Category: news/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Inauguration a history lesson for schools

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    For educators, an event like the historic Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday is a learning opportunity that doesn’t come along very often.    Recognizing this, Princeton-area school district administrators are working on ways to incorporate the ceremonies into their curriculum, to broaden their students’ understanding of the political system…

  • PRINCETON: University gets $390 million U.S. contract

       The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday announced the award of a new contract valued at $390 million to Princeton University for the management and operation of the DOE’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), a collaborative national center for plasma and fusion science located in Plainsboro.    According to a DOE release, the contract is…

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Cold enough yet? It gets worse.

       In a one-two winter punch, central New Jersey residents were being told to expect single-digit temperatures early Friday after coping with a morning snowfall on Thursday.    As a frigid weather front continues to move across the U.S. and toward the east coast, forecasters were projecting bitter cold through Friday and into the weekend for Princeton…

  • PRINCETON: Borough reconsiders parks’ ban on dogs

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    Princeton Borough Council on Tuesday agreed to look into the appropriateness of continuing to prohibit all dogs, even those on leashes, from its parks.    Princeton Borough Councilman Andrew Koontz agreed to take up the issue with the Joint Recreation Board and Regional Health Commission, for which he serves as council…

  • CRANBURY: Princeton nurse loses home to fire

    By Matt Chiappardi, The Packet Group    CRANBURY — For the better part of the next year, the main thing Cherique and Dex Timbang moved to Hightstown for is gone.    The Timbangs moved from a Princeton townhouse to Orchard Avenue in Hightstown so their two young children could have a house and a yard. But in 20…

  • PRINCETON: Township Committee to name new mayor

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer    The Princeton Township Committee will name a new mayor at its reorganization meeting at noon Sunday in the Municipal Building.    Acting Mayor Bernie Miller is said to be in line to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Mayor Phyllis Marchand in November.    Mr. Miller and Susan Nemeth, both…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Local girl to march in Inaugural Parade

    WEST WINDSOR: Local girl to march in Inaugural Parade

    By Kristine Snodgrass, Staff Writer   When a projected one million people descend on Washington for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday, a West Windsor native will be part of the historic event as she performs with the University of Delaware Band in the Inaugural Parade.    Melanie Bugher, a freshman at the university and…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Local girl to march in Inaugural Parade

    WEST WINDSOR: Local girl to march in Inaugural Parade

    Melanie Bugher of West Windsor will be marching in the Inaugural Parade with the University of Delaware Band.

  • WEST WINDSOR: Alexander Rd. bridge closing this weekend

    The Alexander Road Bridge and roundabout will be closed at about 10 a.m. Friday until Sunday evening for the removal of the old bridge, according to an announcement by the state Department of Transportation.    The closure will begin with the delivery of a crane that will be assembled on Friday. The older span will be…