During a recent press conference
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Battle of Princeton was waged 238 years ago, but the fight to save the ground where the conflict happened raged on in 2015. State lawmakers, citizen activists and a nonprofit that preserves battlefields helped lead the charge to prevent a section of the battlefield from being turned into… Continue reading THE TOP STORIES OF 2015: Fight continues over battlefield
Timothy K. Vasen
The theater director at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts died Monday in an accident at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Lewis Center said on its website. A memorial for Timothy K. Vasen, 51, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street… Continue reading Princeton University theater director dies in accident at his home in Brooklyn
John F. Nash Jr.
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer In 2015, the Princeton University community mourned the deaths of Nobel Prize winning mathematician John F. Nash Jr. and his wife, Alicia, who were killed May 23 in a car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike on their way home from Newark Liberty International Airport. The couple had been… Continue reading THE TOP STORIES OF 2015: Nobel winner John Nash and wife die in turnpike car crash
Za Bik Thang
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer Nassau Presbyterian Church is looking to bring in a Syrian refugee family to live in the area, potentially as soon as the first part of 2016, said leaders at a church that has been helping refugees for decades. Seeing the flood of refugees entering Europe earlier this year, pastor… Continue reading PRINCETON: Nassau Presbyterian Church: In the refugee resettlement business for 50 years
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer The Princeton Police Department is starting off the new year with new police officers — six of them, to be exact. The newly hired officers, chosen from among an initial pool of about 800 applicants, are filling the slots created by the retirement of long-time police officers — and Chief… Continue reading PRINCETON: Six new officers join police department
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer The Waldorf School of Princeton agreed to pay $58,000 to a former learning disabled student and her family to resolve a claim that the girl was unlawfully expelled three years ago, the state said. The payout was a piece of a settlement to resolve a complaint the girl’s parents… Continue reading Waldorf School of Princeton agrees to pay $58,000 to family of learning disabled student who was expelled
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer A Princeton University graduate student walking across Washington Road in April was hit by a car driven by a distracted Naked Pizza deliveryman, according to a civil lawsuit that claims the company’s 25-minute-delivery rule and other policies put the public at risk. Nyssa Emerson suffered spinal cord damage and… Continue reading PRINCETON: Lawsuit claims pizza chain’s 25-minute-delivery rule puts public at risk
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Two people were killed and a third person was seriously injured when the car in which they were riding left the road and struck a tree on South Mill Road Sunday afternoon, according to the West Windsor Township Police Department. The driver, Timothy R. Ignas, 74, and… Continue reading WEST WINDSOR: Two killed, another injured in one-car crash on South Mill Road
By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer LAWRENCE — A 35-year-old man was burned Christmas Day when his car caught fire on the Trenton Freeway (Route 1) South near Whitehead Road, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. Richard Silverstein, 35, of Kendall Park, suffered burns to his face, arms and torso in the car fire, which… Continue reading LAWRENCE: Man injured in car fire on Christmas Day
The Police Police Department celebrates the holiday season with this video message to local residents.
