Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Organization works to find more school funds

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    New Jersey public schools are scrambling to prevent the adoption of Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed 2013 budget, which would continue to underfund school districts for the fourth year in a row.    Concerned parents, citizens and board members gathered at Labyrinth Books for an open forum on Saturday held by Save…

  • PRINCETON: Panel learns of options for police dispatch

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Ideas for a consolidated police dispatch are being discussed and weighed by the Public Safety Subcommittee of the Transition Task Force last week in response to a request for information put out last month.    Police dispatch services for Princeton Borough and Princeton Township will be consolidated in the new Princeton…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Police charge man as alleged multi-town burglar

    By Charles Kim, Packet Media Group    SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Police charged a New Brunswick man last week with allegedly committing five burglaries in three different towns and suspect he may be involved in more than a dozen similar crimes on the Route 27 corridor.    Walter Hastings, 50, was arrested at 10 a.m. June 8 at…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Mayor Hsueh hears from residents at forum

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Several citizens took advantage of Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s special public forum at town hall on June 9 to get details and explanations on their concerns regarding the town’s projects and other ongoing issues.    From retail improvements to roadway projects, Mayor Hsueh spent roughly two hours that afternoon…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Residents not satisfied at solar farm session

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Township residents left the Mercer County Community College Conference Center last Friday unsatisfied and fired up after the college’s unsuccessful public forum to allay concerns regarding a planned solar farm project.    The college invited representatives from SunLight General Capital, the company funding the project, and Phil Miller,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Yum-O: Crowd likes Rachael Ray

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert and Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writers    It was not a 30 minute wait to meet the queen of 30 minute meals this week at Barnes & Noble as Rachael Ray made the first stop on her “Book of Burger” book tour in the Princeton area.    The day after the book’s release, hundreds of…

  • PRINCETON: AvalonBay presents changes to designs

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert and Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writers    AvalonBay, the developer seeking to buy the former hospital site and redevelop it into 280 rental apartments, was back before the Borough Council this week to provide a project update.    ”We expect to file a conforming site plan imminently and we look forward to site plan hearings…

  • PRINCETON: National group lists battlefield as endangered

       The National Trust for Historic Preservation has named the Princeton Battlefield to its list of America’s 11 most endangered historic places, citing plans by the Institute for Advanced Study to build 15 units of housing on the a portion of the site.    As proposed, according to the trust, “the project would radically alter the integrity…

  • PRINCETON: Lempert top vote getter in Democratic primary for mayor

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert and Jennifer Bradley, Staff Writers Liz Lempert defeated Kevin Wilkes in the Democratic Party mayor’s race with double the votes in the primary election Tuesday while voters selected six candidates for the final election to the new Princeton Council. Ms. Lempert finished with 2,055 votes and Mr. Wilkes had 1,105 in unofficial…