Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Riding for their brothers

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The Brotherhood Ride pedaled its way to the Princeton Elks lodge in Blawenburg on Friday, Sept. 9, the final stop before Ground Zero to honor the 411 emergency services personnel who willingly gave their lives in 2001.    The New York City Fire Department lost 343 firefighters — who saved thousands…

  • PRINCETON: 60 authors, illustrators at festival

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    Sixty authors and illustrators from all over the country autographed books and talked with fans Saturday at the sixth annual Princeton Children’s Book Festival at the Public Library. “It gets better and better every year. This is the biggest,” said Allison Santos, youth services librarian.    ”I really like the mix…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Mercer County’s 9/11 memorial dedicated

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The only sound breaking the silence at the dedication of Mercer County’s 9/11 Memorial on Sunday was a “clack, clack, clack” as the American flag was slowly raised up a flagpole and then lowered to half staff.    More than 400 people sat quietly during the ceremony.    ”I’m glad they were…

  • ROCKY HILL: Ceremony honors husband of 9/11 widow

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — Brenda Fallon is a curiously joyful woman.    At first glance, her youthful energy, her passionate work to save the Mary Jacobs Library and her son having successfully completed college might be explanation enough if you didn’t know that she, like many in the Northeast, suffered an unthinkable…

  • ROAD CLOSURES: Thursday, 1:30 p.m.

       Here is a list of area road closures as of Thursday at 1:30 p.m. In all areas, police are asking residents not to drive around barricades because they are in place for a reason.    PRINCETON TOWNSHIP    Mercer Street (Princeton Pike) between Quaker Road and the Lawrence border.    River Road between Herrontown Road and the Montgomery…

  • THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY – PRINCETON: Borough officers recount 9/11 experiences

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer   For two Princeton Borough police officers who volunteered after the attacks on the World Trade Center 10 years ago the anniversary of that day is about remembering those who died and educating future generations so the events and sacrifices will never be forgotten.    Capt. Nicholas Sutter and Sgt. Michael…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Council, public question InterCap analysis

    By Heather Niccoli, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Residents and officials on Tuesday night raised questions about positive tax implications revealed in a fiscal analysis of the proposed the InterCap redevelopment plan for a transit village at Princeton Junction.    The evaluation, done by TischlerBise of Bethesda, Md., at the behest of InterCap, was presented by…

  • THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY – PRINCETON: A trip to — and above — Ground Zero

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    ”If you are afraid of heights, now is the moment to get over it,” said Bill Baroni, deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, as he began our escorted tour of Ground Zero and the National 9/11 Memorial last month.    Okey-dokey. Fantastic. I’m terrified…

  • THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY – PRINCETON: Recording tragedy, history through a lens

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Compelled by his love of photojournalism, Phil McAuliffe has taken thousands of images of the World Trade Center in almost 20 years following the two terrorist attacks on the site.    ”There was something I can’t quite articulate that drew me back again and again,” said Mr. McAuliffe, a staff photographer…