Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Princeton(s) to hold rare joint meeting

    A new effort to resolve issues? By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    When the governing bodies of both Princeton Township and Borough hold a joint meeting Tuesday to discuss the future of the Princeton Sewer Operating Committee lands, that might not be the only topic raised.    As the first non-budget joint meeting in years, the session…

  • Two administrators named at Lewis School

    For development and strategic planning    The Lewis School has appointed a director of development and director of strategic planning as the school prepares for its new proposed campus.    Lisa Settle Callaway has been appointed director of development and Robert P. Martinez, who is project manager for The Lewis School’s proposed new campus, has been named…

  • PRSD board painting bleak picture for next year’s budget

    State-imposed cap on tax hikes looms By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    With the new state-imposed cap on tax increases looming, members of the Princeton Regional School District Board of Education issued bleak projections Tuesday about what the restrictions could mean for their upcoming budget.    ”What we do know now is that business as usual is…

  • A final site plan the next step for Schenck Farmstead

    West Windsor to restore site to 1910 state By Greg Forester Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — A crucial step in restoring the Schenck Farmstead to its 1910 heyday will be the creation of a final site plan for the property over the next few months, township officials said Wednesday.    The site plan spells out the…

  • WW fire company gets $9,000 grant

    From U.S. Department of Homeland Security    WEST WINDSOR — The Princeton Junction Fire Company has received a $9,000 grant from the 2007 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.    The fire department plans to use the funds to purchase a thermal imaging camera that can…

  • Princeton officials press truck concerns

    Pending state regulations a month away By Nick Norlen Staff Writer    Princeton officials working against the presence of large trucks in town on a number of fronts will have at least another month before new regulations go into effect, Township Committeeman Chad Goerner announced this week.    After a recent federal court ruling allowed 102-inch-wide and…

  • Israeli professor to give Schulman lecture

    An Israel Prize laureate    The 2006 Israel Prize laureate Amnon Rubinstein, called “the father of constitutional law in Israel,” will present the 20th annual Amy Adina Schulman Memorial Lecture on “The Crisis in Israel’s Legal System” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau St., Princeton.    The Israel Prize Committee…

  • Johnson Park school traffic worries parents, principal
  • WW DPW adds $230,000 in new vehicles

    Part of a replacement program By Greg Forester Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township’s Department of Public Works will be the recipient of over $230,000 in new vehicles after Township Council approved resolutions providing for the new equipment Monday.    The unanimous passage of the resolutions mean West Windsor’s public works employees should soon be…