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By ALEX RANDALL
July 1, 2025
Princeton, NJ – I never thought I could get emotional about asphalt. We are talking about the road surface. What’s to get emotional about? But when my road was repaved, I experienced a surge of raw feelings. Love at first sight – delight, exuberance, elevated spirit. My road may have been the worst ...
Trenton, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy signed a record $58.8 billion fiscal year 2026 budget into law late Monday night, June 30.“This budget exemplifies our dedication to fiscal responsibility, affordability, and opportunity for all New Jerseyans," Murphy's office said in a news release early Tuesday ...
Princeton, NJ – You can start your July 4th holiday in Princeton not with fireworks, but at least with some high notes. On Wednesday, July 2, Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts continue at Richardson Auditorium with the ethereal violin, viola, and cello sounds of the Bennewitz Quartet at ...
Princeton, NJ – Walk Bike Princeton thanks the municipality of Princeton and the Engineering Department for the installation of new bike lanes, most recently on Valley Road between Princeton Shopping Center and the municipal complex (just in time for the summer swimming season!), as well as on ...
Princeton, NJ – Even before it begins, we can agree that this is the week that was – or wasn’t, from the point of view of meetings on the governing bodies’ calendars. As the Fourth of July approaches on Friday, our governing bodies are sparing us – and also themselves – from the burden of attending ...
Editor's note: After this story was first posted on TAPinto Princeton, the Cranbury Planning Board met to review the fourth affordable housing plan, including the proposal to either buy or take by eminent domain Andy's Farm to use as a site for 130 units of affordable housing. The Planning Board ...
Princeton, NJ -- Twenty-seven years ago Princeton resident Nadia Hubal DiGregorio started a job that was advertised nowhere. The work was exhausting, unrelated to her academic credentials (BS in chemistry from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), but nevertheless immensely rewarding. Having ...
Princeton, NJ – After several years of a Vision Zero initiative to eliminate serious injuries on Princeton’s roadways simmering on various back burners, the municipality has just officially launched its Vision Zero Initiative. As announced in the municipal newsletter on Thursday, June 26, the ...
Princeton, NJ – Some vintage baseball at Greenway Meadows Park on Rosedale Road. Some vintage music for ballroom dancing on Hinds Plaza. And some vintage clothing at another pop-up art exhibit at Small World Coffee on Nassau Street. In other words, another old-fashioned weekend in Princeton.
Princeton, NJ – Look at anything built out of natural stone, or pavers, or concrete and the first thought that comes to mind should be the permanence of that structure – here is something built to last.But in the real world that’s not always the case. Masonry construction – whether it’s patios, ...
Princeton, NJ – A 437-page plan with a clunky title, “Fourth Round Housing Plan Element and Fair Share Plan” – what could easily have been the fodder for a gut-wrenching and emotionally charged meeting in Princeton -- sailed through a Planning Board public hearing on Wednesday, June 25, winning ...
Princeton, NJ -- As I step off the crowded NJ Transit train and glance around at the bright emerald trees, the quaint little train station, and the Princeton Graduate College’s Cleveland Tower rising in the distance to greet me, I know that I'm home.I grew up in Princeton, attended the Middle ...
Princeton, NJ – I read with great interest the June 18 TAPinto Princeton Community News article examining affordable housing in Princeton. One group that often goes overlooked in these discussions — but deserves special consideration — is our municipal workforce. Currently, Princeton’s affordable ...
Princeton, NJ – For the past two weeks, the Princeton Police Department has posted a “friendly reminder" on its Facebook page. The reminder is about Ordinance B8-4, “which prohibits riding bikes, scooters, skateboards, and roller skates on sidewalks in certain areas of Princeton.”In other words, ...
Princeton, NJ -- We know one place that is not likely to be that cool refuge we all seek during this early summer heat wave. That’s the courtyard of the Princeton Shopping Center, where an event scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, around the Library of Things has already been canceled due to the ...
Princeton, NJ – Less than three months ago, the path forward seemed clear for the tear down of the existing buildings at 70-74 Witherspoon Street, former home of the Little Taste of Cuba cigar shop and the Terra Momo Bread Company, and make way for a three-story, mixed-use building with a ...
Princeton, NJ – Some folks in town are getting their heads around Princeton’s plan for meeting its fourth round affordable housing obligations – and they will have two opportunities this week to listen and to be heard. On Wednesday, June 25, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on what ...
Princeton, NJ – A violent rainstorm that felled trees and disrupted power lines did not keep the innovative and energetic members of the Princeton Festival staff from staging the June 19 concert "Masters of Soul: A Motown Review" in the Performance Pavilion at Morven Museum and Garden.The group ...
Princeton, NJ – Rarely does our arts-entertainment-and-events calendar overlap with our listings of important meetings and events on the municipal agenda. But this Sunday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. just that occurs.It’s the “Ciclovia,” an event when streets are temporarily closed to traffic ...
Princeton, NJ -- Longtime Princetonian W. Michael Blumenthal used to be known as the “youngest” individual achieving certain noteworthy professional milestones. Now he is being lauded as the “oldest.” In fact, the 99-year-old Blumenthal has spent a lifetime exceeding expectations at every age.At ...
Princeton, NJ – A resident has announced her candidacy for the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education. Erica Snyder, who placed fourth in a six-person field in last year's election for three open seats, issued a press release on Friday, June 20. Three seats on the board are up for election in ...
Princeton, NJ – The storm that tore through Princeton on Thursday evening, June 19, did not require deployment of the new high-water rescue vehicle (reported on one day earlier in TAPinto Princeton) but it still wreaked havoc with high winds, fallen trees, and power lines down.Between the early ...
Cranbury, NJ – The most-talked about farm in the Garden State this season has no berries to pick or flowers to cut. There’s no vineyard, no live music on weekends. Andy’s Farm is home to some cows and sheep, and it’s mostly surrounded by highways and warehouses.In the hands of the same family since ...
Princeton, NJ – Sometimes an outsider or newcomer knows your town better than you do. In September of 2020, Adam Welch arrived in Princeton as the new executive director of the Arts Council of Princeton. Welch, a Hightstown resident who had formerly been director of pottery at the Greenwich House ...
Princeton, NJ – Class, exams, Reunions, and graduation are all in the rearview mirror at Princeton University. But a troupe of undergraduates and recent alumni have hung around to mount another season of Princeton Summer Theater, beginning with the Tony Award-winning musical, “The Bridges of ...
Princeton, NJ — This spring may have been wetter than normal, but the gloomy weather has two bright sides.The first is that New Jersey rained itself out of its months-long drought warning. According to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection, water supplies have returned to normal levels for ...
Princeton, NJ – A detailed and creative plan to meet Princeton’s fourth round obligation of affordable housing – which has been set by the state at 276 units in the next 10 years – is now in draft form and is expected to be adopted next week by the Planning Board (meeting June 25) and endorsed by ...
Princeton, NJ – It’s not exactly fun-in-the-sun summer entertainment, but a production at McCarter’s Berlind Theater on Tuesday, June 17, offers a thought-provoking view of death row in America. “Count: Stories from America’s Death Row,” is an account of a single day on death row, as six men unpack ...
Editor’s note: On Wednesday, June 11, TAPinto Princeton Community News posted a letter from Princeton Councilman Leighton Newlin, questioning the lawn signs popping up around town that proclaim “Defend Historic Princeton.”“Defending” Historic Princeton?, Newlin asked. “From whom, and from what?”The ...
Princeton, NJ -- As one of the originators of the orange signs that can now be seen across Princeton – from Poe Road to Cherry Valley Road – I’d like to clear up a few key points. The signs could have read “Defend Historic Princeton from Rapacious Development and a Complicit Town Council” but that ...