Tag: Princeton
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Special Improvement District receives stamp of approval from Princeton Council
After two years of work by a steering committee and consultant, the Princeton Council voted unanimously to create a Special Improvement District (SID) in the municipality. The council voted to adopted the ordinance creating the SID on Feb. 28. The adopted ordinance does have a sunset provision in which the SID can be dissolved after…
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Greater Somerset County YMCA, Princeton YMCA merge
Greater Somerset County YMCA announced the merger of Princeton YMCA, a full-service YMCA, into the association. The combined association became effective March 1, and is now comprised of four full-service facilities, one aquatics facility, and two “Ys beyond walls” providing local on-site programming and services, according to information provided by the Greater Somerset County Y.…
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Princeton police blotter
A bicycle valued at $8,000 was reported stolen from the stairwell of a Vandeventer Avenue apartment building Feb. 27. Several people reported Feb. 26 that they were struck by gel ball water beads in three separate incidents as they were walking on Washington Road. The water beads were fired from an unknown projectile weapon. A…
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Firefighter passes away after 45 years of service
A firefighter who continued his family’s legacy has died after 13 years of service. David Louis Amalfitano, 65, of Kingston, died Feb. 22 at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center of Plainsboro. Born in Princeton, Amalfitano resided most of his life in Rocky Hill before moving to Kingston 15 years ago, according to his obituary posted…
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Mercer County to study Rosedale Road route through Princeton, Lawrence
Mercer County has launched a study of Rosedale Road, from Elm Road in Princeton to Carter Road in Lawrence Township, that may result in creating roundabouts at key intersections and speed limit reductions. The study is being conducted in response to safety concerns voiced by the Municipality of Princeton to protect bicyclists and pedestrians, including…
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Utility work expected this week on Witherspoon Street
Utility work will continue this week on Witherspoon Street as follows: Monday through Friday, 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., work will take place between Nassau Street and Witherspoon Street. Beginning Tuesday, March 1, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., work will take place between Hulfish Street and Wiggins Street.
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Asian American Pacific Islander community welcomes new curriculum in Princeton Public Schools
Growing up, Princeton High School junior Han Li said it was not easy to find people who looked like him, who sounded like him and who had names that were not common American names. Han said that as a child in elementary and middle school, much of what he and his classmates read in English…
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Opinion: Princeton, county officials need to do better to improve pedestrian safety near Johnson Park School
Editor’s note: An 82-year-old man was killed as he crossed Rosedale Road at General Johnson Drive, and six months later that still has some parents whose children walk or ride their bicycles to the Johnson Park School upset. Two of those parents – Stephanie Oster and Leslie Fabello, who both live on Fairway Drive in…
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SOLUTIONS 2/25: Reviving lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles
By Huck Fairman Countless used lithium-ion batteries, many from electric vehicles, are being added to our waste collections. This has been because there has been no economical way to revive and reuse them. Now, however, Princeton University researchers have come up with an inexpensive and sustainable way to make new batteries from the used ones.…
