Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • West Windsor officials spar over proposed pay raise

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The quarreling over proposed pay raises for elected officials in this year’s budget has worsened among Township Council members and Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, as an ordinance advancing the salary plan was set to be introduced Monday night.    The ordinance — which enjoys the support of a majority…

  • WW-P Board of Education reorganizes; Marathe once again president

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — President Hemant Marathe and Vice President Robert Johnson have been selected to continue on in the top two positions on the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education, following April’s school board elections and budget vote.    New on the board is Alapakkam Manikandan, who was sworn…

  • Princeton to hold Memorial Day parade on May 24

       The Spirit of Princeton invites the Princeton community to the annual Memorial Day Parade and Dedication Ceremony Saturday, May 24.    The event will include a parade on Nassau Street beginning at 10 a.m. and an 11 a.m. dedication ceremony at Borough Hall.    The parade — celebrating its 10th anniversary — features veterans’ groups, marching bands,…

  • Historical society’s Updike Farm wins waiver from planning board

       The Regional Planning Board of Princeton on Thursday night unanimously granted a waiver to the Historical Society of Princeton for the encroachment of a stream corridor that the Historical Society needed to implement its minor site plan for its Updike Farm facility on Quaker Road.    The Princeton Township Historic Preservation Commission in November approved the…

  • Millstone River rates poorly in DEP contaminant testing

    Millstone River rates poorly in DEP contaminant testing

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer        Testing of the Millstone River has shown detectable levels of arsenic near the Grovers Mill area of West Windsor and unacceptably high levels of suspended solids, phosphorous and acidity, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.    ”It’s one of the more impaired waterways in New Jersey,” said Karen Hershey,…

  • POLICE BLOTTER, May 6

    Montgomery    Robert L. Hutchings, 61, of Princeton was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle accident on Millstone River Road about 8:51 p.m. Saturday. Police said Mr. Hutchings was southbound on River Road when he lost control of his 1998 BMW, ran off the roadway, and struck a mailbox, fence and tree in…

  • Nine salmonella cases reported at Princeton University

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Nine Princeton University students and a staff member have contracted salmonella bacteria as of Monday afternoon and university officials suspect about 60 to 70 of the 80 reports of stomach problems made by students and staff over the past week to also have been caused by the bacteria.    Salmonella is…

  • Coalition of groups form to battle Corzine park cuts

       Representatives of environmental, sportsmen’s, and historic preservation groups joined Assemblyman Reed Gusciora of Princeton and other legislators at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville on Saturday to oppose Gov. Corzine’s plan to cut funding to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its Divisions of Parks and Forestry and Fish and Wildlife.    The DEP announced…

  • Millstone River rates poorly in DEP contaminant testing

    Millstone River rates poorly in DEP contaminant testing

    The Millstone River in West Windsor. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski