Category: news/the_princeton_packet
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Mobile solar-powered traffic signals get a workout in West Windsor
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — With the bridge carrying Old Trenton Road over Big Bear Brook closed for repairs until May, Mercer County officials were presented with an opportunity to use one of the latest additions to their arsenal of high tech transportation equipment. That equipment — now in use in West…
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With bids in, Princeton’s planned skate park rolls forward
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer Bids are in for the skate park planned on a site in Hilltop Park off Bunn Drive in Princeton Township, officials said Monday. The lowest bid received for the first phase of the project was $425,000 from Marvec Construction of Verona. The highest bid came in at $688,000, according to…
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Robert F. Goheen, former Princeton University president, dies at 88
Robert F. Goheen, president of Princeton University from 1957 to 1972 during a period of transformative growth and change, died of heart failure Monday at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 88. He was an assistant professor of classics when, at age 37, he was selected to become Princeton’s 16th president. During his…
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Historic art museum mosaics take a sabbatical
Crews remove mosaics from the outer wall of the Princeton University Art Museum last month. They will be stored until renovations are completed. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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Anyone lose a Saturn in West Windsor?
By Greg Forester, Staff Writer WEST WINDSOR — Whoever left a 1992 Saturn sedan on the side of Washington Road after an early Sunday morning accident will likely face charges of careless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and failing to report an accident, according to township Sgt. Brian Melnick. The only sign of…
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AT WORK
Rana Huber at her 911 console at Mercer County Central Communications Center in Lawrence. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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POLICE BLOTTER, April 1
Princeton Township A two-car collision occurred on Route 206 near Cherry Valley Road about 10:36 p.m. Thursday, police reported. A 2006 Isuzu driven by Craig Accosta, 32, of Old Bridge collided with a 2003 Toyota driven by Ann Hyatt-Stewart, 44, of Hillsborough. Ms. Hyatt-Stewart was trapped in her car and had to be extricated by…
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Is consolidation in "Princeton Future"?
By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer Consolidation of the borough and township was strongly endorsed on Saturday by participants in a Princeton Future meeting that had been billed largely as an examination of the relationship between the university and the community. Princeton Future is a nonprofit organization composed of residents of the borough, township and other…
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Scott Shields pleads guilty in 9/11 rescue fraud case
Scott Shields and Theodore, a successor to Bear, the rescue dog Mr. Shields claimed performed heroic work at the World Trade Center site following the Sept. 11 attacks. Photo was taken in 2005. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
