Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Township heading to InterCap deal

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council is preparing to take action on a packed agenda at its Monday night meeting, including a much-anticipated decision regarding the year-long InterCap litigation.    The council expects to vote in the 7 p.m. meeting on whether to approve the proposed InterCap settlement, which would add…

  • MONTGOMERY: New COAH plan ready for adoption in Montgomery

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Planning Board is seeking to build 260 new affordable family housing units, as part of the Fair Share Plan Amendment, in order to be in compliance with the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing.    The board will hold a public hearing before voting on the amendment at…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton Future airs arts area plan

    PRINCETON: Princeton Future airs arts area plan

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    More than 60 area residents turned out to hear the current plans for Princeton University’s proposed arts district planned for the site of the current Dinky train station. The Saturday morning session was held by Princeton Future at the Princeton Public Library.    ”A project like this doesn’t come along every…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Looking for lots of good companies

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Turning around New Jersey’s unwelcoming business atmosphere is the goal of Choose New Jersey, a public-private venture started by statewide business leaders.    Dennis Bone, interim chair of Choose New Jersey and CEO of Verizon New Jersey, explained the organization’s mission at the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon.    ”New…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Township closing in on land buy

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — To conclude two years of financial negotiations and to beat a ticking clock for Mercer County funding, Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said he hopes the Township Council and the public will support a proposed ordinance to purchase 27 acres of open space on Clarksville Road.    A public hearing…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Board aims to close achievement gap

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Despite above-average academic performance in the West Windsor- Plainsboro school district, the Board of Education is keeping the achievement gap among students at the forefront of discussion.    At the board’s meeting on Tuesday night, Russell Lazovick, the assistant superintendent of curriculum and planning, presented a detailed report comparing…

  • MONTGOMERY: Committee revises smoking ban law

    By Allison Musante, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Residents will be permitted to smoke only on open trails and parkland but not on other municipal property, according to a revised anti-smoking ordinance introduced at the Township Committee meeting on Nov. 4.    The ordinance, which will be up for adoption at the committee’s Dec. 2 meeting, would…

  • PRINCETON: Court backs borough

    Cottage Club must pay property taxes By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The state Supreme Court has denied an appeal from a private eating club in Princeton Borough that was attempting to be recognized as a historic property for property tax exemption.    Had the Cottage Club, an exclusive off-campus eating and residential establishment for Princeton University…

  • PRINCETON: Spirit of Princeton to present Veterans’ Day ceremony Thursday morning

        The Spirit of Princeton Committee welcomes the community to honor the nation’s veterans, as well as those young men and women still actively serving in the military, by attending the Veterans’ Day ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m., at the All Wars Monument, located at the intersection of Mercer and Nassau streets,…