Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Township receives Princeton U payment

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The township has received $51,900 for 2009 as part of a payment in lieu of taxes agreement with Princeton University.    The council approved a memorandum of understanding in October between the trustees of Princeton University and the township that will see the university make voluntary payments to…

  • PRINCETON: Groundbreaking at Updike Farmstead

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    The Historical Society of Princeton has kicked off its project to rehabilitate the historic Updike Farmstead with a ceremonial groundbreaking event at the site.    One hundred guests, including a fourth-grade school group from Community Park Elementary, were on hand Monday at the historic Quaker Road property, which borders the Battlefield…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Sarnoff Library moving its collection

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The David Sarnoff Library on Washington Road is getting ready to move.    The last tours of the library — which contains a museum, and an archive — were conducted in July and the facility will close its doors for the last time at the end of the…

  • MONTGOMERY: Referendum on school improvements Tuesday

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide on the Montgomery Township Board of Education’s $14.9 million bond referendum for health and safety upgrades to building systems at four of its schools.    The bond will support a $23.7 million project for facilities upgrades, primarily related to energy efficiency…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Planning Board maps cell tower policy

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — The Township Planning Board on Wednesday moved a step further in crafting an ordinance to regulate the placement of cell phone towers and equipment in West Windsor.    The Planning Board has been working with residents on drafting an ordinance that will limit the impact cell towers and…

  • MONTGOMERY: Township hopes to save with composting

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Township officials expect to save thousands of dollars thanks to a new composting program by the Public Works Department that has created an alternative to the use of chemical fertilizers on parklands.    The department is implementing a “compost tea program,” which uses the compost of natural materials such…

  • PRINCETON: Municipalities get word on state aid cuts

    By Kristine Snodgrass,Staff Writer    As the state struggles to close its budget gap, area municipalities were informed this week that they would not receive thousands of dollars in state aid they had anticipated.    The state Division of Local Government Services announced Tuesday that the Consolidated Municipal Property Tax Relief payment for December would not be…

  • PRINCETON: Updike Farmstead project has groundbreaking

    PRINCETON: Updike Farmstead project has groundbreaking

           The Historical Society of Princeton kicked off its project to rehabilitate the Updike Farmstead Monday morning with a Ceremonial Groundbreaking Event at the site.    One hundred guests, including a fourth grade school group from Community Park Elementary, were on hand at the historic Quaker Road property, which borders the Battlefield Preservation District and the…

  • PRINCETON: Updike Farmstead project has groundbreaking

    PRINCETON: Updike Farmstead project has groundbreaking

    At the Updike Farmstead project groundbreaking, from left: David McAlpin, HSP Member of the Board of Trustees; Erin Dougherty, HSP Executive Director; U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, and fourth graders from the Community Park Elementary School.