Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: A saga of family pizza at Conte’s

    By Pat Summers, Special Writer Pat SummersSpecial Writer    Fifty-nine years ago today, gastronomic history was made in Princeton: Conte’s, the iconic old-town bar and building on Witherspoon Street, served pizza for the first time.    Although, to begin with, McDonald’s kept track of its burgers sold — now claiming simply “billions and billions served” — it’s…

  • PRINCETON: University holds town meeting on budget

    By Samantha Pergadia, Special Writer   PRINCETON —  Princeton University has cut in half the number of layoffs it had previously expected to make, according to Lianne Sullivan-Crowley, vice president for human resources, who spoke at a campus town hall meeting Tuesday. She credited the university’s budget and cost-savings initiatives.    Ms. Sullivan-Crowley reported that a voluntary incentivized…

  • PRINCETON: Borough hears pitch for $6M pool project

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Community Park pool is a unique and valued amenity in Princeton, and in order to remain so must receive a significant overhaul, Princeton Recreation Director Jack Roberts told Princeton Borough Council at its meeting Tuesday evening.    Fully rebuilding the 42-year-old pool was likely to cost around $6 million…

  • PRINCETON: New store turns refuse into retail products

    PRINCETON: New store turns refuse into retail products

    Albe Zakes of TerraCycle, with some of the colorful recycled products for sale in the company’s new Palmer Square store. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: New store turns refuse into retail products

    PRINCETON: New store turns refuse into retail products

    Display window of TerraCycle’s new Palmer Square store, featuring a variety of recycled products. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • WEST WINDSOR: Planning Board OKs PU buildings on Harrison St.

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township Planning Board granted approval this week to a plan by Princeton University to construct five 10,000-square-foot storage buildings on its property along Lower Harrison Street.    The planned facility, which also includes a large outdoor storage area, will replace a storage area now used by the…

  • PRINCETON: New FreeB jitney finally rolls into borough

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — As they say in transportation circles, better late than never. At long last, Princeton Borough has taken delivery of a new FreeB jitney from NJ Transit, many months later than expected.    Thursday morning, Mayor Mildred Trotman, Borough Administrator Bob Bruschi, Borough Engineer Chris Budzinski and other borough officials…

  • PRINCETON: PTS student housing plan moves to planning board

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Plans by the Princeton Theological Seminary to replace aging student housing on land off Canal Pointe Boulevard advanced this week, amid concerns over the environmental impact of the project.    Members of the Site Plan Review Advisory Board made the recommendation Monday night to move the application to…

  • PRINCETON: Township seeks changes in flood notice measure

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   PRINCETON —  Princeton Township Committee has gone back to the drawing board in its effort to require owners of rental property to disclose a history of serious flooding on their property.    The committee decided Monday night that a proposal to close a loophole that allows property owners to avoid such…