Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • VALLEY ROAD SCHOOL: School board decision delayed a month

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The Princeton Board of Education has postponed making a decision about the fate of the Valley Road School until September and has requested more information from the two parties that submitted proposals in June.    The issue will not be on the board’s agenda Tuesday night as expected, but will be…

  • PRINCETON: Solar project at schools moving forward

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Princeton Regional Schools is taking a step forward on its solar project. At its Aug. 11 meeting, the Board of Education adopted a resolution to participate in the Mercer County Improvement Authority’s renewable energy program.    ”The range of savings is somewhere between $70,000 and $100,000,” said Judy Wilson, superintendent, of…

  • VALLEY ROAD SCHOOL: Taxpayers would back one plan

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Taxpayers would be on the hook for the expansion of a firehouse and will be the bankers for the construction to build a new Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) at the former Valley Road School if the municipal-backed plan is chosen by the Board of Education in September.…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Area deer dying; disease suspected

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A disease that has the potential to ravage the local deer population might have resulted in the deaths of up to 100 of the animals in area communities.    Princeton Animal Control officer Mark Johnson, said four deer have been found dead this month.    Montgomery has had 20 unexplained deer deaths…

  • VALLEY ROAD SCHOOL: Rescue Squad looking for space to expand

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    If the municipal proposal for the Valley Road School is accepted the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) could have a new 20,000-square-foot, $4.5 million home that would be bankrolled by the municipalities and paid back with a capital campaign.    The plan proposes to tear down the old school…

  • VALLEY ROAD SCHOOL: Community Television must move by Sept. 30

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer Victoria Hurley-SchubertStaff Writer    Homelessness is a problem with which Princeton Community Television was hoping they wouldn’t have to deal.    A notice to vacate has been issued to the organization, which is a tenant at the Valley Road School, asking them to leave the premises by Sept. 30, said George McCollough,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Stray cat tests positive for rabies

       A stray cat found near an office building along Route 1 in West Windsor earlier this month tested positive for rabies.    The cat, a young adult male with black and white coloring, tested positive for the rabies virus on Aug. 23. He was found on Aug. 18, in the parking lot of an office complex…

  • VALLEY ROAD SCHOOL: Three fire companies would be under one roof in plan

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The three Princeton fire companies would consolidate operations under one roof, should a proposal put forth by the municipalities come to fruition and receive the blessing of the school board next month.    The plan includes demolishing the old Valley Road School on Witherspoon Street, extending Mercer Engine Co. No. 3…

  • UPDATE:Virginia quake felt in Central New Jersey

    UPDATE:Virginia quake felt in Central New Jersey

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