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  • HURRICANE UPDATES: View storm photos
  • HURRICANE UPDATES: View storm photos

    HURRICANE UPDATES: View storm photos

    Moore Street in Princeton. Staff photo by Victoria Hurley-Schubert

  • HURRICANE PHOTOS: Send us your photos

    Did you capture some incredible images from the storm and its aftermath? Send them as .jpgs 1 meg or more to [email protected] for possible inclusion in our storm coverage for the Tuesday Princeton Packet. Thanks!

  • VALLEY ROAD SCHOOL: Reuse group architect says building salvageable

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    One vision for the former Valley Road School has it becoming a community center that serves area nonprofits at no taxpayer expense.    The Valley Road School Adaptive Reuse Committee (VRS-ARC) is working with Princeton architect Joshua Zinder to look at problems they might be facing if they are awarded the…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Police blotter

    Princeton Borough Alex Nessas, 23, of 508 Barclay Blvd., was charged with disorderly conduct on Spring Street at 11:20 p.m. on Aug. 23.    Princeton Township    Joaquin Meza, 53, of Canada, was driving a tractor-trailer when he rear-ended Patrick Jones, 53, of Mt. Laurel, who was driving a passenger bus on Route 206 at 8:19 a.m.…

  • PRINCETON: Preparations under way for Irene’s arrival

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Local emergency personnel are taking the threat of Hurricane Irene very seriously and are making preparations in advance of the weekend storm.    The storm, along with damaging winds, has the potential to dump more than 10 inches of rain on the Princeton area.    This storm is nothing to fool with,…

  • VALLEY ROAD SCHOOL: School board decision delayed a month

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    The Princeton Board of Education has postponed making a decision about the fate of the Valley Road School until September and has requested more information from the two parties that submitted proposals in June.    The issue will not be on the board’s agenda Tuesday night as expected, but will be…

  • PRINCETON: Solar project at schools moving forward

    By Stephanie Vaccaro, Staff Writer    Princeton Regional Schools is taking a step forward on its solar project. At its Aug. 11 meeting, the Board of Education adopted a resolution to participate in the Mercer County Improvement Authority’s renewable energy program.    ”The range of savings is somewhere between $70,000 and $100,000,” said Judy Wilson, superintendent, of…

  • VALLEY ROAD SCHOOL: Taxpayers would back one plan

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff Writer    Taxpayers would be on the hook for the expansion of a firehouse and will be the bankers for the construction to build a new Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) at the former Valley Road School if the municipal-backed plan is chosen by the Board of Education in September.…