The Town of Princeton Awarded the Largest Grant in Town History

 

A message from Mayor Stacy Johnson

The Town of Princeton was recently awarded the largest grant in town history. A $10,560,000 grant from USDA for a WWTP expansion.

 

The town was also approved for a $2,400,000 loan at 2.375% for 40 years from USDA. This award is a giant step towards the expansion of our current wastewater treatment plant. The current treatment plant treats 275,000 gpd and with the expansion, the plant capacity will almost double in capacity.

 

“This is a huge step for Princeton. I have worked diligently with town staff, town board, local officials, state officials, our engineers and Kayla Lee with USDA to do what was promised our citizens: to have the sewer moratorium lifted and work towards a sewer plant expansion. With the expansion, we are ready to welcome new businesses and homes into Princeton – a place we call Peaceful, Pleasant, Progressive and Proud. An enormous amount of gratitude is extended to our grant writer, Marla Ashworth with TRC Engineering; our Town Administrator, Michael King; Senator Benton Sawrey; Representative Larry Strickland; our public works staff; our Town Board; and most importantly, Kayla Lee with USDA, along with all her staff. This grant is the largest funding grant the Town of Princeton has ever been awarded and we are very blessed to partner with USDA.” “Princeton is growing. 47 new homes will be under construction within the next few months. Another 35 have been approved and will begin in late 2025. We have begun our street paving project and re-paved many roads and have more in our future plans. We are also working on a Capital Improvement Plan and a Parks and Recreation Master Plan. We have acquired additional land and will continue to acquire more as needed for the plant expansion. We still have a lot of work to do but, we are excited for the future of Princeton.” Stacy Johnson, Mayor

 

Princeton is located in eastern Johnston Co., just 40 miles SE of Raleigh and 120 miles W of Atlantic Beach. Princeton is a small quiet town that we love to call home. For more information on the Town of Princeton, please call Town Hall at 919-936-8171 or visit www.myprincetonnc.com.

 

TRAFFIC STUDY  

 Citizens - The week of September 23 you may see cameras, people in vests and possibly a drone during this week at the corner of Pine St. and Dr. Donnie H. Jones Blvd. (By Piggly Wiggly and Handy Mart) A traffic study is being complied by NCDOT. Please advise and drive safe.

 

 

VACANT LOT FOR SALE

The Town of Princeton has a vacant lot for sale located at 414 S. Center St. (.52 acres) zoned R3. The parcel is identified as parcel ID 04007019. The asking price is $19,690. There is a 10 day up bid. The upset bid amount is 10% of the first $1,000 of the price and 5% of the balance. All bids are welcome and should be submitted to town hall. All bids should be open bids, no sealed bids accepted.

For more information, please call town hall at 919-936-8171.

 

*** Bid Presented on September 13, 2024 *** 

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Request for Bids (August 27, 2024)

  The Town of Princeton is accepting bids for:

1.  Sewer line extension located on S. Elm St. 

2. Sewer line upgrade on S. Pine St. 

For more information on these projects please call Buddy Sanders at Town Hall at 919-936-8171. 

 

  

UTILITY BILLS REMINDER 

Just a friendly reminder that utility bills are due on the 1st of each month. A late fee of $15 will be charged on the 15th of the same month. Services are subject to disconnection on the 1st of the following month for non-payment. If you have any questions, please contact town hall.  

 

 

STATE LIFTS PRINCETON'S SEWER MORATORIUM 

 

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Town of Princeton Citizens,

 

    This calls serves as information in reference to the AUGUST utility bill that you should receive soon.

Due to an internal computer server issue, approximately 50% of the utility bills for the month of AUGUST were calculated incorrectly. The Town staff are working to correct the incorrect invoices . The computer issue has been corrected and future invoicing will not have any issues.  If you have concerns with your invoice you may call the Town Hall to review but wait until Monday August 5, this will allow the staff time to have accurate information to review with you. As a reminder, monthly bills are due the 1^st of each month. A late fee is assessed on the 15^th and disconnection for non-payment is the following month on the 1^st.

 

Thank you for your patience and working with the Town of Princeton.

 

 

 

PRINCETON POLICE DEPARTMENT

Citizens - If you have a NON-Emergency and need to speak with the Princeton Police Department, please call the NON-Emergency phone number at 919-934-9411 and ask to speak with the Princeton Police Officer.

If you have an EMERGENCY, please call 911.

 

 

 

Town of Princeton Street Paving Project

 

Dear Citizens, 

 

The Town of Princeton has begun a street paving project that will make a huge impact on our town streets for years to come.  The priority list compiled by a street paving study suggests the following streets be addressed in the following phases. This doesn’t mean that each phase will occur as listed below as it depends on factors such as total cost, traffic and planned future repairs.  Your commissioners will evaluate and vote to confirm each phase as needed when the time comes.

 

In the meantime, we will continue to work hard to keep our streets in the best working order we can!

 

Phase I (2024)

Barden St.

Center St. (End) 

Eagle’s Crest Lane (Enterance) 

Elm St. 

Linda St. 

Pool St. 

 

Phase II (2029)

S Center St.

E. Edwards St. 

Lee St. 

S. Pearce St. 

N. Pearl St./Railroad St. 

N. Walnut St. 

 

Phase III (2034)

S. Walnut St. 

Smith St. 

Azealia St. 

Majestic Lane

Iris St. 

 

Phase VI (2039)

Church St.

First St.

Pearce St.

Second St

 

 

Thank You, 

Mayor Johnson

 

 

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IMPORTANT!!! 

April 10, 2024

Reference: Trash Collection

Dear Town of Princeton Citizens,

We would like to apologize for the past two weeks of trash collections. Due to short staffing, water main breaks, truck maintenance and storms, some of the collection days may have been different. Moving forward trash will be collected on Tuesday and Wednesday as scheduled until the week of May 13. Starting the week of May 13 ALL trash in the Town of Princeton will be collected every Wednesday. Recycle collection will be every other Monday. Leaves and limbs will still be every Monday and Friday.

We recently did a trash study here in town and we feel strongly enough that we can collect ALL household trash in one day.

Collecting all trash in one day will allow our public works staff more time to work on other town needs.

Please visit our website for bulk pick up items.
www.myprincetonnc.com

Thank you for understanding and working with us.

If you have any questions about trash collections, please contact Buddy Sanders at t.sanders@myprincetonnc.com or Town Hall.


Trash Collection Dates: as of May 13 week.
May 15, 22, 29
June 5, 12, 20, 26 (Offices are closed on the 19th)
July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
August 7, 14, 21, 28
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
November 6, 13, 20, 27
December 4, 11, 18, (Possibly 23), 27 (Offices are closed December 24/25/26)

Recycle Dates:
May 6, 20
June 3, 17
July 1, 15, 29
August 12, 26
September 9, 23
October 7, 21
November 4, 18
December 2, 16, 30

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BULK PICK UP  

 Just a reminder that starting March 1, 2024 all special bulk pick up trash services are $75 each.

Please see the Town of Princeton Solid Waste Ordinance Solid_Waste_Ordinance_2023(1).pdf (myprincetonnc.com

 

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Just a reminder the Animal Control Ordinance has been amended as of March 4, 2024. 

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