Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Schools will open on time

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Many were affected by the recent storm — Princeton Regional Schools was no exception with the loss of power, flooding and damage from fallen trees.    ”There was flooding at Princeton High School (PHS), Littlebrook and Johnson Park,” said Judy Wilson, superintendent. “There is damage, some tree damage, some damage from…

  • PRINCETON: Squad, police, family bid farewell to EMT
  • PRINCETON: Loss of power forces McCaffrey’s to dump food

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    One chore of storm recovery is cleaning out the refrigerator — imagine cleaning out cases and cases and aisles and aisles of refrigerators and freezers.    That is exactly what McCaffrey’s supermarket in the Princeton Shopping Center had to do after the store lost power due to the wrath of Hurricane…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Sept. 1

    West Windsor    Howard Duffy, 51, of Jersey City, was arrested and issued motor vehicle summonses for driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to breath tests, speeding, failure to exhibit insurance documents, reckless driving, failure to signal lane changes and failure to mount a license plate on Route 1 at 11::40 p.m. on Aug. 20. *…

  • PRINCETON: Squad, police, family bid farewell to EMT
  • WEST WINDSOR: Police ‘like’ social media during storm

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Social media has revolutionized the exchange of information. For the township police department, its experiment with social media that began in July proved its worth when Hurricane Irene came ashore.    While the department tried to let the community know about its Facebook page, it didn’t really receive…

  • PRINCETON: Construction worker injured in fall

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    A construction worker at Princeton University’s Neuroscience and Psychology buildings was injured in a fall on Thursday afternoon.    The university’s Department of Public Safety received information that an employee of an outside construction company was injured in a fall from the fourth floor to the third floor at 2:50 p.m.…

  • MONTGOMERY: Township adds to Cherry Brook

    MONTGOMERY: Township adds to Cherry Brook

    Open Space Chairman Clem Fiori and Montgomery Friends of Open Space President Mary Penney in the newly acquired open space tract in the Cherry Brook Preserve.

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Most area roads are open

       Though the steady sound of chainsaws can be heard, things are resuming a degree of normalcy in the aftermath of Hurrican Irene.    Most of the roads in Montgomery that had been closed because of the storm have opened with the exception of the Millstone River Road between Staats Farm Road and the Griggstown Causeway, and…