Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Soaring oil prices hit the pavement; road projects in slow lane
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer MONTGOMERY — There could be a bumpy road ahead for area motorists, thanks to soaring oil prices now hovering around an all-time high of $140 a barrel. Public officials from the local level on up are being forced to make tough decisions about road repairs as the price of oil…
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West Windsor senior center to start first phase
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — An official groundbreaking for the first phase of renovations and additions at the township’s senior center is in the works, according to Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh. Following the ceremony, Tri-Form Construction Inc. would be free to move ahead with work on the structure. The Metuchen company provided the…
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Two Princeton dams with a history call for historian’s eye
The Princeton Ice Co. once served the Princeton community at what is now Mountain Lakes Preserve. Courtesy Historical Society of Princeton
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Two Princeton dams with a history call for historian’s eye
A quarrying operation, probably at today’s Quarry Park at the end of Spruce Street in Princeton Borough, is considered a likely source of the stones for the Mountain Lakes dams. Courtesy Historical Society of Princeton
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University hosts program to enhance high school science teaching
Dan Steinberg, right, outreach director at Princeton University, and Montgomery High physics teacher Brian Mayer, second from right, with Trenton Central High School students DeTache Robeson and James Kollie and the solar oven they made. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Two Princeton dams with a history call for historian’s eye
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer For the Township Committee, the rehabilitation of the Mountain Lakes Preserve’s two dams is more than a major engineering project its been considering for more than a decade. It’s also a historic preservation project that requires careful attention to the types of materials and methods used to construct the dams…
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OSHA backs university in maintaining unarmed security force
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has sided with Princeton University on a complaint by a university police officer alleging that campus police officers need to carry guns to conduct their jobs safely. The complaint was made by Jim Lanzi, a patrolman for the university’s Department of Public Safety…
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University hosts program to enhance high school science teaching
Dan Steinberg, left, outreach director at Princeton University, and Leo Brancato, integrated sciences teacher at Pemberton Township High School, prepare to place a polymer sample in an X-ray defraction machine during the Research Experience for Teachers program. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Soaring oil prices hit the pavement; road projects in slow lane
The Princeton Township road crew pave a section of Crooked Tree Lane in 2005. Projects like this may be delayed because of the rise in oil prices. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
