• POLICE BLOTTER: Aug. 6

    Montgomery    On Aug. 2, at 8:19 p.m., police investigated a crash on Great Road involving an SUV and a motorcycle.    Justin D. Altemus, 22, of Newark, Delaware, was riding his 2009 Kawasaki north on Great Road when he was hit in the rear by Ashleigh M. Cavanaugh, 18, also of Newark, Delaware, who was following…

  • PRINCETON: Hillier shares his vision of Witherspoon

    PRINCETON: Hillier shares his vision of Witherspoon

    Now as an accomplished architect, planner and builder with projects around the world, Mr. Hillier has turned his eyes to “freshen up,” in his words, the street that runs through one of Princeton’s By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    As a delivery boy for the flower shop owned by his mother, J. Robert Hillier used…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: When your child refuses to go back to school

    HEALTH MATTERS: When your child refuses to go back to school

    By Dr. Madhurani Khare, Princeton HealthCare System Madhurani Khare, M.D.Princeton HealthCare System    The start of a new school year is a time of excitement for children and adolescents, but it can also be a time of great stress. While most young people adjust to the rhythms of the academic year, some will go to great…

  • Big things in little packages

    Big things in little packages

    Bonnie Benkard at the Free Little Library with her son, Oscar, 12. Photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • A ‘lousy’ job of handling school facility

    In reference to a letter published on the Princeton Packet from the Princeton Regional school board explaining its position on the Valley Road Building, I also would like to express my views as a Princeton residen Sandra Jordan, Princeton In reference to a letter published on the Princeton Packet from the Princeton Regional school board…

  • PRINCETON: Mayor wants to continue food composting program

    Officials have said the green, environmentally friendly program is running in the red, even as the town seeks to get 1,000 households to participate before the end of the year. By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer    The Princeton Council was due to be asked Monday to continue into 2014 a municipal collection of food waste…

  • WEEST WINDSOR: Freewheelin’

    WEEST WINDSOR: Freewheelin’

    Cyclists enjoy Mercer’s roads in annual event By Payal Marathe, Special to the Packet    WEST WINDSOR — Despite rainy conditions, bikers from as far as Connecticut and Maryland arrived at Mercer County College on Saturday morning for the Princeton Freewheelers annual fundraiser.    Cyclists participated in one of seven different bike routes, ranging from 16 miles…

  • Big things in little packages

    Big things in little packages

    The Free Little Library outside the Benkard home in West Windsor. Photo by Mark Czajkowski.

  • WEEST WINDSOR: Freewheelin’

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