Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Committee exploring way to lower electric bills

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Township Committee is eyeing the state Government Energy Aggregation program that would allow homeowners to reduce their electric bills by essentially bargaining for a cheaper power supplier.    Under the program, the township would be able to shop around for the least expensive power supply and most protective…

  • PRINCETON: Schools face surprise visits from state

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Public schools in Princeton and around the state could be getting a surprise visit in the coming weeks from state officials monitoring school security drills.    Unannounced visits are due to start later this month or in early February, the state has said.    Barbara Morgan, a spokeswoman for the Department…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton    (No items supplied.) West Windsor    (No items supplied.) Montgomery    (No items supplied.) Plainsboro    A resident of Jersey City reported a black Acer laptop was stolen at his place of employment on College Road East on Jan. 21 at 9:16 a.m. Police said the value of the laptop was unable to be determined at the…

  • PRINCETON: Sustainable Princeton outlines future goals

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    A local environmental group wants to see the entire Princeton community reduce its energy consumption by 20 percent and cut in half the amount of waste it sends to landfills.    Sustainable Princeton, a nonprofit organization that gets private and public sector support, has set target dates for both of…

  • PRINCETON: PFARS honors officers, members

       The Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) inaugurated its newly elected officers at an installation dinner at the Nassau Inn.    Princeton Council President Bernie Miller swore in Robert Gregory as the new PFARS president, Deborah Westbrook as vice president, Robert Ashbaugh as treasurer, Shayan Rakhit as corresponding secretary, and Katherine Yerkes as recording secretary,…

  • MONTGOMERY: Boy Scout, Jewish Center recognized by committee

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — When Boy Scout Jesse Smith of Troop 850 began his food drive in late October, he hoped to collect at least 500 items to help the Crisis Ministry of Trenton.    But after less than a month, his drive had generated such an outpouring of support from the community…

  • PRINCETON: Rider moving ahead with building plans

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Rider University is moving ahead with plan to construct an 11,790-square-foot academic building that would provide classrooms and performing space for its Westminster Choir College.    Drawings and other documents were submitted last month to the Princeton Planning office, although the school is exempt from having to get Princeton Planning…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Five police officers promoted, one hired

    By Charley Falkenburg, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Beaming spouses cheered, comrades dealt out a generous supply of fist bumps and friends lined the walls, eager to celebrate their colleagues’ accomplishments.    Not a spare seat could be found Tuesday as people from all over the county crammed inside town hall to see five West Windsor…

  • PRINCETON: Annual ecumenical service marks MLK Day

    By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    Some inside the Princeton Jewish Center held hands Monday night as Catherine Williams sang in her soprano voice the words of the civil rights song “We Shall Overcome.”    An estimated 150 to 175 people gathered at the synagogue on Nassau Street for an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day…