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By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — A single-engine plane crashed into a wooded area immediately following take-off from Princeton Airport just before noon Thursday.    The pilot and passenger, husband and wife Allan and Sybille Christer, were transported to separate hospitals, police said. The couple live in New York City and were heading to Cape…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    ROCKY HILL — The Borough Council announced Wednesday that it will be receiving police services from South Bound Brook for another month and likely will sign a long-term police contract with the municipality in the near future.    A resolution authorizing the contract renewal which will provide Rocky Hill with South…

Dale Riedl of Beyer, Blinder and Bell, center, discusses plans for Princeton University’s arts and transit neighborhood with Mary and Paul Lyness of Princeton at the Princeton University store on Tuesday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman has appointed a working group to explore the creation of a “bridge year” program that would allow about 10 percent of the university’s newly admitted undergraduate classes to spend a year of public service abroad before beginning their freshman year.    The program would enable…

By Greg Forester, Staff Writer    Five Mercer County residents have emerged so far as Democratic candidates seeking election to Mercer County Freeholder seats, with no Mercer County Republicans having yet announced their candidacy.    Democratic incumbents Tony Mack and Lucy Walter will also be seeking the party nomination for their seats on March 15, bringing the…

Princeton Borough    Paula Hoffman, 60, of Princeton was charged with driving while intoxicated at 2:11 a.m. Sunday following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street, police said. She was transported to police headquarters, processed and released on her own recognizance.    Rex Nung-Gahn Tien, 19, of Princeton was charged with driving while intoxicated and possession of…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — The school district’s health benefits costs for employees and the amount it’s being required to contribute to its noncertificated employees’ pensions are the line items most responsible for making the school district’s 2008-2009 budget extremely tight, the school district’s business administrator, Tom Venanzi, announced during a Board of…

By Nick Norlen, Staff Writer    It won’t work without moving the Dinky.    That was the message Princeton University reiterated to those attending its open house Tuesday on its proposed Arts and Transit Neighborhood.    ”It’s not just the Dinky station,” University Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee told the audience during a presentation of the plan.…

By Katie Wagner, Staff Writer    MONTGOMERY — Property owners and residents who rely on the township for sewage treatment and use less water this year are likely to see lower sewer service bills next year thanks to the township’s new formula for calculating this annual fee that was presented during two informational sessions Wednesday.    The…