Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Borough budget seen increasing 4.4 percent

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough Council had its introduction to this year’s budget process Tuesday — a presentation marked by talk of “obstacles” and “hurdles” to keeping tax increases down while facing reductions in state aid and other revenue limits.    As presented Tuesday, the current version of the budget totals $25,236,185 — a…

  • WW high school student injured in car crash remains critical

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Christopher Dittrich — the high school senior who sustained a serious head injury in a car accident off of Route 571 earlier this week — remained in critical but stable condition Thursday, as the West Windsor community came together in support of the student and his family.…

  • Brush fire burns 25 acres on Wyeth site in West Windsor

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A brush fire that eventually torched 25 acres on the old Wyeth property off Clarksville Road on Monday apparently began after workers wielding acetylene torches accidentally ignited the blaze, fire officials said.    The workers had been using the torches to dismantle several Quonset huts on the property,…

  • 271 housing units included in Skillman Village development plan

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee has accepted the suggestion of its planning consultants to include approximately 271 residential units in the Skillman Village redevelopment plan.    The decision came on Wednesday, during a special meeting in which the 2008 draft of the plan was released.    The Skillman Village redevelopment project area…

  • Deep state aid cuts rock area towns; tax hikes could follow
  • POLICE BLOTTER, March 7

    Princeton Borough    Robin Pineda, 22, of Trenton was charged with driving while intoxicated at 1:59 a.m. Sunday following a motor vehicle stop on Markham Road, police said. He was transported to police headquarters, processed and released on his own recognizance.    Jerusalem Howard, 47, of Robbinsville was arrested 12:19 p.m. Friday on a warrant of $2,500…

  • WW Parking Authority charts its own course in redevelopment flap

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Parking Authority has a major seat at the redevelopment table as one of the more important entities involved in the process of determining the future of the Princeton Junction train station area.    Its importance stems from both independent control over properties in West Windsor’s…

  • Montgomery schools boycott Newsweek’s high school rankings

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Samuel Stewart, superintendent of the Montgomery Township School District, has let Newsweek know he’s no longer interested in having Montgomery High School considered for the magazine’s national high school rankings.    Mr. Stewart and 22 other superintendents from high schools in the United States have signed a letter recently…

  • Near 90, veteran Princeton resident is still on the job

    Near 90, veteran Princeton resident is still on the job

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    You know Vincent Esposito, but not by that name.    ”My name is Vincent. But hardly anybody knows that,” said the man better known as Jimmy Esposito, fresh back from a break in his six-hour shift at the Chambers Street parking garage Wednesday.    The truth is, this Princeton fixture retired nearly…