Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Health board plans smoking ban in parks

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton will seek to ban smoking in all municipal public parks and recreational facilities to combat exposure to second-hand smoke, the first community in Mercer County to take such a step.    The ban, contained in an ordinance that the Princeton Board of Health is scheduled to adopt March 19,…

  • PRINCETON: AvalonBay sues over hospital site decision

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Developer AvalonBay sued Wednesday to overturn the Princeton Planning Board’s “illegal denial” of its proposed 280-unit apartment building at the former Princeton hospital site on Witherspoon Street.    As part of its legal filings this week, the developer also asked a Superior Court judge to fast-track the case for decision…

  • PRINCETON: DOT Commissioner urges Route 1 cooperation

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    State Department of Transportation Commissioner James S. Simpson on Wednesday urged Princeton-area business leaders to support a roughly $40 million project to ease congestion on Route 1.    Mr. Simpson, addressing the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce, waited until nearly the end of his 50-minute speech before touching on a…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    The Cottage Club at 51 Prospect Ave. told police that a naked white man, about 20, entered the club’s dining hall and began dancing at about 6:33 p.m. on Feb. 15. Police said the man fled in an unknown direction after being confronted by an employee.    Arthur Shockley, 28, of Princeton, was charged with…

  • PRINCETON: Changes in FreeB service to be recommended

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton municipal bus needs to run more days during the week and discontinue taking commuters to and from the Dinky station, a task force has concluded.    Former Borough Mayor Marvin Reed, chairman of a study group that the council created this month to examine the “FreeB,” plans to…

  • PRINCETON: Worker dies at Borough Hall; is remembered

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A longtime Princeton municipal employee was remembered this week as a dedicated public servant whose sudden death inside Borough Hall on Saturday stunned friends and coworkers.    Charles F. Harding Jr., employed in the Sewer Operating Committee for close to 30 years, died of a massive heart attack, said Bob…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    The Cottage Club at 51 Prospect Avenue, a Princeton University eating club, reported that a naked, white man, about 20, entered the club’s dining hall and began dancing at about 6:33 p.m. on Feb. 15. Police said the man fled in an unknown direction after being confronted by an employee.    Arthur Shockley, 28, of…

  • MONTGOMERY: Business forum set for Feb. 26

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Understanding loans, deciphering bank jargon and ways to attain ultimate success — these are some of the secrets local business owners will have the opportunity to unlock at the Economic Development Commission’s (EDC) annual networking forum.    The EDC switched it up this year by featuring not one, but…

  • PRINCETON: Annual deer hunt underway

       The annual town deer culling in Princeton was scheduled to start Monday between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.    A notice posted on the town website says that the controlled hunts “may take” place on properties listed on the following streets:    Arreton Road    Cherry Hill Road    Cherry Valley Road    Crestview Drive    Drakes Corner Road    Gallup Road…