Category: news/the_princeton_packet

By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Though a Princeton Regional Planning Board session on the subject hasn’t been scheduled, Princeton University’s recently finalized Campus Plan is still set to come under scrutiny this week — this time by community group Princeton Future.    Created to guide development of the 380-acre campus through 2016 and beyond, the comprehensive…

Mike McCormack makes wraps in the new kitchen space. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

By Lauren Otis, Business Editor    ”I’m disoriented, but it’s so nice,” said a shopper as she wove among the expanded product aisles of the Whole Earth Center at 360 Nassau St. last week.    Her comment sums up feelings by staff and patrons alike, now that a nearly 14-month-long renovation and expansion of Whole Earth —…

   Princeton Township treasures its trees. It’s been designated a Tree City USA. There’s even a tree on the official municipal seal. So why is the township planning to sell 300 of its spruce trees to the highest bidder?    According to Township Arborist Greg O’Neil, it’s just the sustainable thing to do — and might ultimately…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Qin Yaqing, a Chinese scholar of international affairs, will speak on U.S.-Chinese relations at Princeton University’s Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall at 4:30 p.m. Monday.    He is executive vice president and a professor of international studies at China Foreign Affairs University and a member of the central committee of the Chinese…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Montgomery Township, like Princeton Borough, is trying to decide if continued participation in the state Council of Affordable Housing program makes sense.    ”COAH is a voluntary program and, given my understanding of that condition, it is still an option for Montgomery to withdraw from COAH,” Mayor Cecilia Birge…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council authorized the mayor to sign a two-year police contract with South Bound Brook following a closed session Monday.    The contract, which is to provide Rocky Hill with 50 hours of traffic enforcement from the South Bound Brook Police Department each month, is effective April…

By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    In a turn of events one supporter called a “miracle,” the Princeton Township family who was facing deportation has been allowed to stay in the country under special conditions set by the immigration authorities who raided the family’s home just last week.    The decision to suspend the deportation was made…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    A Princeton University professor is proceeding with a study of inconsistencies in the printouts and back-up tapes of certain electronic voting machines used in New Jersey’s Feb. 5 presidential primary, including Mercer County, despite the refusal of the manufacturer to allow him to examine the machines.    The Constitutional Officers Association…