Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • TV ban ‘trial balloon’ at council sessions popped in West Windsor

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A policy of keeping the initial public comment period at Township Council meetings off the airwaves lasted exactly six days after council members on Monday reinstated the televising of residents’ appearances before council at the start of council meetings.    ”It was a trial balloon,” said new Council…

  • Advocates for disabled file suit against Princeton University

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Advocates For Disabled Americans and four of the nonprofit organization’s members have filed suit against Princeton University alleging its campus lacks the access for people with physical disabilities required by the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.    The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in Camden Superior Court in December and the university…

  • Lt. Robert Palmer named Montgomery Police Department director

    Lt. Robert Palmer named Montgomery Police Department director

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Lt. Robert Palmer was set to be sworn in as the Montgomery Police Department’s new director as The Packet went to press Thursday night.    Township officials eventually settled on Lt. Palmer, along with a plan to simultaneously promote the lieutenant to captain and hand him the directorship, and…

  • Site work set to begin at hospital’s new Plainsboro campus

    Site work set to begin at hospital’s new Plainsboro campus

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — With township site plan approvals for a new hospital in hand, Princeton HealthCare System is set to commence with site work and the demolition of around 20 buildings on the FMC Corp. site off of northbound Route 1, according to President Barry Rabner.    Monday’s unanimous Planning Board approval…

  • Rocky Hill to fight proposal to charge for State Police coverage

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — It looks like a case of David and Goliath.    Little Rocky Hill Borough is taking its fight over paying thousands of dollars for State Police coverage to a state body that has the power to strike down portions of the state budget.    With backing from the state…

  • There’s no sticking to this job on Princeton’s sidewalks

    There’s no sticking to this job on Princeton’s sidewalks

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    What’s white, steaming hot and has four wheels? Princeton Borough’s new “Gum Busters” machine.    Department of Public Works employees have been using the machine to remove gum from Nassau Street’s sidewalk, piece by piece, for the past month.    ”Just press a little switch to release the chemicals and rub a…

  • Township zoners hit with a pizza legal appeal

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    The company that owns Clifftown Shopping Center has filed a lawsuit against the Princeton Township Zoning Board of Adjustment challenging the board’s rejection of a Domino’s Pizza outlet there.    The lawsuit appeals the board’s May 28 ruling that a Domino’s Pizza Delivery would violate a provision of the zoning ordinance…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, July 8

    Princeton Township    William Ringenwald, 43, of Delanco was charged with careless driving after his 2002 Subaru Forester rear-ended another car on Route 206 near Cherry Hill Road about 11:07 a.m. Thursday, police reported. Police said Ariana Heinsdorf, 22, of Highland Park was stopped in southbound traffic on Route 206 waiting to make a left turn…

  • Two Princeton dams with a history call for historian’s eye

    Two Princeton dams with a history call for historian’s eye

    Christine Lewindowski, Princeton Township’s historic preservation officer and Clifford Zink, a consulting historic preservationist, examine one of the original quarried blocks of the dams at Mountain Lakes. They are standing on the spillway. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski