Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • An alternative energy tour runs on waste vegetable oil

    An alternative energy tour runs on waste vegetable oil

    Dartmouth University student Bennet Meyers gives out alternative energy information alongside the Big Green Bus during a stop at the Quaker Bridge Mall on Monday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Project information seen as way to ease downtown disruption during construction of Building C

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The developer of Building C at the Tulane Street surface parking lot site in downtown Princeton sat down with borough merchants this week, to describe progress on the project and discuss how to minimize the upheaval of construction.    Developer Jack Morrison, a partner in Nassau HKT Partners, told the group…

  • Township Committee, Borough Council to meet jointly on rec plan

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    The Princeton Borough Council and Princeton Township Committee will hold a joint meeting Sept. 15 to review the Princeton Recreation Master Plan.    It will be the first meeting of both governing bodies since the Township Committee and Borough Council met with the Princeton Regional Board of Education to discuss the…

  • Project information seen as way to ease downtown disruption

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The developer of Building C at the Tulane Street surface parking lot site in downtown Princeton sat down with borough merchants this week, to describe progress on the project and discuss how to minimize the upheaval of construction.    Developer Jack Morrison, a partner in Nassau HKT Partners, told the group…

  • Housing Board recommends loan for affordable housing repairs

    Housing Board recommends loan for affordable housing repairs

    Affordable units in the Washington Oaks development in Princeton Township would get a $70,000 loan for roof replacement under a recommended plan. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Relocated jaZams plans Sept. 5 block party

    Relocated jaZams plans Sept. 5 block party

    jaZams owner Joanne Farrugla, right, with partner Dean Smith inside her new space at 25 Palmer Square East on Monday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Relocated jaZams plans Sept. 5 block party

    Relocated jaZams plans Sept. 5 block party

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The move is complete, now it’s time for the party.    After successfully moving across Palmer Square earlier this month jaZams toy store has scheduled its annual block party along Hulfish Street for Sept. 5.    As moves go, jaZams’ relocation from 15 Hulfish Street to its new spacious quarters on 25…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, Aug. 19

    Princeton Borough        Stephen Johnson, 18, of Ewing, Jedidiah Neverson, 18, of Birch Avenue and a 15-year-old juvenile were arrested about 2 a.m. Saturday after they robbed three victims on Witherspoon Street, police reported.    The three men threatened the victims with a broken bottle and demanded $100 and one of the victims handed over a…

  • Montgomery’s successful deer management effort set for new season

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — White-tailed deer in township open space will become prey when around 90 hunters take part in the township’s annual Deer Management Program, starting Sept. 13.    The program has been a success in its eight years, according to Bruce Perone, the chairman of the township’s Wildlife Committee. He said…