Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Snowstorm causes 14 accidents on Princeton Township streets
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Slick road conditions across Princeton Township on Tuesday contributed to a tally of 14 accidents, three of which resulted in injuries, police reported. At one point, an officer investigating one accident witnessed three others while he was at the scene, according to Township Police Detective Sgt. Ernie Silagyi. ”It was…
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WW seeks acceleration lane for Village Grande residents
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — The combined voice of hundreds of Village Grande and township officials has called on Mercer County and the New Jersey Department of Transportation to install an acceleration lane at that neighborhood’s potentially dangerous exit onto Old Trenton Road. A resolution emphasizing the problem was passed Monday by…
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POLICE BLOTTER, Feb. 15
Princeton Township A motorist had to be taken to the hospital after he lost control of his car, which was then struck by another vehicle during the icy weather at 2:09 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The crash occurred on Route 206 approximately 500 feet south of Edgerstoune Road when Bryan A. Alpizar, 19, of Trenton…
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Liquor licenses are up for bid in Montgomery
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee agreed last week to put two liquor licenses — one for consumption and one for distribution — out for bid. The Township Committee agreed to accept a minimum bid of $750,000 for the consumption license and a minimum bid of $300,000 for the distribution license,…
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Deer Path-Clover Lane due for not quite historic preservation status
This Deer Path home in Princeton Township displays some of the 1950s architectural elements that residents hope to see preserved. File photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Upcoming Princeton revaluation: ‘sticker shock’ for homeowners?
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer In the coming year, Princeton homeowners will find out what their houses are really worth — and some residents might be in for a sticker shock. In the first official step of a property revaluation process ordered for both municipalities by the Mercer County Board of Taxation in 2006, the…
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WW faces lesser impact form new COAH rules, officials say
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Proposed Council on Affordable Housing rules that have municipal officials hopping mad all over the state would likely have a lesser impact on West Windsor compared with other towns, according to officials at Monday’s Township Council meeting. Rough estimates made by township officials pegged the number of…
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Proposed Princeton Township cell phone tower aims at ‘dead spot’
By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer Princeton Township Committee took the first step Monday in soliciting the construction of a cell phone tower that township officials said could help improve police communication in a “dead spot” near the intersection of Cherry Valley Road and The Great Road. The resolution passed by the committee authorizes the solicitation…
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Unpaved road draws new complaints in Montgomery
A delivery van rumbles down an unpaved portion of Dutchtown-Zion Road, shared by Montgomery and Hillsborough townships. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
