Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Parking Authority wants redevelopment role

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township Parking Authority has requested broader authority to negotiate with NJ Transit to construct a parking garage at the Princeton Junction Train Station.    Designation as a “redevelopment entity” by the township would allow the authority to take the next step toward alleviating parking woes at the…

  • PRINCETON: Who killed JL Ivy and where did $1.4 million go?

    By Greg Forest, Staff Writer    JL Ivy, the upscale eatery on Alexander Street that opened to great fanfare last year at the site of the old Rusty Scupper restaurant, closed for good on Monday because of what some investors are calling serious fiscal mismanagement.    Investor Ted Golfinopoulos of Ewing said the operator and majority…

  • MONTGOMERY: Hampton Court home fire investigated

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Authorities are investigating a fire that caused extensive damage to a township home Tuesday night, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.    A passing motorist contacted police just before midnight to report that flames were coming from the roof area of 16 Hampton Court, according to a statement…

  • PRINCETON: Nearly 400 students seek primary absentee ballots

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The campaign of Princeton University sophomore Mendy Fisch for Princeton Borough Council has managed to convince close to 400 university students to request absentee ballots for the June 2 Democratic primary election, significantly more than usual.    Mr. Fisch, Class of 2011, confirmed that his campaign had convinced the students to…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Budget would raise tax rate 1.7 cents

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Council has voted to introduce the 2009 municipal budget, as proposed by the administration, with a 1.7-cent tax rate increase.    A public hearing will be held on the $36.5 million budget before it goes to a vote at the June 22 council meeting.    If adopted,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Vandals trash WWW-P High School South

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A group of individuals caused significant damage to a classroom area early Friday morning in the West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, according to a district administrator.    When employees came to work between 6 and 7 a.m. Friday morning, they discovered the vandalism in the area of the…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Parking Authority seeks redevelopment role

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township Parking Authority has requested broader authority to negotiate with NJ Transit to construct a parking garage at the Princeton Junction Train Station.    Designation as a “redevelopment entity” by the township would allow the authority to take the next step toward alleviating parking woes at the…

  • WEST WINDSOR: COAH counts township 100 units short

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township’s latest “fair share” plan has a shortfall of nearly 100 affordable housing units, according to a report by the Council on Affordable Housing.    The report, which was sent to the township last week, says the majority of the 98-unit deficit is the result of the…

  • PRINCETON: Township COAH plan draws 2 objections

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   Two formal objections to Princeton Township’s third round Fair Share Plan have been filed with the state Council on Affordable Housing — one by a real estate developer who is a large township land-owner and one by a township resident.    Lanwin Development Corp. and Preservation Lands, LLC, two entities controlled…