Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXII, No. 27
 
Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Topics in Brief
A Community Bulletin

Princeton alumnus and international business executive Gerhard R. (Gerry) Andlinger has made a $100 million gift to Princeton University to accelerate research on effective and sustainable solutions to problems of energy and the environment. Princeton will use the donation to create the Gerhard R. Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment within the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

The Borough has announced that Phase Two of the Downtown Development Project will begin on or about Monday, July 7. The surface parking lot on the corner of Spring Street and South Tulane Street will then no longer be available for public parking. Vehicles will be directed to the Spring Street Municipal Garage located across from the surface lot on Spring/Tulane Streets. Borough Merchants are invited to an informational meeting about the project at Borough Hall on Wednesday, July 9, at 9 a.m., where representatives from the Borough and the project developer will be available to provide information and to answer questions.

Representative Rush Holt will discuss the economy and climate change at a series of town hall meetings across central New Jersey. On Tuesday, July 8, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. residents may call in to a telephone town hall by dialing 1-866-447-5149 and when prompted enter the pin 13864. A regular town hall meeting focusing on foreclosure and housing issues will be held on Saturday, July 12, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Mercer County Community College, James Kearney Campus, 102 North Broad Street.

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