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Princeton Council adopts 2024 municipal budget
The Princeton Council adopted its $74.5 million municipal budget for 2024, following a public hearing April 29. The municipal property tax rate will increase from 56 cents per $100 of assessed value to 58 cents. The owner of a house assessed at the town average of $853,136 will pay $4,948 in municipal property taxes.
Hopewell Township adopts 2024 budget with small tax increase
Property owners in Hopewell Township will experience a small tax increase after the Township Committee adopted a $27 million municipal budget for 2024. The governing body adopted the budget on May 20. “Our 2024 municipal tax rate will increase by less than a penny – .8 cents,” Committeeman Kevin Kuchinski...
Princeton Council extends dog park at Community Park for one more year
The Princeton Community Dog Park at Community Park South will remain open indefinitely while officials continue to explore locations for a permanent dog park. The temporary dog park was set to expire earlier this month, but the Princeton Council adopted a resolution at its April 29 meeting to extend the park indefinitely.
Paula McGuire
Paula McGuire died on May 6th of this year 2024, in Princeton, New Jersey. She was born Paula Van Doren, in Chicago, IL, on May 23rd, 1931. She was daughter to Paul and Jesse Van Doren, and younger sister to Peter Van Doren. Her father Paul was a brother of the distinguished literary Van Doren family. Paula spent her formative years in Glen Ridge, NJ.
Janet Regottaz Bickal, 96
Janet Regottaz Bickal, 96, passed away on May 2, 2024. Janet was born on Staten Island and grew up in Moorestown, NJ. When she was ten, her father Myles, an export salesman for RCA Victor, took Janet and her mother Edna along on a business trip. For five months, they traveled by ocean liner to South America, Africa and Europe. This ignited a passion for travel that lasted the rest of her life.
Marsha Niederer, 69
Buckingham, Pa.– Marsha Niederer, 69, passed away on May 7, 2024 at her home in Buckingham Springs, after an extended illness. Born in Manila, Philippines on October 18, 1954, the second child of Harry Lloyd and Virginia M. (Lipps) Harting, she was christened Valerie Marsha. She never used her first name. Because her father served in the U.S. Foreign Service, the Harting family spent the first eleven years of Marsha’s life living abroad in the Philippines, Laos, Germany, Taiwan, Lebanon, Libya, and Cameroon.
Targeted Treatments Offer Hope for Patients with Metastatic Liver Cancer
Metastatic liver cancer, also known as secondary liver cancer, occurs when cancer from another part of the body — including the colon — spreads to the liver. In some cases, the tumors in the liver may be able to be surgically removed, but often, when the disease is in an advanced stage, they are inoperable.
Public hearing on apartment building at historic Joseph Horner House canceled
The Princeton Planning Board’s May 23 special meeting to consider 344 Nassau LLC’s application to construct a 15-unit apartment building attached to the historic Joseph Horner House has been canceled. A new date for the public hearing on the developer’s application has not been set. The Princeton...
Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” according to a Chinese proverb. But in the avian world, journeys can last well over a thousand miles – and begin with a flap rather than a step!. Each spring, birds known as “neotropical migrants” make incredible...
Gov. Phil Murphy, Commissioners mourn passing of state trooper
Burlington County Commissioners have issued a statement on the death of state trooper Marcellus E. Bethea, who was assigned to the Moorestown station and died during training in Ewing on May 5. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer website – which cited a post on X, formerly known as Twitter –...
Pro-Palestine encampment ends at Princeton University
Princeton University students’ pro-Palestine/anti-Israel encampment came to an end on May 15, less than three weeks after the students began a sit-in protest on April 25. Cannon Green behind Nassau Hall, where the students held their sit-in for 17 of those days, is empty of lawn chairs, umbrellas, tables, signs and posters set up by the protesters.
East Windsor Police blotter
A 56-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., man was charged with having fictitious license plates, driving while his license was suspended, having an unregistered vehicle and failure to exhibit documents following a traffic stop on Route 133 East on May 13. Police determined that the license plates on the Mercedes-Benz he was driving had been registered to a BMW. The vehicle was impounded and the license plates were seized. He was also found to have an outstanding warrant from Allentown. He was processed and released.
Burlington County May Faire features ‘Alice in Wonderland’ theme
Get ready to follow Alice down the rabbit hole into a land of wonder at the Burlington County May Faire at Historic Smithville Park from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19. This year will feature a special Alice in Wonderland theme. This is your chance to spend...
‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’
In calling for the “preservation” of “half” of New Jersey’s land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they’re including as “preserved land” includes a high portion of playgrounds and sports fields. These are well and good, indeed excellent and much needed, but the article would lead the reader to believe that all the preserved land will be natural: it tells us that the “1.4 million acres remaining that are neither developed nor preserved…are not just sitting around doing nothing! They’re quietly providing priceless ‘ecosystem services’: preventing flooding by absorbing rainwater from storms, holding soils in place, filtering impurities from the air and water, sequestering carbon to fight climate change, providing habitat for a diversity of wildlife, and improving our food security.” We need both natural lands AND playgrounds, sports fields, and so on. Let’s be accurate about what “preserving half of New Jersey’s land” means.
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17
Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or...
Hillsborough Township creating a Community Equity and Diversity Profile
Hillsborough Township officials are taking a “deep dive” to create a Community Equity and Diversity Profile. Township Planning director David Kois and Samantha Ball, office administrator for the township’s Economic and Business Development and Sustainability Office presented the profile project at a Township Committee meeting on May 14.
‘It is insensitive’
The Princeton Historic Preservation Commission has declined to endorse a proposal to construct a 15-unit apartment building that would be attached to the historic Joseph Horner House at 344 Nassau St. However, the Historic Preservation Commission left open an opportunity for the developer, 344 Nassau LLC, to work with officials...
‘It brings out the little boy in me’
The Princeton Council gave final approval to a pair of ordinances to purchase the 90-acre Lanwin Development Corp. property on the Princeton Ridge for $9.1 million. The purchase brings an end to Lanwin Development Corp.’s years-long effort to seek approval to subdivide the land into 29 building lots for single-family homes.
‘This is magic’
Ground has officially broken for the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC), a new laboratory facility at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The PPPL, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national research laboratory, is managed by Princeton University and has had a focus on fusion energy. The groundbreaking on May 9...
Housing Initiatives of Princeton seeks donated cars for clients
Housing Initiatives of Princeton (HIP) is seeking donors who have an extra or unneeded car to donate for clients who need one to get to work. HIP helps low-income working families and individuals avoid homelessness by providing transitional housing and temporary rental assistance. It also offers supportive services to help clients get back on their feet.
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