For the last several months, organic waste deposited in bins by participants in the town of Princeton’s composting program has not gone to a farm or a facility that composts the waste — instead the food and other organic materials have...
Category - Environment
Montgomery Township preserves two Sourland properties along Rock Brook Greenway
Montgomery Township will preserve two properties in the ecologically sensitive Sourland Mountain region to expand the Rock Brook Greenway. “Our concept of a greenway to protect Montgomery’s highest quality waterway is taking further shape with these...
Montgomery Township preserves 62 more acres in the Sourlands
Montgomery Township officials closed on a deal this Tuesday that preserves 62 more acres of land that once was a camp site in the Sourlands for open space. The property, mostly forest, fronts Spring Hill Road. Officials targeted it for preservation...
Photo: Totem pole on display at Stonybrook Institute until end of August
A 16-foot totem pole is on display at the Watershed Institute until Aug. 31. The exhibition, “Kwel’ Hoy: Many Struggles, One Front,” is on a cross-country tour with a goal of uplifting efforts to protect water and land. The totem pole...
Will Princeton’s carbon footprint spur action?
This Wednesday, March 7 at the public library, Sustainable Princeton will report on a study of Princeton’s carbon footprint. That number represents the extent to which we as a town are trapped in a carbon economy, and thereby unintentionally...
D&R Greenway preserves 4.3 acres next to Herrontown Woods
The D&R Greenway, with support from Mercer County, has preserved 4.3 acres of land in the Princeton Ridge conservation area next to Herrontown Woods. With direct funding from the county and a grant, the D&R Greenway was able to purchase the...
36 acres added to Cherry Brook Preserve in Montgomery
Montgomery Township has purchased land that will add 36 acres of woodlands to the Cherry Brook Preserve. The new parcel, purchased from Thompson Land for $2 million and previously approved for residential development., is located to the south of the...
Some NJ lawmakers want to make a healthy environment a constitutional right
Advocates for the environment and some lawmakers want New Jersey to make a healthy environment a constitutional right in order to safeguard clean air and water in the Garden State. Assemblyman Tim Eustace (D-Lodi), head of the Assembly Environment...
New Jersey voters to consider two public questions Tuesday on library funding and pollution settlements
New Jersey voters will weigh in on two important ballot questions in the general election this Tuesday. The first public question authorizes the state to borrow $125 million for grants to public libraries for capital projects. The second question...
Photo: Princeton solar project complete
(l-r) Stephen Westhoven, chief operating officer, NJR Clean Energy Ventures; NJ State Senator Christopher ‘Kip’ Bateman (R-16), Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert, Princeton Councilman Bernard Miller and John Kantorek, executive director, Stony Brook...
Endangered species fifth grade art contest winners on display at D&R Greenway
Art work created by fifth graders depicting threatened and endangered species is on display at the D&R Greenway through October 18. For the annual “Speces on the Edge” contest, students painted pictures and wrote scientific essays on...
Citizen groups to host forum tonight about proposed Transco compressor station at Trap Rock Quarry
The New Jersey Sierra Club and several area citizen groups will host a forum tonight regarding Transco’s proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement Project. Transco wants to put a compressor station in Trap Rock Quarry in Franklin Township and create a...
Mercer County will give Veblen House, Herrontown Woods Arboretum to Princeton
Mercer County will transfer ownership of the 142-acre Herrontown Woods Arboretum in Princeton to the municipality, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes announced yesterday. The wooded park contains numerous hiking trails as well as the Veblen House...
Montgomery Township will preserve 34 acres of land near Hopewell
Montgomery Township is under contract to purchase a 34 acre property on the south side of Route 518 near the western border of the township between Hollow & Spring Hill Roads. This property had been targeted for preservation on Montgomery’s open...
NJDEP rejects PennEast pipeline permit application
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has rejected a permit application for the PennEast Company’s proposed $1 billion natural gas pipeline because of deficiencies in the application. PennEast had requested more time to address...
PSEG to shut down Mercer coal plant tomorrow
The Public Service Enterprise Group of Newark (PSEG) will shut down its Mercer Generating Station in Hamilton and its Hudson Generating Station tomorrow, June 1. The stations are the last two coal-fired power plants the company operates in New...
Black bear spotted this weekend in Lawrenceville
It’s that time of year again. Black bears have been spotted roaming in Central New Jersey in the last few weeks. The latest sighting of a black bear in our area was on Carter Road in Lawrenceville this weekend. Black bears are native to New...
Groundbreaking for Princeton solar project set for June 5
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new three-megawatt solar array at the site of a former municipal landfill on River Road in Princeton will be held on Monday, June 5. The River Road solar array project has been in the works for several years, but...
Final 20 acres of St. Michaels Farm Preserve purchased in Hopewell
The final 20 acres of the St. Michaels Farm Preserve in Hopewell have been purchased with funding from several private donors and the Mercer County open space program. More than $600,000 was raised to purchase the land that serves as the pedestrian...
An open letter to Mercer County and Princeton officials regarding the Veblen House
We the undersigned are calling on Mercer County and Princeton to avert a great tragedy. The Veblen House and the Veblen cottage — two buildings of national historic merit — are being considered for demolition in eastern Princeton’s first...
Somerset Freeholders to oppose Transco gas line application
The Somerset County Board of Freeholders is seeking to become an intervenor in a Federal Regulatory Commission application filed by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company to build a compressor station in Franklin Township . In March, the company...
58 acres added to Sourland Mountain Preserve
Somerset County and Montgomery Township have purchased 58.25 acres of land located at the intersection of Pleasant View Road and Route 601 as part of their open space preservation programs. The property was purchased from owner W. Bryce Thompson IV...
