Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • ‘First grade is such a big deal’

    ‘First grade is such a big deal’

    Nathan He, who is getting ready to begin first grade next, visits with Orchard Hill School principal Tom Barclay. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Vote pending on designation for new hospital site

    Plainsboro planners recommend old FMC site as area in need of redevelopment By Greg ForesterStaff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee on Sept. 10 will consider a resolution officially designating the future site of the University Medical Center at Princeton as an area in need of redevelopment.    The designation was unanimously recommended by Plainsboro’s planning…

  • Light donation sparks bicycle safety effort

    Police in effort to aid after-dark cycling commuters By Katie WagnerSpecial Writer    Cycling at night is about to become safer for some local bicyclists. Starting Monday, the Princeton Township Police Department will be handing all cyclists found without bicycle lights a letter encouraging them to pick up free front and rear bicycle lights at the…

  • Greenview condos? Foes emerging early

    Greenview condos? Foes emerging early

    Greeenview Avenue resident Julie Fox, second from left, talks with neighbors about a proposed condominum project. She lives in house at left. House at right would be one of three to be demolished. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • NPDC demolition work staying on schedule

    NPDC demolition work staying on schedule

    Completion expected by Sunday By Katie WagnerSpecial Writer    MONTGOMERY — Demolition of the former North Princeton Developmental Center is nearing completion and township professionals are preparing to take further steps toward planning the 256-acre site’s redevelopment.    As of Monday afternoon, 88 of the 92 buildings targeted for demolition had been taken down by the primary…

  • No plea deal in PU student beating

    Lawyer cites results of polygraph test, witness reports By Nick NorlenStaff Writer    A Princeton University student and his friend who were charged with aggravated assault in the beating of another student rejected plea deals from the Mercer County prosecutor last week, their attorneys said.    University student Nicholas Hermandorfer and his friend, Adam Fassnacht, were arrested…

  • New shopping center bookstore hopes to restart post office

    New shopping center bookstore hopes to restart post office

    Popular contract station remains closed By Nick NorlenStaff Writer    Chestnut Tree Books is gone from the Princeton Shopping Center, but the owner of the bookstore taking its place hopes to start a new chapter for the post office located in the space.    Deb Hunter, owner of the newly opened Chicklet Books, said she has decided…

  • West Windsor girds for new sessions on redevelopment

    More educational meetings, more committees and more community involvement on agenda By Greg ForesterStaff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A new series of dates for educational meetings, more committees, and more community involvement are part of the township’s plan to determine exactly what West Windsor residents want on the 350-acre redevelopment area around the Princeton Junction…

  • 14th District candidates support trust fund ballot initiative

    $200 million for preservation By Paul KoeppThe Packet Group    All six major-party candidates in the 14th District said last week that they support a ballot initiative that would allow the state to borrow money for the Garden State Preservation Trust.    However, they also said the bond issue would be a stopgap measure, and permanent funding…