Suburban bees are going nuts for my lupine

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, of "Jersey Shore" TV fame, has said he would like to become Governor of New Jersey. He's not sure if he would be a Democrat or a Republican, but he said "I think the residents of New Jersey would like no property tax" www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

The 'New Jersey Surface Alignment', part of the Gateway Project, "will ultimately eliminate a major bottleneck on the Northeast Corridor line where four tracks narrow to two between Secaucus and the existing Hudson River Tunnels" 👍 www.nj.com/news/2026/06...

This sounds like a Full Self-Driving fail. You don't just stop randomly in the middle lane of Route 22. www.nj.com/somerset/202...

"one thing stopped her and her husband, 75, from cutting ties with Manhattan: their doctors...So in December, they bought a 900-square-foot loft in Jersey City, N.J.—“SoHo for seniors” —to serve as a home base for roughly quarterly checkups" www.wsj.com/real-estate/...

He's not wrong, it does sound unbelievable.

Ras Baraka just enacted a curfew in the area around Delaney Hall, making it unlawful for protestors to demonstrate there or even be there after 9 PM.

Amazing

NJ Transit service shut down by a fire. Extraordinary. It was also shut down by a fire on Friday. I thought this news report might have been about that fire, but it seems that it is a new one! www.nj.com/news/2026/05...

Cadwalader Park, Trenton NJ, for the “Girls On The Run” regional 5K. I just heard a little girl say “Mom, Trenton is so beautiful!”

Survive our neighborhood potluck without getting into an argument about land use...win!! 👍

Check out my cherries!! 🍒

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A plan to bring 1,078 new homes to Clifton NJ appears to be in contention because of a dispute over inclusionary affordable housing. (weird choice of accompanying image from nj dot com) www.nj.com/realestate-n...

lol, pretty much!

There are few things more delightful than meeting a new local YIMBY who you hadn't met before...

Major Pride Fest at Mill Hill Park in Trenton on Saturday!

New Jersey has delayed implementation of the PACT REAL rules, a set of strict new building regulations that are either necessary to manage flood risk, or an attempt to create "no-build zones" encompassing much of the state, depending on who you talk to... newjerseymonitor.com/2026/05/29/n...

$50,000 too cheap. Gotta pump up those numbers!!! (or do the New Jersey thing, which would be to slap them with a "builder's remedy")

Critical Mass Bike Ride in Princeton tonight. Should be a big one because the weather is ❤️❤️ Meet at 6.30 pm in the square next to Princeton Public Library. Ride-out at 7 pm. More info here: www.cmp.bike

"60-minute delays with random cancellations." Sub-optimal...

Are you watching the new season of Netflix 'The Four Seasons' this weekend? of course you are, it's damn hilarious and freakishly on-point for those of us who are elders / X-ers. And the new season features NEW JERSEY! With many scenes filmed in Point Pleasant and Ocean Grove!!! 👍👍

Where in the world is Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr? Day 84. Kean has not attended a vote since March 5. Nobody has seen him in that time, leading to suggestions that he may be dead or abducted by aliens. But he/somebody has been managing his stock portfolio... www.insidernj.com/kean-trades-...

They're going to have to close down Delaney Hall, aren't they?

New Jersey doesn't build enough condos, and it seems that existing owners are also getting hammered by exorbitant increases in HOA fees, as a consequence of recently-passed state legislation intended to ensure structural integrity and fiscal solvency of condos. www.nj.com/news/2026/05...

[1/2] Due to Amtrak overhead wire and infrastructure damage, resulting from an earlier Amtrak track car fire in one of the Hudson River Tunnels, NJ TRANSIT rail service remains suspended between Penn Station New York and Newark Penn Station with cancellations and delays expected. Midtown Direct

How does stuff like this keep happening? It sometimes seems like the northeast corridor rail line is falling apart completely.

A bill requiring utilities in New Jersey to subsidize the construction of new nuclear plants advanced out of committee in the NJ statehouse this week, with bipartisan support. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/05/29/n...

Princeton Planning Board just pushed an application for an inclusionary townhouse development, which is fully compliant with zoning, and which is part of the town's Fourth Round Fair Share plan, to a *third* meeting. Madness.

It's hard to overstate how much opposition there is to building more housing in the suburbs. This Princeton NIMBY is furious that the town legalized ADUs. Not duplexes. Not apartment buildings. ADUs. The most-incremental step imaginable. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...

Apparently there were 1,513 qualified applicants for the 9 below-market-rate apartments in the new 195 Nassau development in Princeton NJ.

A proposal to extend Seastreak ferry service from NYC to Point Pleasant NJ survived a tight Council vote on Wednesday night, as residents lined up to complain about potential traffic impacts... www.nj.com/news/2026/05...

Some interesting activity from David Schure, chair of the Princeton Historic Preservation Commission on Facebook today. A NIMBY ranted about the proposed 20% inclusionary redevelopment on Stockton St, "It’s a fiction to say that this development is inclusionary!" and Schure gave the comment a 'like'

Mikie Sherrill press conference today, nice sign...

This sucks, but it's a nice photo of Princeton University, showing the Brutalist Fine Hall and extreme post-modern Lewis Science Library. A side of the school away from all the ivy and Oxbridge rip-offs!

Everyone hates AI data centers apparently, and Governor Mikie Sherrill is proposing new state rules to 'put guardrails on them'. However, I don't think she is proposing very much at all?? (1/5) www.nj.com/business/202...

I continue to maintain that the reason why so many crossing patrols were cut in Princeton is because the town underpays crossing guards and the police hate filling in to do that work. patch.com/new-jersey/p...

The American Dream Mall in North Jersey wants to have 'Game Day' experiences during the FIFA World Cup, with $60 tickets, but who is going to go? It's very very hard to get there, because parking cost $225 / space on game days, and NJ Transit has suspended all bus service. www.nj.com/news/2026/05...

Redeveloping the area around Penn Station NY makes sense. I don't know how the federal government can force NYC to sign up for PILOT payments though. IANAL but that seems unlawful??

New blog at 'Walkable Princeton': A cyclist died this week after injuries sustained after striking a pothole on Pretty Brook Road. The incident raises questions about the terrible state of some of the roads in town... walkableprinceton.com/2026/05/26/m...

Iconic New Brunswick NJ

Princeton University has actually deliberately expanded its student body so it could admit more students, including more students from different backgrounds. Today the University graduated its largest ever class. And gave an honorary degree to Herbie Hancock! www.nj.com/education/20...

well, it took a year and change, but Cambridge's first-in-the-nation project to upzone the entire city for 4-to-6 story residential has finally produced the kind of thing it was supposed to: 55 units, 20 percent affordable, replacing a single $3m home

The plaque featuring Trump's name is a nothingburger. It won't be completed during his term anyway, so it would be the next President's name if anything. The big problem is that this station will not have the capacity to support an increased number of trains coming in through Gateway.

Underground New Brunswick NJ cocktail lounge 'Clydz' has closed at its original location on Paterson Street, and is moving into a new space in the 'Helix' development, across from the rail station. Opening slated for September. www.cityofnewbrunswick.org/news_detail_...

Polls are open for early voting in the NJ Democratic Primary. You can vote at Princeton City Hall for the contested NJ-12 congressional race and the contested Princeton Council race. Based on the local electorate, the winner of the Democratic primary is very likely to be elected in November.

Car insurance rates are up by 32.5% in New Jersey in the past two years. Part of the problem: "People are driving more dangerously" since the COVID pandemic. Cars are also more expensive to buy and repair now. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/05/26/n...

I just saw a post in the "Point Pleasant Boro, Beach & Bay Head Neighborhood" Facebook group arguing that this ferry service should NOT be allowed to commence operation, because scheduled passenger ferries are not an allowed use in the borough's "Marina" zoning area... 🤪

welp, they pepper-sprayed a US Senator today in Newark

appears ICE has started using pepper spray and physical force on demonstrators at Delaney Hall but trying to piece together more from various sources, it does not appear yet to be a full-on crackdown, more like a few agents losing their tempers here and there