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Montgomery    Robert L. Hutchings, 61, of Princeton was charged with driving while intoxicated following a motor vehicle accident on Millstone River Road about 8:51 p.m. Saturday. Police said Mr. Hutchings was southbound on River Road when he lost control of his 1998 BMW, ran off the roadway, and struck a mailbox, fence and tree in…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Nine Princeton University students and a staff member have contracted salmonella bacteria as of Monday afternoon and university officials suspect about 60 to 70 of the 80 reports of stomach problems made by students and staff over the past week to also have been caused by the bacteria.    Salmonella is…

   Representatives of environmental, sportsmen’s, and historic preservation groups joined Assemblyman Reed Gusciora of Princeton and other legislators at Washington Crossing State Park in Titusville on Saturday to oppose Gov. Corzine’s plan to cut funding to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its Divisions of Parks and Forestry and Fish and Wildlife.    The DEP announced…

Business sponsors have been announced to Saturday’s "Be Green & Be Seen" walk/bike rally in downtown Princeton, with their donations going to purchas new bike racks on Nassau and Witherspoon streets. The event, organized by a coalition of community groups is expected to draw a large crowd of residents to walk or ride bicycles in…

By David Walter, Special Writer    Through the good times and the bad — and there have been plenty of both — baseball has held a favored position in the hearts of American writers. Three prominent journalists came to Princeton University Wednesday afternoon to explain why.    ”No sport has captured the American writer’s imagination as much…

By Lauren Otis, Staff Writer    This summer jaZams will have a new face on Palmer Square, and owner Joanne Farrugia will again be a familiar face at the downtown Princeton toy store.    Since the birth of her son, Felix, 13 months ago, Ms. Farrugia said she has had to work mostly out of jaZams’ Pennington…

   Ron McCoy, a Princeton University Graduate School alumnus who has worked for the past 27 years as an architect and educator, has been selected as the new Princeton University architect.    The current university architect at Arizona State University and professor in its School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, he will succeed Jon Hlafter, who retired…

By Sarah Vitali, Special Writer    Even amidst the horrors of genocide in troubled regions such as Darfur, one individual can make a difference through personal and political activism, humanitarian John Prendergast told a Princeton University audience recently.    In acknowledgment of his lifelong dedication to ending genocide, Mr. Prendergast was selected to receive the prestigious Crystal…

A Volkswagen Rabbit awaits a Zipcar customer at the Princeton Junction train station. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski