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  • PRINCETON: Science teaching seminar planned

       The Junior League of Greater Princeton will host a science training event for elementary school teachers on Jan. 29 at Rider University.    The second “ROCKETS Teacher Launch Seminar” will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rider. The registration fee is $30, which includes a continental breakfast, lunch and more than $75 worth…

  • PRINCETON: Dryer causes house fire

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    An intractable fire caused by a basement clothes dryer in a Marion Road home Thursday night took hours to put out, with the residence and contents sustaining heavy damage.    ”The fact that it was a split-level construction house made it very difficult to get down to where the fire was,”…

  • PRINCETON: Police Blotter

    Princeton Township    A construction employee working at the Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority was injured after falling from a mezzanine at the River Road facility at 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, police said. Emergency personnel found the worker, a 41-year-old male, unconscious on the ground with head and torso injuries after the fall. He received first aid…

  • PRINCETON: Gaza protest in Palmer Square

    PRINCETON: Gaza protest in Palmer Square

    Protesters rally in Palmer Square on Tuesday in a demonstration organized by the Princeton Middle East Society. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: Christmas eve donor boosts book drive

       Thanks to a Christmas Eve donation from a local philanthropist, Princeton Barnes & Noble said it was able to exceed its goal of providing 5,000 books for the children of Mercer Street Friends and its literacy programs.    ”From November 1 to New Year’s Day our customers purchased books from a ‘wish list’ for Mercer Street…

  • PRINCETON: Research team IDs key cancer gene

    PRINCETON: Research team IDs key cancer gene

    B Research team leader Yibin Kang. Photo by Brian Wilson

  • CENTRAL JERSEY: Rep. Lance begins freshman year

    CENTRAL JERSEY: Rep. Lance begins freshman year

    By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    As a freshman in the minority party, Rep. Leonard Lance, R-7th, is among the least powerful of the 435 members of House of Representatives, but he intends to work with the incoming administration, his New Jersey delegation, and on both sides of the aisle, to effect his policy priorities.    ”I…

  • PRINCETON: PHCS cardiac unit to honor $1 million donor

    By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Princeton HealthCare System will name a cardiac rehabilitation unit at its new Plainsboro hospital after Charles Evans, the late fashion designer and film producer, whose foundation contributed $1 million to the company last month.    The donation brings the total value of pledges made toward Princeton HealthCare System’s new hospital to…

  • PRINCETON: Gaza protest in Palmer Square

    PRINCETON: Gaza protest in Palmer Square

    Protester holds sign during rally in Palmer Square on Tuesday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski