Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Borough says township reneged on commitment to hold talks

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    It’s been seven months since the Borough Council and Township Committee held one of their joint meetings, which Borough Mayor Mildred Trotman and Borough Administrator Bob Bruschi recently said were supposed to be quarterly events this year.    Mayor Trotman said during a recent phone interview that the Township Committee promised…

  • A big bill to repair neglected drain that nearly floods sewer site

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    An emergency situation has arisen at the Princeton Sewer Operating Committee’s River Road site where an ancient and heretofore unknown stormwater drainage pipe has become badly blocked with debris, causing flooding requiring immediate attention, Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi told Borough Council at its meeting on Tuesday.    Council members voted unanimously…

  • Morgan elected West Windsor council president

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Township Council voted unanimously to hand Councilman Charles Morgan his third term as council president before settling other procedural and appointment matters for the new council year at Monday’s reorganization meeting.    ”I want to thank everyone who has told me I am doing a good job, and…

  • Downtown Phase 2 construction to cost 90 parking slots

    Downtown Phase 2 construction to cost 90 parking slots

    The Tulane Street parking lot in Princeton, empty early in the morning, is due to close for construction of a new mixed use building. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Downtown Phase 2 construction to cost 90 parking slots

    Downtown Phase 2 construction to cost 90 parking slots

    Map shows location of parking spaces that will be removed during the construction of Building ‘C’ on the Tulane Street parking lot. Graphic by Tom Lederer

  • School’s out, but Lost and Found is still in session

    School’s out, but Lost and Found is still in session

    By Kristin Boyd, The Packet Group    Check the Lost and Found. Right now at area schools, there’s a Vera Bradley handbag.    Eyeglasses and iPods. Piles of sweatshirts, fleeces and stray socks. And a mountain of mittens, scarves, sneakers and North Face winter jackets.    ”You wouldn’t believe what’s left at school,” said Moira Mittnacht, a mother…

  • New COAH legislation unites municipalities in opposition

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Princeton Township, Rocky Hill, Montgomery and Plainsboro will back litigation the New Jersey League of Municipalities intends to file regarding new state affordable housing quotas.    Those numbers are contained in recently adopted third-round Council on Affordable Housing rules and changes to the rules called for in a bill passed by…

  • School’s out, but Lost and Found is still in session

    School’s out, but Lost and Found is still in session

    Moira Mittnacht and her son Roger at The Nearly New Shop in Princeton with clothing items left at school by area students. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • University mulls lawsuit against Gehry building subcontractors

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Princeton University may take legal action against subcontractors that have pleaded guilty to charges regarding their work on the Peter B. Lewis Library.    In May, a federal prosecutor in Trenton informed the university that a principal owner of Macedo Construction had entered guilty pleas in connection with the library’s construction,…