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D&R Land Trust to Honor Brian Hughes’s Preservation Efforts
Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes is the recipient of the Donald B. Jones Conservation Award from the D&R Greenway Land Trust. Mr. Hughes will be presented with the award,…
In Dublin, Paul Muldoon Delivers Funeral Eulogy For His Mentor, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney
At funeral services Monday in Dublin’s Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart for Nobel Laureate poet Seamus Heaney, who died August 30 in a Dublin hospital at the age of…
Citizen Group Still Fighting Dinky Move
The temporary Dinky station is up and running, and crews are set to begin taking up portions of the train tracks to make way for construction of Princeton University’s arts…
Valley Road Committee Announces Surprise Investor/Developer
When Mayor Liz Lempert and members of Princeton Council met on Monday evening, they heard, among other business, an announcement by representatives of the Valley Road School Adaptive Reuse Committee…
Council Introduces New Ordinance Regarding Role of Police Oversight
After a lengthy debate at its meeting Monday evening, Princeton Council voted down an ordinance regarding appropriate authority of the town’s police department. A new ordinance was introduced, naming the…
“Save the Dinky” Files Emergency Appeal
As NJ Transit and Princeton University prepare to close the Dinky train station on August 26 and move passengers to a temporary platform and waiting room 1,210 feet away, the…
Volunteers From Princeton Say They Won’t Abandon Capital City in Crisis
Twenty-nine homicides have been reported this year in Trenton, and it’s only August. Shootings have become an almost daily occurrence. Last Saturday night, police were pelted with rocks and bricks…
Construction Affects Vandeventer, Washington; Temporary Dinky Station to Open August 26
Summer means construction work in Princeton. After recent road works on Dickinson Street, Snowden Lane, and River Road, Vandeventer Avenue was closed starting on Monday from 7 a.m. to 4…
Booker Wins Primary; Holt Wins Princeton
Democrat Cory Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan will be the candidates for the New Jersey U.S. Senate seat vacated by Frank Lautenberg, who died in June. Mr. Booker and Mr.…
John White Joins PTS As Dean of Students
Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) will welcome the Reverend Dr. John E. White as the new dean of students and vice president for student relations, starting September 1. Mr. White is…
