A concept plan for a mixed-use development that would include a mix of modest-sized stores, personal and professional services, corporate suites, market rate-residential units and Project Freedom, which provides affordable housing for people with disabilities, on the 46.21-acre Maneely site off Old Bear Brook Road was presented to the Planning Board for review on June 25. [more]

A week after the Township Council approved a new contract with RMJM Hillier for the firm’s completion of a redevelopment plan for the 350-acre Princeton Junction train station area, township officials met with representatives from NJ Transit, the state Department of Transportation, the governor’s office, Hillier, and InterCap Holdings to focus on the traffic circulation framework for the train station area. [more]

The school board unanimously approved a three-year contract with the West Windsor-Plainsboro Education Association, calling for salary increases each year of the contract for the 870 members of the district’s teaching staff. [more]

Despite council’s removal of the salary increase/monthly reimbursement issue from the agenda earlier this month, controversy arose yet again on June 23 when it came time for council to approve reimbursement to Councilman Charles Morgan for expenses associated with a conference call and a lunch with Planning Board Chairman Marvin Gardner. [more]

The reimbursement controversy has brought to light minute details of expenses incurred by West Windsor officials. Here’s a sampling from the public record: [more]

Princeton Healthcare System’s plans for the new hospital on the 160-acre former FMC site will formally head to the Planning Board on Monday, July 7. [more]

Residents in Plainsboro will start to see structural steel beams going up at the site of the new Plainsboro library in the heart of Village Center within the next week or two.

According to library director Jinny Baeckler, the remainder of the slab has been poured for the basement, and construction crews are currently finishing up pouring the slab for the ground level floor. The foundation has taken a little bit longer than expected because Plainsboro’s water table is so high, and a little extra work work was needed, Baeckler said. But crews are preparing to add in the steel, which will be on site by next week. [more]

Plainsboro police are seeking volunteers for the Plainsboro Domestic Violence Response Team, and are accepting applications for a training session to take place in the fall. [more]

The Township Council has awarded a $1,185,000 contract for the first phase of expansion construction at the township’s senior center. [more]