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By RICHARD K. REIN
June 16, 2025
Princeton, NJ – It’s an anxious time for all of us who try to stay up to date with the municipal calendar. We like specific dates and times, schedules and agendas. This week, however, even a straightforward event, the annual high school graduation ceremony, appears on no official website. Instead, ...
Princeton, NJ – The opening night of the Princeton Festival's Giacomo Puccini opera "Tosca" on June 13 under the huge tent at Morven Museum and Garden was a memorable and spectacular event. Many in the capacity audience expressed the view that they expected perfection at a New York City ...
Princeton, NJ – “Tommy Conch” is neither a seashell nor a native of New Jersey. But Tommy, a “finance guy from New York,” is a fan of seashells and New Jerseyans, native or otherwise.Born in the Bronx, Tommy Laraia became a non-finance, Jersey guy around the same time he assumed the name of Conch ...
Princeton, NJ – On Tuesday, June 10, 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?”“Pay ...
Princeton, NJ – Matthew R. Solovay, a captain in the Princeton Police Department, was one of 239 law enforcement officers who graduated last week from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. The 294th session of the National Academy consisted of men and women from 48 states and the District ...
Princeton, NJ – With a Pride Day parade marching up Witherspoon Street on Saturday, June 14, at 11 a.m. and then a “No Kings Day” rally gathering at the Battle Monument at 3:30 p.m. that day, we’re beginning to wonder: How are we going to make time for President Trump’s 79th birthday party and ...
Princeton, NJ – A Tony Award-winning musical, “The Bridges of Madison County,” opens the 57th – or is it 58th? – season of the Princeton Summer Theater this Thursday, June 12, at the Hamilton-Murray Theater on the Princeton University campus.This adaptation of Robert James Waller’s steamy 1992 ...
Editor’s note: The parents’ gathering described below was originally scheduled for Saturday, June 14. Because of threatening weather, the event has been postponed to Saturday, June 21, from 3 to 7 p.m. Princeton, NJ -- As education officials in New Jersey - and Governor Murphy himself - work to ...
Princeton, NJ — We knew our luck couldn’t last. In April, Princeton saw zero crashes involving pedestrians or cyclists. In May, we saw five. This past month, three pedestrians were struck by cars in crosswalks, while two cyclists — one of whom was a child — were also hit. In our seventh monthly ...
NEW JERSEY — In surprisingly quick order, Republican Jack Ciattarelli and Democrat Mikie Sherrill snagged their parties’ nominations to run for New Jersey governor in November. The primary races, with six Democrats and five Republicans, were called by The Associated Press less than 40 minutes after ...
Princeton, NJ – Brian Hughes, the son of a preeminent New Jersey politician who overcame early struggles to create his own political legacy as Mercer County Executive for 20 years, died June 10 at the age of 68.Hughes, a Princeton resident, was the son of Richard J. Hughes, who served as New Jersey ...
Princeton, NJ – As the school year winds down for the Princeton Public Schools, with the Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, June 11 (instead of the usual Tuesday, because of the primary voting held at the Valley Road building), the School District will bid farewell to some familiar faces and ...
Princeton, NJ – In recent weeks, you’ve seen a growing number of lawn signs in one part of town that read: “Defend Historic Princeton.” Not Save, not Sustain, not Protect, not Preserve, but “Defend!”Pay attention to the language and let that word “defend”settle in.“Defend” implies attack. It ...
Princeton, NJ -- One summer arts tradition - Princeton Symphony’s Princeton Festival - is in high gear with its spectacular musical sounds of summer continuing through Saturday, June 21. Meanwhile, another summer tradition -- Princeton Summer Theater, more than 55 years old -- is gearing up with a ...
NEW JERSEY — New Jersey voters will visit the polls on Tuesday, June 10, for a gubernatorial primary election that’s drawing the highest campaign spending in state history, exceeding $122 million. Voters will choose from a field of six Democrats and five Republicans. Each party’s winner will face ...
Princeton, NJ – What happens when a four-lane section of road, such as North Harrison Street in front of the Princeton Shopping Center, goes on a road diet and is reduced to two lanes – one in each direction instead of two? Possibly very little change for motorists, but likely substantial ...
Princeton, NJ – Derek DiGregorio, who made national headlines in 2017 when he walked across the stage at his Princeton High School graduation ceremony despite a rare disease that had kept him in a wheelchair for seven years, died Thursday, June 5, at the age of 27.There will be a funeral mass for ...
Princeton, NJ -- Author and journalist Michael Lewis, Princeton University Class of 1982, is internationally renowned as a masterful storyteller of real people and real events. Instead of writing thrilling fiction, he writes thrilling non-fiction, filled with adventure, drama, and most notably plot ...
Princeton, NJ – More accolades have been bestowed on middle and high school students from Princeton. Among the award winners:Jack Kastellec and Nirvaan Geedipalli, students at Princeton Middle School, teamed up over Memorial Day weekend to win third place at this year's Middle School Nationals ...
Princeton, NJ — It was hour 73 when Jared Rennie, research meteorologist, logged onto the 100-hour Weather and Climate Livestream. Wearing black glasses and oversized headphones, he promised to talk about data. Indeed, Rennie’s first slide signaled as much, bearing the dry branding of the National ...
Newark, NJ — New Jersey households, newly burdened with higher electricity costs, will receive $100 to $250 credits from the state, parceled over six months, to help pay the bills, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday, June 5, in Newark.Typical households will receive $16.60 per month from ...
Princeton, NJ – There are a lot of big ticket events on the calendar this weekend. The Princeton Festival opens Friday, June 6, in its performance pavilion behind Morven Museum and Garden on Stockton Street. It continues on Saturday with its headline act, Renée Fleming, the five-time Grammy ...
Princeton, NJ – Who hasn’t walked past a distinctive house or building and wondered what the architect was thinking when they designed that. It’s not easy to find the architect who could answer that question. And even if you do, it might seem a little cheeky – are you just curious or do you have an ...
Princeton, NJ – If smiles and applause could be mined into Bitcoin or some Trump currency, Princeton taxes might fall like rocks after May 12’s Council meeting and May 27’s Board of Education meeting. That's when the two governing bodies agreed to a shared services agreement that will commit ...
Editor's note: The story below references a June 4 author's event at the Princeton Public Library. A video of that event is now available at the library website. Princeton, NJ – If we had to use animals to describe the Princeton-based author, Edward Tenner, we might say that he is a bear of ...
Oh Lord won’t you buy back, my Tesla EV?My friends all hate Elon, I have to agree.Worked hard all my lifetime, to be kindly and woke.Oh Lord won’t you buy me a Chevrolet Volt?-- With apologies to Janis Joplin (1943-1970).Princeton, NJ – We suspect that more than a few Princeton Tesla owners are ...
Princeton, NJ – We know it’s not summer yet, at least not officially, but it’s June, when Princeton University is practically shut down and the rest of town begins to enjoy a taste of the summer vibe. We can start the week off with a preview discussion on Tuesday, June 3, of the Princeton Symphony ...
Editor's note: The event listings below were updated after initial publication to reflect the fact that the Public Schools' make up snow day closing will not occur on June 3. It had been rescheduled to occur in May. Princeton, NJ – Back in October of 2024, a Princeton Council work session discussed ...
Princeton, NJ -- My 33-year-old stepson, Peder, was snowboarding in Colorado this winter when he slammed into a hidden stump and hit his pelvis and hip. He was taken in a ski ambulance down the hill and then to another ambulance to a trauma center in Denver that specializes in this sort of injury.
McLean, VA – The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) has announced the high school students who will be competing in the 2025 USA Biolympiad (USABO) national finals at Harvard University from June 22 to July 4.The New Jersey representative is Aarav Jindal, a junior at Princeton International ...