Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PLAINSBORO: WWP school budget held to 1.6 percent increase

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education approved a $155.9 million preliminary budget at its meeting Tuesday night, sending it to a public hearing at the end of this month.    The 2009-10 budget, which has been submitted to the county superintendent, is set to increase 1.6 percent, or $2.4…

  • WEST WINDSOR: New fee to wait for parking may be $75

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Parking Authority is going forward with a plan to significantly increase the application fee for a parking space, in an effort to whittle down the long waiting list.    Currently the fee to add a name to the list is $5, but under a new…

  • PRINCETON: Council to review borough vehicle replacement

    PRINCETON: Council to review borough vehicle replacement

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    After tabling a proposal to purchase four new vehicles for $80,000, Princeton Borough Council members said they favored formation of a committee to review the borough’s vehicle replacement schedule.    The proposal, tabled Tuesday, was for the purchase of two Ford Crown Victorias and a Dodge Durango for the Police Department…

  • PRINCETON: Two-year-old bank gets a new CEO

    PRINCETON: Two-year-old bank gets a new CEO

    Andrew Chon is the new chairman and chief executive of The Bank of Princeton. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: School budget means $269 boro tax hike

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The Princeton Regional Board of Education has unanimously approved a preliminary 2009-2010 school budget that increases school tax rates in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township by 7.5 cents and 1 cent, respectively.    The rate hikes mean a borough homeowner with a residence assessed at the average value of $351,761 will…

  • PRINCETON: Council to review borough vehicle replacement

    PRINCETON: Council to review borough vehicle replacement

    Princeton Borough has tabled plans to replace a parking enforcement vehicle like this one with a Mercedes Smart Car. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PLAINSBORO: WW-P robotics team wins regional competition

    PLAINSBORO: WW-P robotics team wins regional competition

    West Windsor-Plainsboro’s FIRST Robotics Team No. 1923 scored big in the 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition, New Jersey Regional. From left: Amanda Lagana, Gerri Falk, Krishna Yarabarla, Mark Fleres, Shivang Patel, Kishan Desai (hidden), Mehul Tanwar, Matt Lagana, Sarah Brooks, Katie Stevens, Wayne Penn (FIRST mentor), Heather Nelson, Bridget Riley, Taimur Shah, Kelsey Stevens, Gareth Dicker,…

  • PRINCETON: Two-year-old bank gets a new CEO

    PRINCETON: Two-year-old bank gets a new CEO

    Lauren OtisStaff Writer    The Bank of Princeton is growing up, and Andrew Chon is the new steward of the community bank’s next phase.    Mr. Chon, 52, was elected by the bank’s board of directors to take over as chairman and chief executive officer from Stephen Distler, who had announced he would be stepping down.    ”The…

  • PRINCETON: Hillier leaving design firm he sold to RMJM

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    For the first time in 43 years, J. Robert Hillier will no longer report for work at the architecture firm he founded, built into one of the nation’s largest, then sold to Scottish firm RMJM in 2007.    While maintaining that his relationship with RMJM owners Sir Fraser Morrison and his…