Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Boro Council takes up police chief vacancy

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The Princeton Borough Council has agreed to set up meetings of its Public Safety Committee and full governing body as soon as possible in September to begin interviewing the three current police lieutenants who are candidates to head the Police Department.    The interview schedule, described in an Aug. 7 memo…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council introduces $4.4 million in bond issues

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — West Windsor Township Council introduced a $4.2 million bond ordinance that will fund capital projects and another $200,000 bond ordinance to pay for costs associated with redevelopment Monday.    Acting Business Administrator Robert Hary said the larger of the two ordinances would fund a variety of initiatives that…

  • PRINCETON: Passion for bicycles survives man’s death

    By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group    PRINCETON — Even during his final days, antique bicycle enthusiast and Princeton Freewheeler Norman Batho was busy preserving never- recorded “bicycle sheet music” as digital audio files.    ”He ended up with close to 400 of them,” his wife, Dottie Batho, 71, said last week. Mr. Batho’s plan was to present…

  • PRINCETON: University showcases Butler College green features

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Plant-covered roofs that will cut energy consumption and extend the life of roofing materials are just some of the many sustainable features of Butler College, a new Princeton University residence hall that 283 students will call home in September.    Under the green roofs is 113,000 square feet of…

  • PRINCETON: PDS grad aids urban gardeners in Philly

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Urban gardens, where plants and produce are grown on long-abandoned spaces, now litter American cities.    But a past of industry and non-existent environmental laws means that dangerous levels of lead and toxic substances could be present in the gardens and soil, threatening the health of gardeners and consumers of produce.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Former Twp. business adminstrator dies

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Richard Van Noy, West Windsor Township’s former business administrator, passed away at his home in the Poconos on Aug. 4 following a brief battle with cancer. He was 68.    He was a familiar face in Mercer County.    Mr. Van Noy was employed in various administrative roles in Hopewell, Lawrence, and…

  • CENRAL JERSEY: Special Olympics boosters mourn Eunice Shriver

    By Natalie Lescroart and Lea Kahn, Staff Writers     In the wake of Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s Aug. 11 death, Special Olympics New Jersey authorities, athletes and friends remember the founder of the international organization as an inspiration and as a pioneer for people with disabilities.    The 88-year-old sister of President John F. Kennedy died Tuesday in…

  • CHAT TRANSCRIPT: Questions for the Editors

       To read a transcript of today’s Newsmakers Live chat with Fred Tuccillo, editor of The Princeton Packet, and Hank Kalet, online editor for The Princeton Packet newspapers, go to centraljersey.com/chat.

  • WEST WINDSOR: Vandals targeting WW Sept. 11 memorial

    Two water pumps suffer damage Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR – Vandals have made a habit of visiting a West Windsor Sept. 11 memorial and damaging water pumps at two ponds on the site, acting Business Administrator Robert Hary told Township Council Monday.    The perpetrators used rocks to damage two pumps that keep water flowing through…