Cooling Centers Opened In Princeton Due To Excessive Heat Watch

PRINCETON, NJ — Cooling centers have opened in Mercer County and in Princeton following an Excessive Heat Watch issued by the National Weather Service.

The watch is in effect for Mercer County from Wednesday morning, July 17, through Sunday evening, July 21.

In Princeton the cooling centers include: Princeton Senior Resource Center, Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton St.; Monument Hall open Wednesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Witherspoon Hall's Community Room open Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The cooling centers also include all municipal senior centers and all Mercer County Library System branches. These are open to all residents.

The following Mercer County library branches are cooling sites: Ewing, 61 Scotch Road;
Hickory Corner, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor; Hightstown Memorial, 114 Franklin
St.; Hollowbrook, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing; Hopewell, 245 Pennington-Titusville Road,
Pennington; Lawrence Headquarters Branch, 2751 Brunswick Pike; Robbinsville, 42 Allentown-
Robbinsville Road; Twin Rivers, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor; and West Windsor, 333
North Post Road.

The following senior centers are cooling sites: East Windsor Senior Center, 40 Lanning Blvd.;
Hollowbrook Community Center, 320 Hollowbrook Drive, Ewing; Ewing Senior and
Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road; Hamilton Senior Center, 409 Cypress Lane;
Hopewell Valley Senior Center, 395 Reading St., Pennington; Jennye W. Stubblefield Senior
Center, 301 Prospect St., Trenton; John O. Wilson Neighborhood Center, 169 Wilfred Ave.,
Hamilton; Lawrence Township Senior Center, 30 Darrah Lane East; Princeton Senior Resource
Center, Suzanne Patterson Building, 45 Stockton St.; Reading Senior Citizens Center, 15
Ringold St., Trenton; Samuel Naples Senior Center, 611 Chestnut Ave., Trenton; South Ward
Senior Center, 870 South Broad St., Trenton; Robbinsville Township Senior Center, 1117 Route
130; and West Windsor Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road.

For assistance in coping with the heat or to contact your local cooling site, call the Mercer
County Office on Aging at 609-989-6661 or toll-free 877-222-3737. During non-business
hours, residents are encouraged to call 911 if they experience heat-related problems.

For more information regarding heat-related emergencies, visit www.ready.nj.gov, the
National Weather Service Heat Safety Tips and Resources page or the National Institute on
Aging Hot Weather Safety page.

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