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Parc at Princeton Junction sold Parc at Princeton Junction, a 232-unit housing community located less than a mile from Princeton Junction Train Station, has been sold to a private buyer for $92.15 million, JLL Capital Markets announced. The property, built in 2018 off Bear Brook Road, was a joint venture between Toll Brothers Apartment Living and The Davis Companies. It offered one- to three-bedroom luxury apartments ranging from 750 to 1,349 square feet as well as nearly 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The community features a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, bocce ball court, dog spa and wash, two-story clubhouse, outdoor grills, firepit, courtyard and sundeck. The property also offers on-site maintenance and management, a package delivery room, game room, and reading room/library. A shuttle is available for the .75-mile ride to the train station. The JLL Capital Markets investment sales team that represented the seller was led by senior managing director Jose Cruz, managing director Michael Oliver, senior managing director Kevin O’Hearn and managing director Steve Simonelli. “The Princeton multi-housing submarket has shown incredible fundamentals over the last 12 months with strong See AROUND TOWN, Page 3

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County champs

By Bill Sanservino

The High School South girls’ tennis team defeated High School North on Sept. 22 to win the team’s first Mercer County Tournament since 2015. Pictured are Eliana Du (left), Amy Zheng, Prisha Priyadarshini, coach Carla Crawbuck, Melissa Liu, Anna Zhao, Alyssa Yang, Rasika Anandakumar and assistant coach Daniel Sierzega. For more tennis coverage, turn to Page 20.

Ida a disaster for area towns FEMA funds available to pay for storm-related property damage By Rebekah Schroeder

In early September, New Jersey saw remnants of Hurricane Ida wreak havoc on the garden state with excessive flooding and tornadoes. Thirty residents died, including two who perished in Mercer County. The Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA) stepped in to help, establishing several Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) across the affected areas. On Sept. 6, President Biden approved major disaster declarations for New Jersey, concentrating on incidents from the period of Sept. 1 to 3. A DRC in Ewing opened on Sept. 14, established at Hollowbrook Community Center on 320 Hollowbrook Drive. Representatives from multiple state and federal agencies such as FEMA, U.S. Small Business Administration, New Jersey State Office of Emergency

Management, and others will be available to answer questions from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, as well as 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. The DRC aims to help survivors file claims for financial compensation, provide resources, and aid with other forms of disaster assistance. It will remain an active location until the community is no longer in need of services to recover from the disaster. FEMA has an online resource, New Jersey Remnants Of Hurricane Ida, that gives a See FEMA, Page 4

There might be a number of local Plainsboro and West Windsor races on the Nov. 2 ballot, but the contest for West Windsor mayor is the only one in both towns that is contested. Mayor Hemant Marathe, who is seeking election to his second four-year term, is being challenged by Tirza Wahrman. This is Wahman’s first time seeking public office. See Page 13 for The News’ coverage of the mayoral race. The uncontested races include two seats on West Windsor Council, two seats on Plainsboro Township Committee, one West Windsor seat on the WW-P School Board and two Plainsboro seats on the board. Incumbent West Windsor Councilwoman Linda Geevers and Martin Whitfield are running on the “Promises Made * Promises Kept” slate with Marathe. Although the are assured election, the two agreed to answer a series questions posed to them by The News. The Q&A starts on Page 17. Also answering questions were Plainsboro Township Committee incumbents Neil Lewis and Nuran Nabi, and unopposed school board candidates Elizabeth GeorgeCheniara (West Windsor), Rachel Juliana, Pooja Bansal (Plainsboro). Their answers will be posted during October on communitynews.org and also appear in the Nov. 1 issue of The News.

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