Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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WEST WINDSOR: HS swimming pool bubble opens
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer After sticking their toes in the swimming pool at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North for much of the fall, the swimmers at High School South finally will get to practice on their home turf. Wednesday afternoon, the High School South swim team got to practice in a new swimming facility…
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PRINCETON: Boro swears in new police chief
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer In Borough Council chambers filled with family and well-wishers, Princeton Borough police Lt. David Dudeck watched Tuesday night as the council unanimously approved a resolution appointing him to be the borough’s new chief of police, then was sworn in by Mayor Mildred Trotman. ”I’m humbled. I’m blown away. I thank…
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PLAINSBORO: Safety work set for Plainsboro Road
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer PLAINSBORO — The Township Committee approved a bond ordinance Wednesday that will allow it to make Plainsboro Road safer. The committee approved spending approximately $1.7 million on pedestrian safety improvements and traffic-calming measures on a section of Plainsboro Road from Enterprise Drive to Deer Creek Drive. The improvements will include…
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WEST WINDSOR: Route 571 upgrades get public hearing Tuesday
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Residents will get their say on proposed improvements to Route 571 on Tuesday. Township officials, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and representatives from the Mercer County Engineering Division will be discussing proposed improvements for a stretch of the road between Clarksville Road and Wallace and Cranbury…
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WEST WINDSOR: HS swimming pool bubble opens
The swimming team at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South practices in its new bubble. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowksi
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PRINCETON: Weasel or whatever, critter is deceased
Princeton’s Animal Control Officer Mark Johnson with the weasel, mink or whatever he captured last weeek. The animal has since died. Staff photo by Kristine Snodgrass
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PRINCETON: Boro’s new police chief came up through the ranks
By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer In 1983, David Dudeck took a job as a rookie patrolman with the Princeton Borough Police Department. He never left. ”I’ve pretty much gone through the whole gamut and held about every position in the department,” he said Monday. Every position except one, that is. That will change tonight when…
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PRINCETON: Appointment-only H1N1 shots offered Saturday
The Princeton Regional Health Department will be holding a public H1N1 vaccination clinic on Saturday, Dec. 12 at the John Witherspoon Middle School at 217 Walnut Lane. Vaccinations for H1N1 (swine flu) will be available by appointment only between the hours of 9 AM and 2 PM in the school cafeteria (the entrance faces Guyot…
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WEST WINDSOR: Holiday gift wrapping to fund prom party
By John Saccenti, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Parents and community leaders want to give the students of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South a prom night gift. Dec. 13 and 14 and again Dec. 20 and 21, parent volunteers will be at the Princeton Market Fair to wrap presents for holiday shoppers as a way…
