Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • ROCKY HILL: Boro eyes school district consolidation

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council this week voted to conduct a study into the tax implications of a possible merger or regionalization of its school district.    The borough pays about $1.3 million tuition each year to send almost 100 children of residents to Montgomery Township Schools, Mayor Ed Zimmerman…

  • PRINCETON: Township budget to carry 3.5 percent tax hike

    Township budget will carry 3.5 percent tax hike Lauren OtisStaff Writer    Princeton Township Committee introduced a 2009 municipal budget that calls for a 3.5 percent tax increase for property owners at its meeting Monday evening.    At a presentation on the budget before Township Committee, Township Administrator James Pascale called the approximately $35.9 million municipal budget…

  • SCHOOL VOTES: Budgets OKd in Princeton, Montgomery, WW-Plainsboro

    By Kristine Snodgrass & Greg Forest, Staff Writers    Voters rewarded the efforts of area school boards to stabilize local tax levies by supporting school budgets in Tuesday’s election.    Voters also endorsed newcomers on the boards, and voted off one area incumbent.    An $80.8 million 2009-2010 Princeton Regional Schools budget passed muster Tuesday in both Princeton…

  • MONTGOMERY: Earth Day Fair this Sunday

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The township Environmental Commission is hosting its fourth annual Earth Day Fair this weekend. It will include free activities, exhibits and live music.    The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Lower Middle School. The green event is being held in honor…

  • PRINCETON: Police issue looms large in consolidation talk

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — In 2008, the $3.6 million that Princeton Borough spent on its 34-member police force was its biggest departmental expenditure by far and accounted for 14.3 percent of its $25.3 million budget, overwhelmingly for salaries and wages.    Princeton Township spent 10.7 percent of its $35.3 million budget in 2008…

  • PRINCETON: Fresh and natural urged for PRSD cafeterias

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — The Princeton Garden Cooperative, a community group that helped bring edible gardens to plots at six Princeton public schools, wants to see fresh produce and local food move from the garden and into school cafeterias.    The group recently presented some actions the district could take to bring healthful…

  • PRINCETON: School districts get special ed grants

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — The Princeton Regional, West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional and Montgomery Township school districts will all receive millions of dollars in federal stimulus for use in special education programs over the next two years.    Announced last week by the state government, the federal aid money comes as part of $787 in…

  • PRINCETON: Traffic, parking plans set for Communiversity

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    The 2009 edition of Communiversity is expecting a crowd equal in size to last year’s estimated 35,000 attendees, according to members of the Arts Council of Princeton, one of the organizers of the event.    ”It’s the largest cultural event of the year in Princeton,” said Jeff Nathanson, the executive director…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Mayoral candidate seeks 12.1 percent tax cut

    Mayoral candidate calls for 12.1 cut in WW tax rate Kristine SnodgrassStaff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Council President Charlie Morgan, a candidate for mayor, is calling for a 12.1 percent tax reduction in the township’s 2009 municipal budget through use of surplus funds.    In a statement released this week, he said he cannot support the…