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Montgomery    Somerset County crews will be repairing the bridge on Grandview Road near Hollow Road from Monday, March 31 through April 4. That portion of Grandview Road will be closed to traffic and motorists will be detoured using Fairview Road and Camp Meeting Avenue.    A report of a disabled vehicle led to the arrest of…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    More than 100 Princeton High School students huddled around a platform in front of the school Wednesday to protest the war in Iraq.    Led by a student speaking into a megaphone, the demonstrators shouted anti-war chant after chant.    A few pro-Iraq war activists also gathered outside of the school building,…

By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    In the ongoing effort to resolve the disagreement over funding for subsidized parking at the Princeton Public Library, Princeton Borough is preparing a proposal to submit to the township that could potentially be approved by council as soon as Tuesday, Borough Mayor Mildred Trotman said Thursday.    The announcement follows the…

Traffic moves across the Millstone River bridge on Route 1 on Monday. Last rehabilitated in 1959, it is considered structurally deficient and is scheduled for replacement beginning early next year. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    WEST WINDSOR — Design work for a new bridge to carry Route 1 traffic over the Millstone River should be completed by the conclusion of the spring, state officials said Monday.    ”We are moving ahead with the design work and hope to start construction sometime in the spring of 2009,”…

Princeton Borough    Sandra Vergara, 41, of Princeton was charged with driving while intoxicated at 2:08 a.m. Saturday following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street, police said. She was transported to police headquarters, processed and released on her own recognizance.    William Brown, 44, of Princeton was arrested 9:26 a.m. Friday on a New Jersey wanted…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Princeton University student William Scharf has been freed from charges of serving alcohol to a minor and maintaining a nuisance brought against him by Princeton Borough Prosecutor Kenneth Lozier.    The charges, which were dismissed by the court at the request of Mr. Lozier on Monday, were filed against the former…

By Sean Ruppert, The Packet Group    While the effect that prescription drugs in drinking water has on consumers’ health is not known, it is most likely not a threat, according to Clifford Weisel of the Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute at Rutgers University.    ”For the vast majority of people this is probably not a…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — All 50 seats in the Borough Hall meeting room were filled Thursday night. Part of the standing crowd of about 15 spilled into the hallway and not a single parking space was vacant in the Borough Hall parking lot.    It was an unusually large crowd for a…