Category: news/the_princeton_packet

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

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

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — After an open house displaying draft redevelopment plans drew a modest crowd and mixed reviews, the West Windsor Township Council will discuss the plan at a special meeting 7 p.m. tonight at Grover Middle School.    However, it already has a major opponent in Intercap Holdings Chairman Steve…

  • Proposed federal legislation on endowments draws PU opposition

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    U.S. lawmakers mulling legislation that would require colleges and universities to annually spend at least 5 percent of their endowment have found opposition in the hallowed halls of Princeton University.    The lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, say that the cost of college education has become too…

  • Reports warn of tampering risks in New Jersey’s electronic voting

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Nearly 10,000 electronic voting machines ready for use in New Jersey polling places in the upcoming presidential election are highly vulnerable to tampering, according to a Princeton University report made public Friday.    State officials and Sequoia Voting Systems, which produces the machines, disputed the report’s findings, pointing to studies compiled…

  • Princeton planners approve expansion of Nassau Inn

    Princeton planners approve expansion of Nassau Inn

    Architect’s rendering shows how an expansion will change Nassau Inn’s profile, as seen from Palmer Square.

  • County confirms interest in Montgomery’s Skillman Village site

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — In a letter to the Montgomery Township Committee and Mayor Cecilia Birge, Somerset County Freeholder Director Peter Palmer has confirmed the freeholders’ interest in the Skillman Village property.    The letter, dated Monday, says the freeholders are interested in “discussions concerning the purchase and/or partnering for the preservation of…

  • Long-suspended officers still on payroll, roiling Princeton Borough Council

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Members of Princeton Borough Council expressed growing frustration at their meeting Tuesday evening over the borough having to pay for several police officers’ salaries for many months while Mercer County prosecutor’s continued to take no action in the case.    Three borough police officers — Sgt. Kenneth Riley, Sgt. Kevin Creegan…

  • Princeton Health Department reports on work in 2007

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Dealing with the Congo dog saga, collaborating with the University Medical Center at Princeton, and continuing to rein in costs for both the borough and the township were some of accomplishments of the Princeton Regional Health Department in 2007, according to a report released this week.    Congo, a German shepherd,…

  • Former Ambassador Bolton shows U.N. no quarter in speech at PU

    By David Walter, Special Writer    In a Monday speech at Princeton University, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton offered an unsparing critique of his former workplace and rejected the notion that the United States must adjust its practices to suit the U.N.’s views.    ”What you discuss in an international body seems to…

  • West Windsor eyes four parcels for COAH housing

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Planning Board is focusing on four parcels of land for development in order to meet its affordable housing requirement by the end of the year deadline.    A draft of its fair share plan was presented to the Township Council during the council’s agenda session…