Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Billing dispute settled, Boro owes $74,000

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    A long-running cross-billing dispute between Princeton Borough and Princeton Township appears to be close to a resolution after officials from both towns have agreed on the sums owed in each direction.    The agreement, which will see Princeton Borough make a single payment of $74,000 to the township, was discussed and…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Residents seek cell phone antenna limits

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A group of residents that unsuccessfully opposed Planning Board approval of cell phone antennas on an electrical tower in their neighborhood in May has asked the Township Council to pass an ordinance that would prevent such construction in the future.    The board approved the attachment of nine…

  • LAWRENCE: Stimulus funding will repave 2 miles of Rt. 1

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    LAWRENCE —  Occasional lane closures will be in effect on a two-mile stretch of U.S. Route 1 in Lawrence and West Windsor townships until the end of this year as road crews resurface the highway as part of a federally funded project announced this week by state and local officials.    Mayor…

  • PRINCETON: Planet Apothecary to open at Forrestal Village

    PRINCETON: Planet Apothecary to open at Forrestal Village

    Healing consultant Jeanette Wolfe in the Planet Apothecary site she is opening at Princeton Forrestal Village.

  • PLAINSBORO: Former resident dies in East Windsor accident

    By Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group      The death of a former Plainsboro man, found inside a commercial-size chipping/mulching machine on Disbrow Hill Road in East Windsor, has officially been ruled accidental.    Christopher Silverthorne, 32, died at a Timberwolf Tree Service work site July 23.    Police said officers and emergency medical technicians responded at 12:35 p.m.…

  • PRINCETON: ‘Heart was broken’ by fire, restaurateur says

    By Natalie Lescroart, Staff Writer    As demolition of the ruined building that had housed his Tom Yum Goong restaurant began Wednesday, a broken-hearted Somm Bolsue reflected on the fire that gutted the structure at 354 Nassau St. last Friday.    The blaze that destroyed both Mr. Bolsue’s establishment and the Sultan Wok Chinese takeout restaurant that…

  • LAWRENCE: Late blight threatening tomato crop

    By Lea Kahn, The Packet Group    LAWRENCE — When one of Matt Conver’s employees approached him last week and told him some of the tomato plants were black and had an unusual odor, he was fairly certain he knew what was wrong.    The tomato plants at the Cherry Grove Organic Farm, off Carter Road, had…

  • PRINCETON: Walking tour of African-American history

    PRINCETON: Walking tour of African-American history

    By Reem Nasr, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — The rich and deep history of African-American life in Princeton is very much alive in the memory of longtime Princeton resident Shirley Satterfield. On Saturday, she shared that history on the Albert E. Hinds Memorial Walking Tour.    Ms. Satterfield, Princeton Historical Society vice president and an educator, not…

  • WEST WINDSOR: University Square gets pharma tenant

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Two years after construction on the five-story office building was completed, the first tenant will move into University Square at Route 1 and Alexander Road.    The entire top floor of the building, 67,531 square feet, will be occupied by Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, a global manufacturer, seller importer/exporter…