Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Boro police chief plans 2010 retirement

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Princeton Borough Police Chief Anthony Federico has informed the borough that he plans to retire next summer, after 30 years on the force.    ”Tony has indicated to the borough that he intends to retire in July of 2010,” said Princeton Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi.    Chief Federico said, “It’s…

  • PLAINSBORO: Township leads in stream cleanup tally

       The first numbers are in for the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association’s 3rd annual stream cleanups: Last weekend, first-time participant Plainsboro Township collected the most trash.    ”In Plainsboro we teamed up with the Plainsboro Recreation Department and 59 volunteers to haul 97 bags — or more than 750 pounds of trash — from the Lenape Trail…

  • PRINCETON: Tax forum participants ask more from university

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   PRINCETON —  If Saturday was Communiversity in Princeton, Sunday was more like Commun-adversity.    At a public tax forum, Princeton University, far from being regarded as the supportive partner of a day earlier, was, instead, portrayed as a self-interested, PR-driven fiefdom, unwilling to use its substantial resources to improve the financial…

  • PRINCETON: Hulfish North housing site progresses

    PRINCETON: Hulfish North housing site progresses

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — A downtown Princeton residential development that has been in the works for more than two decades is rising from the earth along Paul Robeson Place and Chambers Street as the project developer and its sales team prepare to deliver units to residents as early as this fall.    The Residences…

  • PRINCETON: Hulfish North housing site progresses

    PRINCETON: Hulfish North housing site progresses

    Work progresses at a new luxury condominium project at Princeton’s Hulfish North. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • WEST WINDSOR: Bobby Trigg launching new dining spot

    WEST WINDSOR: Bobby Trigg launching new dining spot

    Restaurateur Bobby Trigg gets ready to open his new B.T. Bistro in West Windsor. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: Consensus forms for consolidation study

    By Lauren Otis    PRINCETON —  Assured by a state official of the flexibility built into new consolidation statutes, Princeton Borough and Township officials and residents Monday night voiced support for studying the potential of a municipal merger.    ”The law is intended to provide flexibility to local governments to meet their needs,” said Mark Pfeiffer, deputy director…

  • PRINCETON: Communiversity festival drew 35,000

    PRINCETON: Communiversity festival drew 35,000

    Marian and Kaya Zelazny try out handcrafted teak lounges from Costa Rica, featured on Witherspoon Street.

  • PRINCETON: Communiversity festival drew 35,000

    PRINCETON: Communiversity festival drew 35,000

    Sara Kim and Esther Won are well protected from the sun, under oversized hats from the Red Green Blue Cafe.