Friday following a motor-vehicle stop at the Spring Street parking garage, police said. Mr. Maniere was later released on his own recognizance.    Bryan Benson, 21, of New Brunswick was arrested 12:41 a.m. Friday on a warrant of…

  • Montgomery, Rocky Hill update recycling programs

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Municipalities in Somerset County are updating their recycling ordinances to comply with the county’s amended solid waste management plan that officially establishes separate recycling requirements for residential and non-residential properties.    Non-residential properties face new recycling rules under the categories of mercury-containing devices, such as neon lamps, electrical switches and thermometers,…