Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Township, borough, tackle joint budget

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    A joint meeting of the finance committees of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township has recommended a 5 percent across the board cut in operating expenses at agencies jointly operated by the two municipalities and has not recommended funding significant capital requests by the fire and recreation departments in order to…

  • MONTGOMERY: Township may pass senior bus service to county

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Financial difficulties continued to be the focus of attention for the Township Committee at its meeting Thursday night, as it discussed handing over the township’s senior bus services to the county.    The township has been struggling with cuts and layoffs over the past several months as it struggles…

  • PRINCETON: Employers sought for Teen Job Fair April 22

    Employers sought for Teen Job Fair    Princeton Public Library and two community partners seek employers interested in meeting the local youth workforce to participate in a Teen Job Fair on April 22. The 2 p.m. event will be in the Community Room at the library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton.    Co-sponsored by the Princeton Alcohol and…

  • PRINCETON: University safety director leaving

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Steven J. Healy, Princeton University’s public safety director, will leave the post he has occupied since 2003 at the end of this academic year to work on national campus security issues.    Mr. Healy plans on turning his focus to working as a managing partner of Margolis, Healy and Associates, a…

  • ROCKY HILL: Loss of state aid forcing boro tax hike

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — The loss of municipal aid from the state is continuing to put the squeeze on the borough of Rocky Hill, driving up taxes for its residents, according to Mayor Ed Zimmerman.    With school taxes are added in, the average homeowner will see a jump of about $600,…

  • PRINCETON: Honors at Grover Cleveland gravesite

    PRINCETON: Honors at Grover Cleveland gravesite

    Mayor Mildred Trotman of Princeton Borough, left, and Mayor Bernard Miller of Princeton Township, right, lay a wreath at the gravesite of President Grover Cleveland with the assistance of military personnel from Fort Dix on Wednesday morning. It was the former president’s 172nd birthday.

  • PRINCETON: Honors at Grover Cleveland gravesite

    PRINCETON: Honors at Grover Cleveland gravesite

    Staff Sgt. Darlin Abraham salutes as taps is played in Princeton Cemetery for the annual wreath-laying at the grave of former President Grover Cleveland on Wednesday.

  • PRINCETON: Honors at Grover Cleveland gravesite

    PRINCETON: Honors at Grover Cleveland gravesite

    Military personnel from Fort Dix salute as the National Anthem is performed.

  • PRINCETON: Honors at Grover Cleveland gravesite