Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PLAINSBORO: Audubon preserve plans to install solar array

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO – The Plainsboro Preserve, a location of the New Jersey Audubon Society, is preparing to move along with a solar array project.    The preserve is planning to install four solar arrays on about 17,000-square-feet to generate about 90 kilowatts of power, according to Plainsboro’s director of planning and zoning,…

  • PRINCETON: Activity at former Lahiere’s site

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Work is being done in the restaurant portion of the former Lahiere’s building.    ”We’ve got some work that is going on and there will be some work going on throughout the summer,” said Jeffrey M. Siegel, president of ML7, the real estate firm that bought the building last year.    From…

  • PRINCETON: Township attorney not in support of transit zone

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Princeton University has the right to move the Dinky station and Princeton Township should not support Princeton Borough and its efforts to create a new transit zone, the township attorney told the Township Committee at its Monday meeting.    The new zoning is in response to Princeton University wishing to build…

  • PRINCETON: Residents thank Scouts for garden work

       Residents of Harriet Bryan House and Elm Court thanked local Boy Scouts for the contributions they made to their community garden with an ice cream social on June 20.    The Boy Scout Troop 43 topped their list of “good deeds” this spring by creating additional raised garden beds for residents who rely on wheelchairs for…

  • MONTGOMERY: Letters exchanged over school aid funding

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — An exchange of letters and a bit of a clash of ideas has occurred between state Sen. Michael Doherty and school Superintendent Earl Kim.    In a letter dated June 8, Senator Doherty wrote to Mr. Kim trying to enlist his support “in an effort to restore equity into…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Township    Eric K. Killackey, 52, of West Windsor, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. At 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday, police were on patrol on Route 206 near Elm Road and attempted to stop a vehicle traveling south on Route 206, and Mr. Killackey failed to stop for police. Police caught up to…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Alexander Road reopens, work continues

       WEST WINDSOR — The 24-hour, full-closure of Alexander Road for construction work that has caused traffic backups for the past month ended Wednesday.    The road is now open to two lanes of traffic.    Lucas Construction Group successfully completed the road bed reconstruction and regrading through the “S” curve. The road is base paved and temporarily…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Township, InterCap scheduled back in court

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR – Attorneys representing the township, InterCap Holdings and the Fair Share Housing Center will appear before the Mercer County Superior Court on Thursday to see whether the third time’s a charm for reaching an agreement on affordable housing.    At the Monday night Township Council meeting, an amended settlement…

  • LAWRENCE: Township liquor store robbed at gunpoint

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    Township police are searching for three men who robbed Larry’s Wine and Spirits on Brunswick Avenue at gunpoint on Monday night.    Police Lt. Charles B. Edgar said the robbers escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash and several bottles of liquor and wine at about 9:45 p.m.    One of the…