Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • ROCKY HILL: A tiny coffee shop suits the borough

    ROCKY HILL: A tiny coffee shop suits the borough

    Dale E. Gwin, in front of his Rocky Hill Buy the Cup coffee shop. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • ROCKY HILL: A tiny coffee shop suits the borough

    ROCKY HILL: A tiny coffee shop suits the borough

    Dale E. Gwin, in his Rocky Hill Buy the Cup coffee shop. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • ROCKY HILL: A tiny coffee shop suits the borough

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer Kristine SnodgrassStaff Writer    ROCKY HILL — It was a marriage made in retail heaven — a brother who delivers milk and cream teaming up with a brother who roasts coffee.    The result was Rocky Hill Buy the Cup, a hole-in-the-wall coffee shop tucked into the Post Office building, along Washington…

  • STATE: A look at the District 15 legislative race

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    This year’s General Assembly race in District 15 race will pit two Republican challengers against two long-tenured Democratic incumbents in November. Both sides are running unopposed in the June 2 primary.    Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-Princeton, and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-Ewing, who have a combined 24 years of legislative experience…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, W. Windsor, Montgomery, Plansboro

    Princeton Borough    Three underage individuals were charged with possession of alcohol at 9:02 p.m. May 9, police said. A Princeton Borough police officer stopped Rahul Jha, 20, of Media, Pa.; Demetrius Lewis, 20, of Ridgewood; and Anthony Pace, 19, of Monroe, Ga., on Nassau Street and found them to be possession of alcohol, police said.…

  • PRINCETON: Township memo challenges borough bills

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Township has balked at paying Princeton Borough more than $1.4 million in joint capital projects billings, according to an April 22 memo which cites inappropriate charges and insufficient documentation. The memo, sent to the borough, also seeks a refund of nearly $167,000 already paid by the township.    To date,…