Hamilton Township will join a growing number of area throughout the country that have surveillance cameras in business district. The Bromley neighborhood business owner, off of Nottingham Way, have agreed to fun a network of security cameras they hope will deter crime and revitalize the area.
The township will be hanging a road sign reminding visitors that Hamilton police also has video surveillance in the area. The businesses have raised over $100,000 for the cameras and they should be operational in a few weeks.
Well the folks in the Princeton Borough and Princeton Township areas can breath a bit easier because Princeton Borough Police arrested three suspects for 10-break-ins. The suspects are members of the notorious MS-13 street gang and are undocumented illegal immigrants from Guatemala.
The police recovered property stolen during recent burgularies that link the suspects to four crimes in the borough, four on the campus of Princeton University and one in the township. The police have un-identified property and are asking area residents who have had a recent burglary or who have been the a theft victim to call Princeton Borough police detectives at 609-924-4141.
The map shows areas of the US where there is a documented presence of MS-13 activity.
Tom and Avril Moore have put their 23-acre estate home, Tusculum, on sale for $12 million. Tusculum was orginally built in 1773 by Rev. John Witherspoon, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house has been on the market since July and remains at its original asking price.
The home was expanded and restored in 1998 offering 5 bedrooms, 4 baths and 20 other rooms. It also includes a showroom caliber wine cellar with a tasting room.
Tusculum is not the most expensive residence to sell in New Jersey. That honor belongs to the 63-acre estate in Alpine, Bergen County that sold for $58 million. With that price tag, it also had the honor of being the most expensive home sold in the United States in 2006.
The planned change to Hightstown’s ordinance that would allow a redeveloper, Greystone Capital Partners to begin developing the former Rug Mill on Bank Street met with resident decension at the open borough council meeting. In the end the Council voted not to change the ordinances in the face of public discontent. Hightstown officials must go back to the drawing board to try and get the Rug Mill acreage and the Boro Hall redeveloped.
The council yielded to the voice of resident dissention though the planning board voted to implement the ordinances just the night before and sent the plan to the council for a final vote. The plan at present includes redevelopment of borough hall but the proposed ordinance would have allowed Greystone Capital Partners to donate $350,000 to borough revenue in lieu of the hall.
Lawrence Township Planning Board approved the site for 185 unit age-restricted development on the 29-acre parcel at Rt. 206 and Franklin Corner Road. The land parcel, owned by Trenton Catholic Diocese will hold 42 single-family homes and 143 one (95) and two (48) bedroom apartments.
Rosecliff will be part of a continuing care retirment community that would be operated by Rosecliff Living Inc. and Morris Hall/St Lawrence Inc. Community residents would be able to choose to live independently, in an assisted living facility or a nursing home.
Rosecliff residents would shell out $250,000 to $500,000 entrance fee plus an additional $2500-$5600 a month to cover services such as housekeeping, dining facilities, and various recreational and wellness activities.
Construction is set to begin in 2008 and continue until 2010.
In an effort to get the Rug Mill Property on Bank Street redeveloped Hightstown’s Council has introduced an ordinance to eliminate the requirement that the developer build a new or refurbished borough hall as part of the project. The new ordinance would allow the borough to accept a contribution of $350,000 from landowner and developer John Wolfington, of Greystone Capital Partners, in lieu of the work.
In addition to dropping the borough hall requirement, the borough could accept payments in lieu of taxes and if it desires, keep all the money in borough coffers.
The Planning Board meets on October 15 and is expected to discuss the matter. There could be a final public hearing on October 16.