Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Site plan review begins for hospital’s new Plainsboro facility
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — A Princeton HealthCare System-authored plan for the future medical campus off Route 1 in Plainsboro will be the subject of a review by the township’s Development Review Committee tonight at 6 p.m. at the Plainsboro Township Municipal Building. The site plan up for review outlines the new hospital…
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Plainsboro makes a ‘Top 100’ list in Fortune Magazine imprint
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — A focus on good planning and maintaining a high quality of life in Plainsboro was rewarded earlier this month, say township officials, pointing to the township gaining the 52nd spot on Fortune Small Business Magazine’s “Top 100 Places to Live and Launch a Small Business” list, appearing in…
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Plan for riding facility draws farm rights query from Montgomery
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — A proposal to develop a therapeutic horse-riding facility on preserved farmland has been challenged by residents and prompted a formal request by the Township Committee to delay a county review of the plan. The objections have raised the issue of what is permitted to be built on farm…
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Cooking fire damages Montgomery apartment
Firefighters work to put out a blaze at the Princeton Hill Apartment complex in Montgomery on Monday. Photo by Simon Laufer
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Entrepreneurial researchers display their wares at university
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer A device that will improve cancer treatment and cost. A green energy system generating electricity from sunlight and water. A molecular solution to antibiotic resistance. These ideas and more were presented to the public at the third annual Princeton — Jumpstart Innovation Forum, held at the Friend Center on Wednesday…
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Montgomery Mayor Birge enters Somerset freeholder race
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Mayor Cecilia Birge said she will not complete the final year of her three-year term on the Township Committee if she’s elected to the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders in November. Last week Mayor Birge received the nomination to run for one of the two three-year…
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Deal reached on subsidized parking at Princeton Public Library
The Princeton Public Library will soon resume offering two free hours of parking to patrons under a new agreement between township and borough. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Cooking fire damages Montgomery apartment
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — A cooking fire Monday afternoon at the Princeton Hill Apartment complex on Blue Spring Road left four units uninhabitable. Flames were coming from four windows of a first-floor apartment in one of the complex’s buildings when firefighters arrived at the scene, according to Gene Keller, deputy chief of…
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Married by the mayor and $100 poorer
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s duties in performing marriage ceremonies is set to receive some official legislative updating. Township Council introduced an ordinance Monday outlining the financial procedures for people getting married by West Windsor’s executive. Couples wishing to get married at the Municipal Building will have to pay…
