TOP LOCAL News
By ROD HIRSCH
December 20, 2025
Hillsborough, NJ - State Senator Andrew Zwicker, a physicist at the Princeton Plasma Laboratory who has served the 16th District (including Princeton) in the state Assembly and state Senate since 2016, announced Friday, December 19, that he will not seek to replace Representative Bonnie Watson ...
Princeton, NJ – “PERSON! PERSON! PERSON!”The urgent cry came from the passenger in the car I was driving, just as I had darted out into Wiggins Street from Madison Street, trying to take advantage of a brief break in traffic so that I could turn left from Madison Street onto Wiggins.As soon as the ...
Princeton, NJ — If you can’t trust Bitcoin, who can you trust? On December 10 a resident reported to Princeton Police that she had been victim of an online financial scam. The resident received an email on her phone from an unknown individual claiming to be an Apple representative. The e-mail ...
Princeton, NJ – You will have to look long and hard to find even a speck of a coal in the praise-filled stockings hung by care in the drama critics’ reviews of McCarter Theatre’s 45th annual production of “A Christmas Carol.”Neal Zoren, the sometimes edgy reviewer for U.S. 1 newspaper, was effusive ...
Princeton, NJ — Where do you go when you’re itching to leave the house but don’t need to go to work or school? Maybe it’s a café, bar, dog park, library, gym, or bookstore. These spaces are “third places” – a term coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg to describe places outside the home (the “first ...
Princeton, NJ — The star power of Princeton continues to shine beyond the town’s borders. As the Daily Princetonian reported on December 11, Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin has joined New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team.Alongside a team of 400 serving as advisors on ...
Princeton, NJ – The polar temperatures of the last few days may be on their way out, and rain is in the forecast – but hopefully not enough to dampen the candlelight peace vigil on Thursday, December 18, organized by the Coalition for Peace Action. If the weather cooperates, attendees will gather ...
Princeton, NJ — Microplastics are pervasive in our environment, but there’s no industrial-scale system for stripping them from the wastewater – yet. That could change if the innovations of a pair of Princeton University graduate student alumni take off.PolyGone Systems, a company founded in 2021 by ...
Princeton, NJ — If you’re looking to get involved in town matters and serve the Princeton community, then local officials have something for you. The Princeton Municipality is seeking volunteers to serve on several of the town’s boards, commissions and committees, known collectively as BCCs.There ...
Princeton, NJ – When it comes to holiday traditions, Princeton has several. Two come up in this week’s event listings. As we have noted below McCarter continues its 45th anniversary production of “A Christmas Carol.”And, one that has sneaked up on us, the Princeton High School Choir program ...
Princeton, NJ – A shade tree ordinance might not sound like a matter of great public interest. But when your town is known for its tree canopy (so much so that a tree dominates the town's logo), and when your town's residents are acutely aware of the role the tree canopy plays in the climate at the ...
Princeton, NJ – The first item on our weekly preview of items on the municipal agenda is not quite a nonstarter, but it is a late starter: Due to the forecast for icy conditions overnight from Sunday to Monday, the Princeton Public Schools will operate on a 90-minute delayed opening schedule on ...
Princeton, NJ – Slowly but surely, it now appears, the municipality is building a town-wide program for recycling food scraps. Five new collection bins have been deployed at Griggs Farm, Thanet Circle, Westminster Choir College, Mercer Road, and at the former PFARS building on North Harrison Street ...
Princeton, NJ – The crosswalk in the middle of the block on Nassau Street between Washington Road/Vandeventer Avenue and Moore Street is an important pedestrian passageway that is high on the town’s list of crosswalks to be made more visible to motorists and even safer for those using it.In June, ...
Princeton, NJ — The description of a “money-grubbing,” “conniving” and “three-headed charlatan” might be dialog right out of the Sopranos, but never uttered in polite, public discourse in Princeton. Private discourse, however, may reveal a different story. A few recent conversations I have had at ...
Princeton, NJ — It's the penultimate weekend before Christmas, and the town is indeed overflowing with holiday events. McCarter's annual favorite, the Dickens holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, continues with two shows Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14 – part of a run that continues until ...
Trenton, NJ — Restaurants and other places that serve food in New Jersey would be banned from providing single-use utensils and condiments to customers, except upon request, under legislation sponsored by Sen. Bob Smith (D - District 17) and Raj Mukherji (D - District 32).The bill, S3195, would ...
Princeton, NJ – Editor’s note: The east side of Princeton now has two new fast-casual dining additions. As our food correspondent was catching up with the first newcomer, Food Street at 183D Nassau Street, another one, Best Grill Fry, opened up across the street, at 200 Nassau Street — a thumbnail ...
Princeton, NJ — Maybe you won’t run into the ghost of Albert Einstein on Nassau Street this weekend, but you might get a glimpse of Ebenezer Scrooge, actually the guy who plays Ebenezer, and a slew of other real-live famous figures, who will be haunting Princeton this weekend to entertain us.Some ...
Princeton, NJ – Police were watching but motorists apparently were careful over the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The result: No arrests for driving while intoxicated in Princeton. For the Princeton Police, who noted in late November that DWI arrests for the year had already surpassed the ...
Princeton, NJ – To the surprise of no one, Princeton Council unanimously approved its new ordinance to register and assess a fee on short term rental units, such as those advertised on AIrBnB, VRBO, and Expedia websites. The new regulations, created by a task force led by deputy administrator and ...
Princeton, NJ — Anyone visiting Princeton University regularly may want to put a hold on that e-bike purchase. As the Daily Princetonian reported on December 9, the Environmental Safety and Risk Management (ESRM) committee is considering a ban on electric bicycles on campus.University leaders are ...
Trenton, NJ — New Jersey highway drivers would be required to change lanes or slow down when approaching any stationary vehicle under a bill sponsored by Democratic Senators Paul Moriarty of Washington Township in Gloucester County and Raj Mukherji of Jersey City.Anyone found violating the law ...
Princeton, NJ — In November, a pedestrian was struck in a crosswalk by a driver who told police he had not seen her because it was dark, and she was dressed in black. This report marks the 18th case of a crosswalk crash this year. Meanwhile, an electric scooter rider struck a car last month, making ...
Princeton, NJ — There are two pieces of good news for the American Repertory Ballet and its affiliated Princeton Ballet School. This storied cultural institution has both new grant funding and a new artistic director.Founded in 1954 as the Princeton Ballet Society, ARB | PBS is a nonprofit with a ...
Princeton, NJ – What can we say about McCarter’s new production of “A Christmas Carol” that we haven’t said one or two times before since the theater began this Princeton holiday tradition in 1980?Well, there is one thing: This year’s production, once again adapted and directed by Lauren Keating, ...
Princeton, NJ – Lots of residents have scratched their heads over the proliferation of coffee shops, fast food stores, hair salons, and other service providers that seem to dominate the downtown commercial center. People wonder: How can that work in the long term? There’s another commercial use ...
Princeton, NJ — In spite of the evening's extremely frosty weather, a capacity crowd of music fans attended the Princeton Symphony Orchestra's (PSO's) Holiday Brass "Holiday Delights" concert at the historic Trinity Church on Thursday, December 4. The performance included traditional selections ...
Princeton, NJ – Congratulations to Robin Lapidus for her recent appointment as head of Experience Princeton, the town’s business improvement district.I imagine she already has a lot on her plate, but here’s one more item to add: let’s find some entrepreneurs to open up a board game café in ...
Princeton, NJ — My self-imposed rule as a TAPinto Princeton columnist is to celebrate local people and ring virtual bells in their honor — before they die. The idea is to let the world know how extraordinary an individual is, so he or she can serve as a living inspiration to others, especially to ...