Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Segal sculpture soars at art museum

    PRINCETON: Segal sculpture soars at art museum

    ‘Circus Acrobats,’ a 1981 sculpture by George Segal, now soars above the entry hall of the Princeton University Art Museum. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • PLAINSBORO: Schalks crossing project delayed

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — The pace of planning for work to refurbish the bridge that carries Schalks Crossing Road over the Northeast Corridor tracks has elicited concerns from township officials, who say the span is in disrepair.    The project, which at one point had a $6.4 million price tag, according to state…

  • PRINCETON: Township awards deer hunting contract

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer   PRINCETON —   A new contract for deer hunting services for the coming 2009-10 fall/winter season has been awarded to United Bowhunters of New Jersey by Princeton Township.    Princeton Township Committee approved a resolution awarding the contract in a 3-0 vote as part of its consent agenda at its meeting Monday…

  • PLAINSBORO: Heavy smoke from transformers closes lab building

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — Heavy smoke caused by electrical problems in  transformers of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab and Sayre Hall building at Princeton University Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro on Tuesday resulted in full evacuation of the buildings, Plainsboro police said Wednesday.      Plainsboro police and fire departments as well as fire departments from several surrounding…

  • PRINCETON: Segal sculpture soars at art museum
  • PRINCETON: Segal sculpture soars at art museum
  • PLAINSBORO: Township officials getting 3.5% raises

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    PLAINSBORO — A 3.5 percent salary increase is coming to many of Plainsboro’s high-ranking public officials following the Aug. 12 approval of an ordinance implementing the raises.    Mayor Peter Cantu confirmed that the measure carries a 3.5 percent hike in the annual pay ranges for township workers not represented by…

  • PRINCETON: Residents don’t salute ‘flag lots’

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — The flags are on display in Princeton Township. Flag lots, that is, and certain citizens are not happy.    What is a flag lot?    It is a building site with a long, narrow strip of land going back from the street, usually just wide enough to accommodate a driveway…

  • PRINCETON: Oil cleanup needed at DPW garage site

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    PRINCETON — Princeton Township has added a supplemental agreement to its ongoing professional services contract with Environmental Management Associates Inc., of Farmingdale, for monitoring and remediation services pertaining to possible additional oil contamination of soil at the township Department of Public Works garage.    The additional services were contracted for $9,670…