Princeton officials are weighing a tight fiscal year 2026-27 budget as rapid population growth, increasing service demands and years of property tax rate reductions put pressure on the city’s ability to keep revenues aligned with expenses. Police Chief James Waters,...
Members of Princeton Masonic Lodge No. 1436 present the Community Builder Award Monday, Jan. 27, to Local 5155 of the Professional Firefighters of Princeton. Bob Wieland/Princeton Herald Princeton City Councilmembers divided over whether the moratorium on new...
Princeton Muncipal Center. Courtesy Perkins Will Although more than half of Princeton’s municipal employees are highly involved and enthusiastic about their work, there was room for improvement, a Gallup survey found. Fallan Carrillo, the city’s director of employee...
Patricia Sánchez, a forecaster/meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth, explains how a thunderstorm develops. The difference between a storm watch and a storm warning could be likened to making tacos, a National Weather Service (NWS)...
County residents vote Saturday, May 3, for three seats on the Collin College Board of Trustees. Those elected will serve six-year terms on the nine-member board. Candidates have until 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, to apply for Places 4, 5 and 6. Trustee Greg Gomel of Plano...
Fire Chief Tom Harvey shows the Princeton Fire Department’s Rosenbauer 100-foot aerial ladder truck, one of 11 trucks acquired by the department during his tenure. It may sound like a cliché, but retiring Princeton Fire Chief Tom Harvey says he had wanted to be a...
How likely are you to recommend the city to a friend or family member as a good place to live? The city of Princeton has unveiled the results of its 2024 Resident Satisfaction Survey, conducted in October by OnPointe Insights. The survey, designed to engage residents...
The Princeton City Council has extended the moratorium on new residential construction for six months. The first moratorium, for 120 days, was adopted in September and city staff had suggested a 150-day extension. However, council members voted unanimously for a...
Work is resuming on the apartment complex swimming pool. Bob Wieland/Princeton Herald The Princeton Housing Standards Commission (HSC) has met the new owner of the former Princeton Luxury Apartments east of Walmart on U.S. Highway 380. And Director of Development...
