Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Car fire causes evacuations

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    When Jaime Geter and her friend left Chuck’s Spring Street Café in downtown Princeton, they found their car in flames — resulting in business and residential evacuations on Saturday afternoon, according to police.    Police said the 1999 green Dodge Stratus belonged to Joann Geter, Ms. Geter’s mother.    Ms. Geter and…

  • PRINCETON: Kilgore to retain ownership of Packet Media Group

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Packet Media Group publisher James B. Kilgore has announced that his newspaper, magazine and Internet chain is no longer for sale.    ”This company is very much a part of my family and there is still much to do here to get back on a path of growth while continuing…

  • PRINCETON: Most offices to be located in township building

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Most major government departments of the consolidated Princeton will be housed in the township building on Witherspoon Street, borough and township officials agreed Monday.    The decision, coming at a joint meeting of the two governing bodies, followed a presentation by the architectural firm that analyzed the space needs of…

  • MONTGOMERY: Township rejects county police consolidation

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The township has joined a growing list of municipalities that have nixed the option to be part of the Somerset County police consolidation plan.    Mayor Ed Trzaska announced at the July 18 Township Council meeting he would not support Montgomery’s participation in the consolidation and the town would…

  • REGION: Pennington architect designs passive houses

    By Huck Fairman    Pennington architect Douglas Schotland grew up in Hopewell and Montgomery and graduated from the Lawrenceville School before going on to college and architecture school. Now he offers, among a range of architectural services, designs for passive houses.    These are not homes that will accept any abuse or neglect a homeowner dishes out,…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Construction workers take heat in stride

    By Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writer    The excessive heat this summer has not prevented the continuation of local construction projects, but it has pushed the workers to take extra precautions to get the job done.    ”We face these temperatures at some point every summer,” said Gary Giglio, operations manager at Arawak Paving Company. “It’s all a…

  • PRINCETON: Open space tax on township ballot

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Princeton voters will decide this fall if their merged community should have an open space tax that would generate about $1.1 million annually that could be used to acquire and maintain open space, farmland and historic properties.The referendum, backed by local officials, proposes creating a separate tax of 1.7…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Charter school denied final state charter

    By Charles W. Kim, Packet Media Group    The battle between three public school districts and a proposed Mandarin charter school appears to be over.    State Department of Education officials announced Monday that the Princeton International Academy Charter School would not be given an additional planning year and that its final charter would not be granted…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Township eyeing changes in sign ordinance

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor’s revamped sign ordinance is beginning to take shape and the Township Council is doing its best to make sure it prevents sign pollution and visual clutter.    The council met with Sam Surtees, the land use manager, on July 9 to discuss changes to the proposed…