Town & Country Services opens in Princeton

PRINCETON — Town & Country Services, based in Tonica, has recently opened an office in Princeton, at 640 S. Main St. It offers plumbing, heating, cooling and electrical services for residential and commercial customers in the Illinois Valley.

Bob and Vicki Goskusky, the current owners of the business, are the third generation to run Town & Country Services since it opened its doors nearly a century ago in 1919.

Bob’s grandfather, Wynn Jennings, started the business and ran it with his uncle, Burt Jennings. They sold the business to Bob’s parents, Gus and Kay Goskusky, who ran it for 20 years before selling it to Bob in the early 1980s.

“We do a lot of work in the area and one of our HVAC suppliers needed a presence for their brand,” he said, as to the reason for opening an office in Princeton. Town & Country Services had an office in Wenona for six years but sold it in the 1990s.

Goskusky said 90 percent of the business is installing, but the Princeton office will be selling major appliances such as refrigerators and stoves.

“We had been selling these major appliances in Tonica, but quit due to a lack of space,” he said.

The hours for the Princeton office are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The phone number is 815-872-2200. Marion Rinehart is the office manager at Princeton. Two service technicians live in the Princeton area.