Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: School budget overwhelmingly defeated

      Voters in the Montgomery Township School District have defeated the proposed 2010-11 school budget by a vote of  2,514 to 1,721.  Lei Yu, Shalini Barghava and Andrea Bradley were elected to the school board.

  • PRINCETON: Ridge settlement reflected in new zoning ordinance

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    The Princeton Township Committee introduced a zoning ordinance last week that resulted from settlement talks with citizens who sued the township over a zoning ordinance that would permit senior housing on the Princeton Ridge.    The Friends of Princeton Ridge filed the lawsuit two years ago that challenged the provisions of…

  • PRINCETON: University catches a break in revaluation

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    While residential and commercial property assessments in Princeton Borough and Township have approximately doubled under a recently completed revaluation, those of taxable and exempt property owned by Princeton University went up less precipitously, prompting questions by Princeton residents and public officials.    According to calculations of one Borough Councilman, David Goldfarb,…

  • PRINCETON: Boro Council gets Arts Council report

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Despite straitened financial circumstances in a slow economy, the Arts Council of Princeton is continuing to provide the surrounding community with as vibrant a spectrum of activities and events as always, its executive director, Jeff Nathanson, told Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday evening.    No sooner had the Arts Council moved…

  • PRINCETON: Resident gives $1.35 million to hospital

       Princeton resident Leonard Punia donated $1.35 million toward the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, Princeton HealthCare System Foundation announced Wednesday.    A Mr. Punia, 83, made the gift in honor of his wife, Renee, who died in August after a long battle with cancer. Noting that his wife enjoyed spending time in her…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, Montgomery, Plainsboro

    Princeton Township     Kurtis Brown and Courtney Wade, both 23-year-old Trenton residents, were charged with arrested after a traffic stop April 7 on South Harrison Street.    Their car was pulled over for speeding and for having a front headlamp out, police said.    During the stop, Mr. Brown, who did not have a driver’s license on him,…

  • PRINCETON: Township PD honoring fallen officer

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Next month, Princeton Township police Officer Chris King will head to Washington, D.C., in the Police Unity Tour, an annual bicycle ride to raise awareness of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty.    It will be the third time he’s participated, riding in honor of the…

  • WEST WINDSOR: School board approves employee contract

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    The West Windsor-Plainsboro school board approved a labor agreement with the WW-P Service Association on Tuesday.    The agreement, which covers 350 employees, including secretaries, bus drivers, instructional assistants, custodians, assistant head custodians, maintenance workers, bus mechanics, bus aides and cafeteria/playground aides, calls for no pay increase for the 2010-11 school…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Intercap wins a round in suit vs. township

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Superior Court Judge Linda Feinberg has rejected a request by West Windsor to reconsider a February decision that paved the way for a challenge to the township’s area in need of redevelopment designation.    Intercap Holdings has filed a lawsuit alleging West Windsor did not use smart growth…