Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PU leasing a WW site for offices

    A 15-year lease, option to buy By Greg Forester Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The sole occupant of a brand-new 112,000 square-foot office building off of Route 1 south will be none other than Princeton University, according to testimony given at Wednesday’s Planning Board meeting.    Officials from Carnegie Center developer Boston Properties revealed the nature…

  • News magazine editors say print still has a pulse

    Discussing the future of journalism at PU By Katie Wagner Staff Writer    Despite the increasingly large amount of online bloggers out there and the decreases in circulation so many top magazines and newspapers are experiencing, Jim Kelly, managing editor of Time Inc., and Evan Thomas, Newsweek editor-at-large, don’t think society is likely to pull the…

  • Johnson Park school traffic worries parents, principal

    Johnson Park school traffic worries parents, principal

    Motorists use turn lane for passing By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    For Lauren Taylor, a mother moments away from dropping off her two children at Johnson Park Elementary School Wednesday morning, the speeding car that illegally swooped by the side of her stopped SUV was too close for comfort.    Ms. Taylor is one of several…

  • Municipal cemetery in Skillman Village?

    Among revisions being considered in plan By Katie Wagner Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY – A new cemetery, housing options and the benefits of concentrating development west of the Village Elementary School were some of the topics explored, during a three and a half hour discussion about the future of the former North Princeton Development Center at…

  • Township committee supports library talks

    Negotiations with borough favored by all but the mayor By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    If it were put to a vote, Princeton Township Mayor Phyllis Marchand’s recent assertion — that the township shouldn’t be involved in negotiations on Princeton Public Library parking — would apparently lose 4-1.    All four of her colleagues on the township…

  • Montgomery newsletter to offer school budget message

    A PR contract of up to $8,000 Katie Wagner Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Board of Education has decided to hire Boyar & Sandler School Communications to develop and execute a newsletter and public relations plan at a cost not to exceed $8,000.    The board agreed to hire the communications services firm during Tuesday’s…

  • Princeton Ridge issues delay 55-plus proposal

    Proposed ordinance tabled after discussion By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    With some members calling for patience and others indicating a sense of urgency, the Princeton Township Committee ultimately decided Monday to table the ordinance that could pave the way for a senior housing development on the Princeton Ridge.    The ordinance will be discussed again at…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

    November 30 Princeton Borough    Jack Eelman, 23, of Princeton, was charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing at 1:08 a.m. on Nov. 22 following a pedestrian stop on Nassau Street at Vandeventer Avenue, police said. Mr. Eelman was arrested after he was observed acting in an aggressive and tumultuous manner, police said. He was transported to…

  • WW-P South HS Pirate band places nationally

    Third place in a U.S. competition in Baltimore By Greg Forester Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South’s Pirate Marching Band earned third place in its division at the United States Scholastic Band Association National Championship, held Nov. 16 at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.    Competing against 10 similarly sized bands, the…