Home Care In Plainsboro Township, NJ

As of 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 10, about 7,500 homes and businesses in the state were still without power, including more than 150 PSE&G customers in Mercer County. About 15 homes in Princeton, 12 homes in Lawrence, and 71 homes in Hopewell Township were still without power (that are served by PSE&G). About 260 JCP&L customers in Hopewell were still without power. JCP&L has been slower to restore power than PSE&G.

Over the past 36 hours, many locations in the Delaware River Basin have received roughly two to three inches of rain. Many coastal locations along the tidal Delaware River and Delaware Bay experienced significant tidal flooding. Despite the rains letting up, many creeks, streams, and rivers will not crest until Wednesday afternoon. Localized flooding will continue through this period, and drivers should continue to obey road closures and avoid all standing water.

Some roads are still closed due to flooding or downed trees and wires. We will update this as we have more information.

Princeton

The traffic light is out at Route 206 and Cherry Valley Road.

Snowden Lane is now open.

Pardee Circle is closed

Mercer Road is now open.

Stuart Road has been reopened as of 5 p.m.

Drakes Corner Road is closed between Fredrick Court and Leonard Court due to downed trees and wires.

Quaker Road is closed between Mercer Road and Province Line Road due to flooding.

River Road is closed between Herrontown Road and Blue Spring Road due to flooding.

North Road is closed at Prettybrook Road due to downed trees and wires.

Ridgeview Road is closed between Cherry Hill Road and Petit Place due to downed trees and wires.

Mt. Lucas Road is now open.

Snowden Lane is closed between Wheatsheaf and Franklin Avenue due to downed trees and wires.

Route 206 is now open.

Lawrence

Monroe Road is closed at Lawrenceville-Pennington Road.

Lawrenceville-Pennington Road is closed from Federal City Road to Denow Road.

Carson Road is closed.

The Fackler Spur is closed.

Hopewell Valley

Old Mill Road closed.

Elm Ridge Rd is down to one lane at Alta Vista.

Woosamonsa road is closed between Burd Road and Route 579.

Honey Brook Road is closed.

Harbourton Woodsville Road is closed due to flooding.

Stony Brook Road is closed between Route 654 and Route 518.

Crusher Road is closed.

County Route 612 (Marshalls Corner Woodsville Road) is closed,

County Route 579 (Bear Tavern Riadd) is down to one lane at Jacobs Creek.

Fiddlers Creek Road is closed.

West Windsor

Southfield Road is closed at Nostrand Road (at the Plainsboro Township Line) in both directions due to a low-hanging wire.

Washington Road is open. The westbound lane reopened at about 9:30 a.m. The eastbound lane opened at about 8:30 a.m.

At Clarksville Road and Landing Lane, there is a partial roadway obstruction to northbound lane of travel. A utility repair pending. Seek an alternate route.

There are some scattered power outages throughout West Windsor. All traffic signals are functional.

Montgomery

CR 605 at Bluespring Rd into Princeton (Flooding)-CR 533 (River Road) closed from Bridgepoint to Dead Tree Run Road (Flooding)-CR 533 (River Road) closed North of Griggstown Road (Flooding)-Griggstown Causeway Closed (Flooding)-Sunset Road is now open. -Sycamore Ave from 206 to Robin Drive (Wires)-Dutchtown Zion West of 601 (Flooding)

Traffic lights at the following locations are not working:Route 206 at Harlingen RoadRoute 206 at Sunset RoadRoute 601 at Montgomery High SchoolRoute 601 at Route 518

South Brunswick

All major roads are open. Flooding that closed Route 1 around midnight has gone down. Fallen trees and wires have left a few local roads still closed.

Riva Avenue is closed at Davidsons Mill Road.

East New Road is closed between Ridge Road and Monica Way.

White Pine Road is closed between Davidsons Mill Road and Church Lane.

Franklin Township

In Franklin Township, Canal Road between Coppermine Road and Rt. 518 is closed due to flooding.

Canal Road is closed from Bunker Hill Road South to Route 518.

Jaques Lane is closed from South Middlebush to Canal Road.

Coppermine Road is closed from Old Georgetown to Canal Road.

Blackwells Mills Road from Van Cleef to Canal and the Blackwells Mills Causeway is closed due to flooding.

Easton Avenue is now open in both directions.

Hillsborough

Closures:

NJ Transit

NJ Transit’s Access Link has issued a travel advisory due to the state of emergency. Customers are advised to confirm if their destination will be open, allow extra travel time, and anticipate weather-related service delays.

Somerset County

Due to the potential for flooding as rivers reach their crests early Wednesday afternoon following the recent severe weather, some Somerset County services are delayed or operating on limited or adjusted capacities.

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Plainsboro voters apparently have rejected a $1.58 million fire tax increase that would have allowed the district to hire eight full-time firefighters over the next five years, according to the unofficial results of the referendum.

Preliminary numbers from Middlesex County before mail-in and provisional ballots were tallied showed the measure was defeated 646-110, according to the township clerk who said certified results would be available Wednesday.

Bob Corriveau, chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, said Monday, "the district did not have final numbers, but if we were running for office we would have conceded based on preliminary numbers."

If approved, an average township home valued at $451,100 would have seen an increase of about $151.94 a year or about $13 per month in the fire district's portion of property taxes.

"We do have a budget in place for next year," Corriveau said last week. "We'll be able to cover what we had last year, but moving forward it's going to get a little sketchy."

Corriveau said fire officials were at odds with township officials leading up to the vote. He said township officials made it a last-minute public battle instead of reaching out in a timely manner, since discussions of a tax increase began in January 2023.

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"It's disheartening," he said. "We're working on some things, including the issue with communication with the township."

Township officials claimed the defeated budget was an "exceptionally high" budget increase, with future significant increases in future years.

"Elected officials found that the budget, which had been shared with them only ten days prior to the meeting, was vague and left many questions unanswered," the township said.

The township said the fire district wanted to increase its budget 58% by approximately 33 times more than the state allows.

The fire district is an independent taxing authority, separate from the township, that is overseen by an independent board of commissioners. The township has one fire department, which serves the 12-square-mile municipality.

The department is staffed by 13 paid firefighters, including Chief Matthew Collins, and about eight volunteers, who are active and respond to calls.

"Right now, we have a full career staff on during the day, but at night we don't have a full staff on," Corriveau said previously. "They are hoping for more volunteers, but like many towns, they are having a hard time getting them. The number of volunteers has been greatly reduced over the years. We saw this happening; we just didn't realize it would happen as fast as it did."

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PLAINSBORO - Township residents will be asked on Saturday to approve a $1.58 million fire district tax increase to hire eight full-time firefighters over the next five years.

If approved, an average home valued at $451,100 would see an increase of about $151.94 a year or about $13 per month in the fire district's portion of property taxes.

The voting will be 2 to 9 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Plainsboro Fire Company, 407 Plainsboro Road.

"It's so important to us because it involves the safety of our town and the safety of our firefighters," said Bob Corriveau, chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners. "The response time is much faster with people in-house. To have a full crew of four people 24 hours a day, seven days a week is just in the best interest of everybody in the township."

However, township officials are throwing cold water on what they call an "exceptionally high" budget increase, with future significant increases in future years.

"Elected officials found that the budget, which had been shared with them only ten days prior to the meeting, was vague and left many questions unanswered," the township says.

The township says the fire district wants to increase their budget 58% by approximately 33 times more than the state allows.

Mayor Peter Cantu, at a public hearing on the proposed budget, said "due to the District’s lack of transparency, the significant budget request to exceed and waive the mandatory 2% state cap, questionable and unsupported staffing needs and growth projections and the very significant financial impact to our residents, we have serious concerns about your budget request. We unanimously oppose the budget as proposed by the Fire District to our residents and as submitted to the state."

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The Fire District is an independent taxing authority, separate from the township, that is overseen by an independent Board of Commissioners. The township has one fire department, which serves the 12-square-mile municipality.

The department is staffed by 13 paid firefighters, including Chief Matthew Collins, and about eight volunteers, who are active and respond to calls.

If approved, the district would immediately add four additional full-time paid firefighters.

"That would give us four career staff on each 24-hour crew," Corriveau said. "That is the NFPA (National Fire Prevention Association) guideline in order to staff an engine safely."

Over time, the district would add another four firefighters, Corriveau said.

Ultimately, the district would like to go to two crews, which would double the number of paid firefighters, Corriveau said.

The cost to hire a paid firefighter is about $100,000 a year, which includes salary, benefits and pensions.

"Right now, we have a full career staff on during the day, but at night we don't have a full staff on," he said. "They are hoping for more volunteers, but like many towns, they are having a hard time getting them. The number of volunteers has been greatly reduced over the years. We saw this happening, we just didn't realize it would happen as fast as it did."

Residents will be voting on the proposed $4,205,577 budget because it exceeds the state-mandated 2% cap. Last year's budget was $2,658,577.

If approved, the budget would raise the annual fire district tax rate from $.051 per $100 of assessed value to $.086.

"This is the first time we're actually going to a referendum to exceed that cap." Corriveau said. "In fact, the fire district has not asked to exceed the 2% cap in the last 20 years. There have been plenty of years that fire district taxes haven't gone up at all, not even the 2% that is allowed."

The number of calls received by the fire department has also increased over the years, Corriveau said.

In 2020, Plainsboro Fire Company responded to 558 calls for service, which increased to 907 calls in 2023, according to a letter on the Plainsboro Fire Company's website.

"We've already had more than 90 calls for service this year, which is higher than any other prior year at this point," Corriveau said. "Calls for service are trending up and we believe that will continue."

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Addison at Princeton Meadows in Plainsboro. - JLL Capital Markets

JLL Capital Markets closed on the sale of Addison at Princeton Meadows, a 440-unit, garden-style multihousing community located in Plainsboro, according to a Wednesday announcement.

JLL worked on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between the real estate business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Kushner Real Estate Group.

Built in 1979, Addison at Princeton Meadows consists of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment homes across 28, two-story buildings.

The majority of units have undergone recent renovations and include stainless steel appliances, updated backsplash and countertops, hard flooring, patios/balconies and in-unit washers and dryers. Community amenities include an outdoor swimming pool with fire pit, tennis and basketball courts, dog park, fitness center, children’s playground and a barbecue and picnic area. Additionally, the community is fully approved for the construction of a state-of-the-art clubhouse, which will house a new fitness center and lounge for residents.

Located at 2821 Pheasant Hollow Drive, Addison at Princeton Meadows is in the Princeton submarket and is adjacent to an 18-hole golf course, the Meadows at Middlesex. The property is situated just minutes from downtown Princeton’s shops, restaurants and top-tier schools, which include the prestigious Princeton University. The community is less than three miles from the Route 1 corridor, one of the strongest commercial corridors in the state, and is also less than five miles from the Princeton Junction train station, providing access to New York Penn Station or Philadelphia in less than one hour.

The JLL Capital Markets Investment Sales and Advisory team representing the seller was led by Senior Managing Directors Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli and Michael Oliver and Director Elizabeth DeVesty.

“The Addison provided investors with the opportunity to acquire a quality multihousing asset in a strong institutionally owned submarket with significant rental upside,” Cruz said.

“We were fortunate to partner with Goldman Sachs on the Addison as they were consummate professionals through acquisition, asset management and disposition. Additionally, JLL did an incredible job in helping us successfully sell the asset in a very difficult capital markets environment,” Jonathan Kushner, president of KRE Group, said.

A major water supplier will add chlorine as part of its annual-maintenance process.

NEW JERSEY — Tap water could taste and smell a bit different for millions of state residents in the coming months. New Jersey American Water will soon add chlorine to its supply as part of its annual-maintenance process.

The company will temporarily change its water-treatment process from a chloramine (combined) residual to free chlorine residual at several of its treatment plants. The process will begin the week of Feb. 20 and last through the end of April, impacting many customers throughout North and Central Jersey. (See exactly where below.)

During that time, some may notice a "slight taste and smell" of chlorine in their water, says New Jersey American Water, which serves about 2.8 million people in the state. Those who wish to reduce the taste of chlorine can place water in an uncovered glass container in the refrigerator overnight to dissipate chlorine faster.

"This periodic, scheduled change in disinfectant is a standard water treatment practice that allows us to continue to provide safe, high-quality water for our customers," said Laura Norkute, the company's director of water quality. "We perform this distribution system maintenance program every year as an added measure of disinfection in our distribution system."

Most customers won't notice a change, New Jersey American Water says. The smell and taste will return to normal once the utility completes its system maintenance.

New Jersey American Water has used chloramines in its water-treatment process since the 1970s. In 2012, the company began using the substance to treat water in its coastal system, which serves customers throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accepts chloramine as an effective treatment to prevent the waterborne transmission of parasites. One in five Americans receives drinking water from systems that administer the process, according to New Jersey American Water.

But kidney-dialysis patients and fish owners should take extra precautions, the company says. As with chlorine, chloramine must be removed from water used in the dialysis process. Dialysis systems already pre-treat their source water to remove chlorine, but some modifications may be necessary to remove chloramines. Find more info here.

Low levels of both chlorine and chloramine are toxic to aquatic life and must be removed from water they'll use. Fish owners should contact their local pet-supply store for assistance and recommended products. See more info.

Chloramine is safe for dogs, cats and birds.

The temporary change will impact the following communities (those with an asterisk purchase water from New Jersey American Water):