Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: WW-P school board to vote on field lights

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional school board will vote on a resolution at its Feb. 9 meeting that could pave the way for a fundraising campaign to buy, install and maintain lights for the athletic fields at High School North and High School South.    School board member Robert Johnson said the…

  • PRINCETON: Energy exec a State of the Union guest

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Power Systems President and CEO Marshall Cohen got a front row seat to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last week, and he got to meet the president himself to boot.    ”It was quite an experience,” said Mr. Cohen, who was invited as the guest of Rep.…

  • PRINCETON: Boro chief offers cooperation on police governance

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough police Chief David Dudeck has expressed a willingness to work with Borough Council members to amend police procedures that have troubled one council member.    Past lack of communication between the borough police chief and the governing body, fostered by police procedures, and oversight by a Public Safety Committee,…

  • WEST WINDSOR: February H1N1 clinics are scheduled

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The West Windsor Health Department will provide free H1N1 influenza vaccinations to all residents and employees in the township starting in February.    ”We will have the nasal mist available and the vaccine,” said Jill Swanson, manager of environmental health. “Anyone 18 or under must have a parent…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Draft ordinance would govern cell towers

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Planning Board approved new rules that would govern the placement of cell towers and co-located wireless equipment, Wednesday.    The draft ordinance, which prohibits the construction of new cell towers, is designed to limit the impact cellular equipment has on residential neighborhoods.    The new plan is…

  • WEST WINDSOR: School district confronts budget gap

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is looking for ways to meet an expected budget shortfall.    District administrators say they’re facing a possible budget shortfall of anywhere between $2 million to $8 million, largely because of expected increases in the cost of union contracts, benefits, utilities, special education tuition and…

  • MONTGOMERY: School district dropping student activity fee

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    The Montgomery Township Board of Education plans to do away with the student activity fee as part of the 2010-11 budget.    The move was announced by Superintendent Earl Kim said at a meeting Monday night intended to solicit public input on the budget. The board plans to introduce a tentative…

  • MONTGOMERY: Township discusses layoffs, service cuts

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Additional shared services, employee layoffs and cuts in services will all be part of upcoming discussions of Montgomery Township’s 2010 budget.    Township Administrator Donato Nieman reported on the outset of the process at the Township Committee meeting Thursday night.    He has worked on the budget alongside Chief Financial…

  • PRINCETON: Senior center launches career counseling

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Perhaps no segment of the population has been hit harder in the current recession than older workers and the retired. Downsized later in their careers, or unable to continue to pay high taxes and other living expenses on fixed retirement incomes, older workers have found themselves thrust back into a…