Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • Rocky Hill mayor blasts state police fees

    By Greg Forester / Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — Mayor Ed Zimmerman joined more than 100 officials at The College of New Jersey last week to oppose a state proposal to charge fees to towns that rely on state troopers for police coverage.    The affected municipalities face a total of over $12 million in charges,…

  • Realty firm surveys interest in ‘green’ buildings

    By Lauren Otis / Staff Writer    Few commercial properties in the greater Princeton area are being developed using green, energy-efficient technology, although Aubrey Haines had heard here and there that businesses might be interested in leasing such properties.    With only anecdotal evidence, Mr. Haines, a managing director of Mercer Oak Realty LLC in Ewing, saw…

  • Firm brings recycling concepts to schools

    By Lauren Otis / Staff Writer    LAWRENCE — “I was never really into recycling,” said Max Giaccone, 17, a senior at the Bridge Academy as he stood outside in the morning sun on Friday near the school’s array of recycling buckets and containers.    But after the school became a partner with Trenton-based TerraCycle Inc., the…

  • West Windsor plans environmental fair

       The West Windsor Environmental Commission, West Windsor Farmers Market and Friends of West Windsor Open Space will host an Environmental Education Fair at the Farmers Market on Sept. 20 for citizens, governmental agencies, corporate exhibitors and regional business to show opportunities to make West Windsor and the greater Mercer County area more environmentally sustainable.    The…

  • Princeton students do hand-on community service

    By Katie Wagner / Staff Writer    In 90-degree weather one day last week, they pounded on a rectangle of dirt with shovels and raked away weeds to prepare for a new vegetable bed on John Witherspoon Middle School’s campus.    The group included both incoming Princeton University freshmen and students from Princeton Regional Schools.    The younger…

  • West Windsor scrubs parking lot waiting lists

    By Greg Forester / Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — People who have failed to respond to the township Parking Authority will have their names deleted from the waiting lists that determine who receives coveted parking permits for lots at the Princeton Junction train station.    That is the latest development for commuters playing the waiting game,…

  • Princeton’s Hun School has new fine arts building

    By Katie Wagner / Staff Writer    The former athletic center at The Hun School has morphed into the Landis Family Fine Arts Building, with renovations completed in time for the school year.    A certificate of occupancy for the transformed three-story building, which will house most of the school’s fine arts classes, has been issued, according…

  • Princeton schools get new equipment and programs

    By Katie Wagner / Staff Writer    The kickoff of Princeton Regional Schools’ 2008-09 school year has brought changes for teachers and students.    The new additions include a traverse wall in Johnson Park Elementary School’s gymnasium, full-day pre-K classes and software-assisted curriculums in all grades.    The traverse wall, which was installed in late August, was purchased…

  • Congo owner charged with shoplifting

    By Lea Kahn / Staff Writer Guy M. James, whose dog Congo became the focus of a controversial court battle in Princeton last year, has been charged with shoplifting for attempting to leave the ShopRite supermarket at the Mercer Mall without paying for $587.81 worth of food Aug. 29, according to the Lawrence Township Police…