Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • Princeton Public Library opts out as OneCard sponsor

    By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    Princeton Public Library has checked out as a sponsor of the Princeton Community OneCard.    Though the library will still participate as a potential recipient of donations, it will not be the primary sponsor or re-issue its library cards as OneCards, as previously proposed by the card’s creator, Princeton-based Heartland Payment…

  • Deep state aid cuts rock area towns; tax hikes could follow

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Montgomery balks at leaf pickup and composting rules

    By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee has voiced its concerns regarding a proposed amended version of the state’s recycling rules that could require the township to begin a leaf pick-up and composting program for the entire municipality.    In their letter to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection that was mailed…

  • 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…