Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WW officials say COAH revisions complicate redevelopment plan

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — New Council on Affordable Housing regulations could damage the viability of the redevelopment zone at the Princeton Junction train station, township officials say.    The new COAH proposals issued Dec. 17, came in the form of a complicated and detailed document, hundreds of pages long.    The consensus from…

  • Rocky Hill official reflects on more than 30 years of service

    Rocky Hill official reflects on more than 30 years of service

    Larry Raffaelli, Rocky Hill’s zoning officer, is retiring after 31 years with the borough. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Princeton Borough to resume community policing program

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Your friendly neighborhood police officers are about to be back on the beat.    After being shelved for several months due to personnel shortages, the Princeton Borough Police Department’s community policing unit will return Jan. 1 with a new name and extended duties.    The newly titled Community Service Unit will take…

  • Lawrence zoners nix cell tower close to Princeton border

    By Lea Kahn, The Packet Group    LAWRENCE — The Cellco Partnership lost its battle to build a 140-foot-tall communications tower on the Peterson’s Nursery property on Route 206 near the Princeton Township border, earlier this month.    The Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously at a special meeting Dec. 19 — the eighth one…

  • Edward Albee mostly mum on details of McCarter play

    Edward Albee mostly mum on details of McCarter play

    Edward Albee at his Princeton press conference on Friday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Montgomery envisions a more pleasing and pedestrian friendly Route 206

    Montgomery envisions a more pleasing and pedestrian friendly Route 206

    The view on Route 206 in Montgomery is dominated by parking lots like this one at Montgomery Shopping Center. Future retail buildings will have to built closer to the road, with parking largely located at the rear or sides of stores. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Dog trainer’s Congo story on attack training was dismissed by official

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    The dog trainer who claims Congo’s owner requested attack training for the dog before it mauled a landscaper said he gave that information to Princeton’s Animal Control Officer after the incident occurred — but the prosecutor in the case said he was only made aware of the account after the…

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    AT WORK

    Gabriel Morales on the job as a seasonal sales associate selling gift cards at MarketFair. Staff photo by Katie Wagner

  • Edward Albee mostly mum on details of McCarter play

    Edward Albee mostly mum on details of McCarter play

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    When writing his newest play, Edward Albee wasn’t daunted by the prospect of casting identical twins to fill the lead roles.    ”Anything is possible in the theater,” the renowned playwright said Friday during a press conference for the upcoming world premier of “Me, Myself, and I,” which runs at Princeton’s…