Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • 12th District candidates Holt and Bateman hold debate at Rider

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    LAWRENCE — U.S. Representative Rush Holt (D-12) and Republican challenger Alan Bateman differed over taxes, the conduct of the current Democratically-controlled Congress and how best to withdraw American troops from Iraq, but often appeared more in agreement than disagreement at a debate yesterday on the campus of Rider University.    The…

  • New voters in New Jersey exceed a half million

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A major stakeholder in the West Windsor redevelopment plan for the train station area has announced plans to end cooperation with the township.    Intercap Holdings, which owns a 25-acre tract off Washington Road, will submit a request to the Planning Board to rezone the property for 1,440…

  • Montgomery committee candidates answer questions from League of Women Voters

       These are the verbatim responses of the Republican and Democratic candidates for Montgomery Township Committee to questions presented by The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area, in cooperation with The Princeton Packet. The candidates were given an equal amount of space for their answers. Candidates for Montgomery Township Committee Three- year term Kacey…

  • New president named for University Medical Center at Princeton

       Mark Jones has joined Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) as the president of University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) and senior vice president of PHCS.    Serving as the senior-most executive of UMCP, Mr. Jones will work with the other members of senior management and the leaders of the medical staff to ensure patient satisfaction, maintain fiscally…

  • After debut, a new WW redevelopment plan is on agenda tonight

    After debut, a new WW redevelopment plan is on agenda tonight

    Ray Wolkind and Claire McNew, both involved in business activity in West Windsor, study the new redevelopment exhibit Friday morning. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Oct. 21

    Montgomery     Russell Feuer, 42, was issued a summons for failure to yield and careless driving Friday morning after a crash at the intersection of Route 533 and Belle Mead-Griggstown Road. Jeffrey Wewers, 60, of Piscataway was southbound on Route 533, while Mr. Feuer was eastbound on Griggstown Road. Mr. Feuer failed to yield to the…

  • Princeton planners approve expansion of Nassau Inn

    Princeton planners approve expansion of Nassau Inn

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The Nassau Inn has received the go-ahead for a long-planned major expansion and renovation project on Palmer Square in downtown Princeton from the Regional Planning Board of Princeton.    The expansion is to include construction of a six-story 39,000-square-foot addition to the hotel along Hulfish Street, a three-story 5,700-square-foot building at…

  • Princeton to get satellite unit when hospital exits to Plainsboro

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Community outreach and planning efforts with an eye toward deciding exactly what presence Princeton HealthCare System will maintain in Princeton will commence in a year and a half, according to CEO Barry Rabner.    Plans have not been completed, but Princeton residents will get what hospital officials have called a satellite…

  • Princeton Borough sees revenue shortfall

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough revenues for the nine-month period ended Sept. 30 were below projections, although expenditures as a whole were in line with projections, according to figures presented by the borough’s chief financial officer at a Borough Council meeting last week.    The borough realized $15,202,708 in revenues for the nine-month period,…