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Emotions ran high at the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (DOT) public meeting to discuss their pilot project to test jughandle closures at Harrison and Washington Streets to relieve traffic congestion on Route 1. Around eighty Princeton residents showed up to voice their concerns that the proposed rerouting of traffic would increase congestion on Princeton streets.

New Jersey Transit (NJT) had a chance to weigh in on the Dinky controversy at last night’s Borough Council meeting.  But when NJT representative Thomas Clark ventured the opinion that Princeton University’s proposed Arts and Transit neighborhood would help Dinky ridership, not hurt it, he was met with boos and hisses from the audience.

Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, will present a public talk titled, "Economics versus Extremism: The New Muslim Middle Class and Ideological Shift in the Muslim World," at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall.

It's official:  Rush Holt beat back a challenge from Republican Scott Sipprelle and wins another term as representative from  the 12th Congressional District.

In the local Princeton races, all the incumbent Democrats were returned to their seats.  Liz Lempert and Lance Liverman were re-elected to the Township Committee, while Jo Butler joins incumbent Roger Martindell in the Borough Council.