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  • PRINCETON: Water main break disrupts downtown shopping

    PRINCETON: Water main break disrupts downtown shopping

    News photo by Mark Czajkowski Princeton firefighter Andrew Gettlefinger stands outside the side entrance to the Witherspoon Street building housing the UPS store and Ichiban Japanese cuisine after a water main break flooded the basement and disrupted commerce for merchants on both sides of Witherspoon Street for several hours on Wednesday. Electric and gas service…

  • PRINCETON: Water main break disrupts downtown shopping

    PRINCETON: Water main break disrupts downtown shopping

    Princeton firefighter Andrew Gettlefinger stands outside a Witherspoon Street building where a water main break disrupted business downtown on Wednesday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: LaCrosse Unlimited targets enthusiasts

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Lacrosse is one of the oldest team sports in existence in North America, but if you think that ancient pedigree translates into dowdiness, then check out Lacrosse Unlimited, the newest store on Palmer Square in downtown Princeton.    Custom-dyed heads for lacrosse sticks, brightly-patterned shorts and jerseys and other flashy equipment…

  • PRINCETON: Visitor’s Bureau receives $105,000 grant

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    The Princeton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau has received a third installment of a state destination marketing grant, the organization announced last Thursday.    ”The Princeton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau has received grant funding in the amount of $105,000 for the coming year,” said Lori Rabon, chairwoman of the PRCVB,…

  • PRINCETON: Hopeful retailers track countdown to Christmas

    By Lauren Otis and John Saccenti    There is a palpable sense among merchants in the area that the local economy is on the mend as many say they have experienced solid sales this holiday season.    Although the weekend snowstorm curtailed shopping at a critical point, retailers still were expressing optimism with three shopping days left…

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

    Princeton Borough     Pascual Jimenez, 49, of Trenton, was charged with drunken driving after a traffic stop Saturday on Nassau Street.    Shortly before midnight, he was pulled over for driving without headlights and found to be intoxicated, police said. During the investigation he gave police a fake New York driver’s license and a fake Social Security…

  • MONTGOMERY: HS gets new vice principal

       Montgomery High School will start the new year with a new vice principal.    The township Board of Education appointed Cory Delgado to the position at its meeting last week, effective Jan. 1. He replaces Vice Principal Paul Popadiuk, who was appointed principal of the high school.    Mr. Delgado has served as an administrator, teacher and…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Kindergarten kids pop corn for charity

    By John SaccentiStaff Writer    A long hallway inside the Dutch Neck School was lined with signs advertising what most people could already smell, that there was popcorn, and it was for sale.    Sure enough, outside the kindergarten rooms belonging to Linda Masure and Wanda McGuinness was a little wooden stand being manned by three students,…

  • PRINCETON: Cafeteria workers petition PRSD over pay

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    Cafeteria workers at the Princeton Regional School District presented a petition to the Board of Education last week, asking for its support in contract negotiations with their employer.    The petition, signed by about 200 community members and district employees, was presented to the board at its meeting last Tuesday night.…