Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Board backs modified smoking ban for parks

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — It appears Montgomery is closer to cracking down on smoking within public parks after the Board of Health gave its support on Feb. 13 to move forward with an amended smoke-free ordinance.    A handful of residents watched as the board passed a resolution with a 7-1 vote, supporting…

  • PRINCETON: New jughandles plan floated by DOT

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The state Department of Transportation has floated a “concept” for relieving traffic on busy Route 1 that involves widening the highway and adding jughandles in both directions.    Local officials from the three impacted communities, Plainsboro, Princeton and West Windsor, along with representatives of Princeton University and Princeton Healthcare System…

  • PRINCETON: No decision made on chamber-proposed kiosks

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce made a formal pitch to the Princeton Council Monday to upgrade the two kiosk message boards on Nassau Street.    The chamber is interested in having cleaner, more organized boards that limit the unregulated use of the boards as they are today where people…

  • PRINCETON: Arts and transit work due to start in March

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Phase one of Princeton University’s $300 million art and transit project is due to start in March during what the school says will be an overall four-year work schedule culminating in fall 2017.    The project, a major piece of university outgoing President Shirley M. Tilghman’s agenda, will begin with…

  • PRINCETON: Some residents oppose boarding school

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton resident Michele Comer was OK with living next to the American Boy Choir School on Lambert Drive.    She and her neighbors, who pay high property taxes to live in an expensive part of town, say they have problems with a planned 300 student boarding school seeking to go…

  • PRINCETON: Property values stable

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The majority of property owners in the consolidated Princeton will see no change in the assessed value of their properties, the town said Thursday.    Green postcards, containing assessment information, were due to be mailed out this week, said municipal tax assessor Neal Snyder in a phone interview. He said…

  • MONTGOMERY: Police to begin recruitment process

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — For the past decade, the Police Department has had the luxury of choosing from a selection of trained and experienced officers on the rare occasion a position became available.    But that’s all about to change this year as the department gets ready to recruit new cadets to fill…

  • PRINCETON: Former mayor threatens lawsuit over Valley Road school building

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Former Princeton Mayor Richard Woodbridge has turned up the heat on the school district by warning of a lawsuit if the Valley Road School is left to deteriorate.    Mr. Woodbridge, part of an organization seeking to acquire the building to turn it into a community center, said there is…

  • MONTGOMERY: Committee honors school robotics team

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer br>       MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee had a special visitor on Feb. 7 – “Jordan,” an award winning robot that appears to be able to shoot more baskets more accurately than most humans.    Jordan is the creation of the Montgomery High robotics team. This robot has made Team 1403 a…