A woman was walking to work in downtown just before 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, when she was groped by a man in the rear parking lot behind the Santander Bank on Nassau Street. The man allegedly grabbed the woman’s buttocks with both hands...
Faculty Road in Princeton to be closed for a week
Faculty Road in Princeton will be closed for a week begin on Wednesday, May 23. The road will be closed to thru traffic from the Parking Lot 21 entrance driveway adjacent to the Denunzio Pool to Fitzrandolph. A detour is expected to remain in place...
NJ Transit launches mobile ticket scanning pilot program
NJ Transit appears to be embracing modern technology to scan passenger tickets. As part of a pilot program that launches this week, select train crews will use handheld mobile devices to scan and validate tickets. “As part of our effort to restore...
Pacers Princeton Running store closed on Palmer Square
Pacers Princeton Running, which was located at 7 Palmer Square West, closed its doors at the beginning of the month. The company still operates three stores in Virginia and two stores in Washington D.C. The Princeton store opened in December of 2014...
Teen dies in West Windsor crash
An 18-year-old resident of East Windsor died Sunday morning in West Windsor after crashing a car into a tree, police said. The crash was the second fatal crash in the greater Princeton area this weekend involving a teen and a tree. A 19-year-old...
Princeton University opens new innovation center in Plainsboro
Officials celebrated the opening of the Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs incubator on May 17. More than 100 representatives from Princeton University, the town of Plainsboro, local industries and the center’s first tenant companies attended the...
SAVE Pet of the Week: Meet Gloria
This beautiful cat loves to play with her toys and lounge in the window sill watching the birds. Gloria loves to be petted and receive attention. She can be a sassy diva, so a home with no small children would be best. Adoption applications can be...
NJ governor signs bill giving pay raises to judges, prosecutors and top state officials
Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill today that boosts the pay of judges, top state officials prosecutors, clerks, sheriffs, and other government employees. The governor’s cabinet officers and members of the Board of Public...
Princeton Area Community Foundation will honor Carol Golden with annual Leslie “Bud” Vivian Award for Community Service
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has named Carol Golden as this year’s honoree for the annual Leslie “Bud” Vivian Award for Community Service. The award was created in honor of the late Leslie “Bud” Vivian, the longtime director of...
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Remembering Jim Floyd’s contributions to Princeton Community Housing
To the Editor: When Jim Floyd passed away on May 14, Princeton lost a unique link to our communal past and a valuable voice for our future. On behalf of Princeton Community Housing, I am writing to express our condolences to Jim’s family and friends...
Newspaper ad supporting bond referendum lacks transparency
To the Editor: I wonder who paid for the ad in last week’s Town Topics supporting the school bond referendum? State law requires a group of two or more individuals acting jointly to promote the passage of a public question, and expecting to raise or...
Dear Editor: By the time you finish reading this, more than 30 cases of child abuse will be reported to authorities nationwide. By the end of today, that number will swell past 9,000. Four of those children will die at the hands of their abuser. All...
Niedergang ready to tackle difficult issues
To the Editor: As a Princeton resident and local businessman, the upcoming Council race really matters to me. I have known Eve Niedergang for more than a decade and she is someone who I deeply admire. I consider her a champion of progressive causes...
