Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Town looks at cutting residents’ energy costs

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Homeowners could collectively share about a quarter of a million dollars in electric bill savings should the township participate in a local energy savings program that would allow it to shop for a cheaper, third-party energy supplier.    However, the bids from suppliers will be the determining factor of…

  • PRINCETON: Helping preserve history

    PRINCETON: Helping preserve history

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Light snow began to fall Saturday morning over Princeton Battlefield State Park, where a group of volunteers were working to make history more accessible.    ”We’re trying to clean it up as best as we can,” said Philadelphia resident Brian Kovacs, vice president of the Princeton Battlefield Society, as he…

  • PRINCETON: Gaylord presents rebuttal

    Former police chief responds to letter By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Former Princeton Township Police Chief Anthony Gaylord on Monday defended the circumstances surrounding his decision to retire after being linked to the turmoil and upheaval that had plagued the department in recent years.    Mr. Gaylord, addressing Mayor Liz Lempert and the council at…

  • PRINCETON: Engineers asked to analyze state’s Route 1 plans
  • PRINCETON: Library asks for higher funding from Princeton

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton Public Library board of trustees has asked the council for an increase in taxpayer funding to support a library that had more than 840,000 visitors last year.    Library officials proposed to spend $5.6 million in 2013, an amount that includes capital requests for technology, a new phone…

  • MONTGOMERY: District to tighten schools’ security

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Safety was the word of the day at the Lower Middle School on Wednesday when school and police officials stopped by to talk about security protocols and upgrades throughout the district.    Like most school districts, the move to tighten school security is spurred by the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting…

  • PRINCETON: Mascot in waiting
  • PRINCETON: Mascot in waiting
  • PRINCETON: Engineers asked to analyze state’s Route 1 plans

    PRINCETON: Engineers asked to analyze state’s Route 1 plans

    By Philip Sean Curran and Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writers    Princeton will have one its municipal engineers scrutinize a proposal by the Department of Transportation to reconfigure Route 1 to improve traffic flow.    Land use Engineer Jack West will sit down in the coming weeks with engineers from West Windsor, Princeton University and Mercer County to…