It’s unanimous: Michael LaSusa officially named next Princeton …
Jan 9, 2025 · (r-l) The next superintendent of the Princeton Public Schools, Mike DeSusa, chats with School Board President Dafna Kendal and former Princeton Councilwoman Jo Butler. Photo: Krystal Knapp. The board of education for Princeton Public Schools voted unanimously Wednesday, Jan. 8, to appoint Michael ...
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Newhouse kills print editions of Trenton Times, Star Ledger, …
Oct 30, 2024 · Krystal Knapp is the founding editor of Planet Princeton. Follow her on Twitter @krystalknapp. She can be reached via email at editor AT planetprinceton.com. Send all letters to the editor and press releases to that email address.
A primer on public schools and property tax caps in N.J.
Dec 21, 2024 · New Jersey’s first property tax cap law was passed by the Legislature in 2007 and signed by Gov. Jon Corzine. The property tax levy cap was set at 4% and applied to school districts, counties, municipalities, fire districts, and solid waste collection districts.
BOE president calls on Princeton Council to share PILOT money …
Dec 19, 2024 · The president of the Princeton Board of Education today asked the Princeton Council to share money from the payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreements the council has negotiated with developers of luxury apartment projects with the public schools.
Jan. 8 decision: Princeton Board of Education to name new ...
Jan 3, 2025 · The Princeton Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, in the Valley Road Administration Building Conference Room to appoint a new superintendent of schools. A search for a new permanent leader of the school district began in the fall. The school board hired ...
By the numbers: Affordable housing obligations for the next …
Oct 22, 2024 · The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has released its calculations for the number of affordable homes each municipality is required to create over the next decade for round four of the state’s affordable housing requirements.. Municipalities have until Jan. 31, 2025 to adopt the state’s guidance or provide their own calculation consistent with New Jersey law, and have until June ...
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space to expand community …
Jan 4, 2025 · The Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, a nonprofit land trust, has launched a survey to help the organization understand Central New Jersey residents’ concerns about the environment and their top priorities for expanding conservation efforts. You can take the survey online. It takes about ...
One former Princeton University football player killed, one injured …
Jan 1, 2025 · Former Princeton football player Martin “Tiger” Bech was killed in the truck attack that left 15 people dead and 35 others injured in New Orleans in the early hours of New Year’s Day, his family confirmed Wednesday. He was 27. His friend, colleague, and former Princeton football teammate Ryan ...
Princeton community leader Sally Sword dies at 99
Jan 6, 2025 · Sally Pitcher Sword passed away peacefully of natural causes on Jan. 1 in her Princeton home. She was 99. Known affectionately as “Howie” by her friends and family, she was married for 55 years to William Sword, a former partner at Morgan Stanley and founder of Wm Sword & Co., investment bankers in Princeton, until his passing in 2005.