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A Community Bulletin

Princeton Township Committee is expected to vote on an ordinance this Monday, that, if passed, would reduce the age minimum on a Bunn Drive tract zoned for senior housing to 55-and-over, down from the current age-62 minimum. The ordinance was crafted in response to a developer’s proposal seeking to build housing on the land that would be open to a wider market. However, the tract, just south of Hilltop Park and west of Princeton Community Village, is part of the Princeton Ridge that, environmentalists contend, is particularly sensitive. Additionally, concerned that building the proposed 146 age-restricted units on the 17-acre parcel would increase flooding in downstream parts of the Township, members of the advocacy group, Save Princeton Ridge, are expected to present a 1,500-signature petition to Committee next week, urging Committee to reject the ordinance, as well as prevent future development on that part of the ridge. The land is owned by Short Hills-based Chatham Capital Investments, LLC. Township Committee will examine the proposed ordinance this Monday, January 14, at Township Hall at 7 p.m. (MH)

The Princeton Township Christmas tree collection program started this week and is scheduled for the following days in each of the following four collection sections of the township: Section One, bounded by Route 206 to the west and the Borough line and route 27 to the south, will have pickups on January 14, 22, and 28; Section Two, bounded by Alexander Street to the west and the Princeton Borough line and Route 27 to the north, will have pickups January 15, 22, and 29; Section Three, bounded by Rosedale Road to the north and the Princeton Borough line and Alexander Street to the east, will have pickups January 9, 16, 23, and 30; and Section Four, bounded by Rosedale Road to the south and the Princeton Borough line and Route 206 to the east, will have pickups January 10, 17, 24, and 31. Residents should place Christmas trees at the edge of the road pavement before 7 a.m. on the day of collection. Residents are asked to remove all tinsel and any tree decorations. Trees in bags will not be picked up. Residents who miss their scheduled tree pickup can take their Christmas tree to the Lawrence Township Ecological facility at 3701 Princeton Pike in Lawrenceville. Facility hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Secure@Home, an initiative of Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County, will host a free information and sign-up event next Tuesday, January 15, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, at 50 Cherry Valley Road, between 10 a.m. and noon. Secure@Home is a membership-based program that includes a full family, health and home assessment and care plan, a 24/7 emergency phone hotline, a household chore service, cultural/wellness lectures, discounted transportation, and other referral services. For more information, go to www.jfcsonline.org.

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