Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Presidential honors

    PRINCETON: Presidential honors

    Staff Sgt. Darlin Abraham salutes as taps is played in Princeton Cemetery for the annual wreath-laying at the grave of former President Grover Cleveland on Wednesday.

  • PRINCETON: Presidential honors

    PRINCETON: Presidential honors

    Military personnel from Fort Dix salute as the National Anthem is performed.

  • PRINCETON: Preparing for Bryn-Mawr-Wellesly Book Sale

    PRINCETON: Preparing for Bryn-Mawr-Wellesly Book Sale

    Volunteer Marianne Grey looks through some of the treasures.

  • WEST WINDSOR: Weale makes deadline to run for mayor

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Just under the municipal filing deadline, a third candidate has officially entered the race to become mayor of West Windsor Township.    Pete Weale, 58, of Penns Neck, submitted about 180 petitions for his candidacy to the township clerk’s office on Thursday afternoon, ahead of the 4 p.m.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: After 5 years, development plan faces a vote

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Years of controversy will culminate in one roll call vote Monday night, as the adoption of the controversial redevelopment plan for the train station area goes before council following a public hearing.    As few as two ‘yes’ votes would enact a land use ordinance for the 350-acre…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council seeks replacement for Anklowitz

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The resignation Monday of Will Anklowitz from the West Windsor Township Council leaves a vacancy that remaining council members must fill within 30 days or leave vacant until the November election.    Mr. Anklowitz, a Republican, was confirmed Monday by the state Senate as a Superior Court judge…

  • PRINCETON: Borough struggling to hold tax rate flat

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Members of Princeton Borough Council continued to stick to a pledge not to increase property taxes, and made progress toward keeping the pledge, despite a warning by the Borough Administrator of possible negative long-term implications to doing so, at a special council budget session Tuesday evening.    Council agreed not to…

  • PLAINSBORO: Solar panels to power library storage facility

    By lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Any day now, weather permitting, the switch will be flipped and solar-generated power will flow from 5,000 new photovoltaic panels installed on the roof of the archival library jointly owned and operated by Princeton University, Columbia University and the New York Public Library on Princeton’s Forrestal campus.    The…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Planners push for green practices list

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — As part of the township’s goal to become a more sustainable community, developers may soon be required to be up front about their intent to employ environmentally friendly practices.    The Planning Board passed a resolution Wednesday night that gave the township’s Sustainability Committee the go-ahead to complete…