Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Delegation meets with state over consolidation

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert went to Trenton Wednesday to help make the case before the Christie administration for a 20-percent reimbursement of the $2.3 million in transition costs incurred from consolidation.    Ms. Lempert, accompanied by Council President Bernard P. Miller and Transition Task Force co-chairman Scott Sillars, met with…

  • NJ Transit Announces System Wide Cross-Honoring in Advance of Storm

    NJ Transit Announces System Wide Cross-Honoring in Advance of Storm

    Cross-honoring in effect for Feb. 8 and 9, which enables customers to use their ticket or pass on an alternate travel mode—rail, bus or light rail. By NJ Transit With a blast of winter weather expected to hit New Jersey Friday, NJ TRANSIT today announced that system wide cross-honoring will be in effect for the…

  • PRINCETON: Multiple buildings sought at old hospital site

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Future developers of the former University Medical Center of Princeton will need to fashion a design that looks nothing like the single, massive building that AvalonBay failed to have approved, a committee agreed Tuesday.    The nine-member task force, created last month to reexamine and recommend changes to the zoning…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    (No blotter items were supplied by Princeton police.) West Windsor    (No blotter items were supplied by West Windsor police.) Montgomery    Belle Mead residents Zachary M. Slotkin, 18, and a 17-year-old juvenile male were charged with possession of marijuana under 50 grams near the Mill Pond Bridge off Mill Pond Road on Feb. 4 at…

  • PRINCETON: Senate leader visits to gain consolidation information

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    State Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney made a quick stop in Princeton Wednesday to praise officials on the historic consolidation and learn how the process went.    Mr. Sweeney met with Mayor Liz Lempert, three council members and others in town hall for about an hour, to inquire about the…

  • PRINCETON: Hurricane preparedness review meeting

       The Princeton Health Commission is seeking public input later this month when officials examine what they learned from Hurricane Sandy and what they can do better the next time a major storm or emergency occurs.    The discussion will look at storm-response issues from a public health and shelter management perspective, including ways to communicate with…

  • PLAINSBORO: Schools reopen; response to be reviewed

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Five schools in the West Windsor-Plainsboro School District were under lockdown for about two hours yesterday afternoon after two people were spotted in the area with guns.    At about 1:05 p.m., motorists on Maple Avenue made the initial report of a man and a woman walking along the…

  • PLAINSBORO: Schools & WWP HS South on lockdown

       All Plainsboro Schools were placed on lockdown shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday as well as High School South due to a suspicious male and female in the woods in possession of hunting rifles in the area of Millstone Pond.    All Plainsboro and West Windsor officers were looking for these individuals.    Officers were also stationed at…

  • PRINCETON: Name the buildings contest deadline Feb. 15

       Princeton residents have until next week to submit names in a contest to determine what the former Borough Hall and the township municipal building should be called.    Entry forms can be obtained in person at either the Princeton Public Library or the town clerk’s office in the municipal building on Witherspoon Street, or online at…