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  • PRINCETON: Accident causes traffic delays

    PRINCETON: Accident causes traffic delays

       The passenger of a green GMC Jimmy was taken to the Helene Fuld Medical Center in Trenton following a three -car accident at 1:36 p.m. Tuesday on Nassau Street.    Police Chief David Dudeck said the accident is under investigation and parts of Nassau Street would be difficult to travel during that time. The accident occurred…

  • POLICE BLOTTER: Princeton, W. Windsor, Montgomery, Plainsboro

    Princeton Township   Someone was charged Monday with driving while intoxicated, refusal to submit to a breath test, reckless driving, unlicensed driver, and uninsured. Police said they responded to the area of Battle Road at 6:10 p.m. for a report of a possible drunk driver and while en route were advised the vehicle had struck…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: DWI crackdown continues through holiday weekend

    By John Saccenti Staff Writer    PRINCETON — The crackdown on drunk driving is moving into its Labor Day weekend finale with Princeton Borough police reporting 10 DWI arrests as of Thursday.    Since Aug. 20, police departments in Princeton, West Windsor, Plainsboro, Montgomery, Lawrence and other New Jersey communities have been putting extra officers on patrol…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cancer Institute of NJ honors 3 from township

    MONTGOMERY: Cancer Institute of NJ honors 3 from township

    By Geoffrey Wertime, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has named three township residents as its only individual honorees this year.    At the CINJ’s 15th annual Award of Hope Gala Oct. 2, Isaac Yi Kim, a doctor at the institute, will receive the Award of Hope for Leadership in Research and…

  • PRINCETON: Foundation gives grant to Trenton After School Program

       The Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded the Trenton After School Program a $17,750 grant for its Our Kids Count Math Enrichment Program. The grant is part of the 2010 Spring Greater Mercer County Program and was announced Aug. 26.    The TASP program, part of Princeton Outreach Projects Inc., is scheduled to begin along with…

  • PRINCETON: Township utility poles to get solar panels

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Starting next week, PSE&G will begin installing about 60 solar panels on utility poles throughout the township.    When done, the 2½-foot by 5-foot panels will be part of a project that includes 200,000 pole-mounted solar units generating 40 megawatts of solar energy.    The energy generated by the 200-watt…

  • PRINCETON: New leader opens year at Stuart Country Day School

    PRINCETON: New leader opens year at Stuart Country Day School

    By Victoria Hurley-Schubert, Staff writer    PRINCETON — Back to school means hitting the books for students, planning lessons for teachers and overseeing all of this and more for Dr. Patty Fagin, the new head of school at Stuart Country Day School.    Ms. Fagin is Stuart’s seventh head of school, and the first in the…

  • PRINCETON: New leader opens year at Stuart Country Day School

    PRINCETON: New leader opens year at Stuart Country Day School

    Dr. Patty Fagin, left, the new head of school at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, works with Jennifer Bautista, a new Spanish teacher for the middle and high school girls during staff training this week. Staff photo by Victoria Hurley-Schubert

  • BUSINESS: Coming to the library — tips for older job seekers

    By John Saccenti, Staff Writer   WEST WINDSOR —  For some job seekers, too much experience can be a detriment.    That is the dilemma facing many people who are 50 and older and for various reasons find themselves suddenly in the job market.    ”There are definitely people out there who are hurting and need jobs,” said certified…