TOP LOCAL News
By CAROLYN JONES
April 29, 2025
This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the Ecology Civics Reporting Project.Princeton, NJ — If Tina Notas seems attached to the plant you just bought at the native plant sale, it’s because she is. As director of land stewardship for the D&R Greenway Land Trust, she ...
Princeton, NJ – Here’s a one-two musical punch on our midweek calendar, delivered by the German-based Signum Quartet, which appears first on Wednesday, April 30,at the Princeton Public Library, with an interactive presentation co-hosted by the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s Soundtracks program. It ...
Princeton, NJ – After several years of uncertainty in its afterschool care program, Princeton Public Schools has hired a new provider for the 2025-’26 school year – after several weeks of uncertainty about the appointment process.The outcome, however, seems to be viewed as positive. After the first ...
Princeton, NJ – Just as one major administrative position – the job of business administrator – is being filled by the Princeton Public Schools, another one – the principal of Johnson Park Elementary School – appears to be opening.At the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, April 29, the Board ...
Princeton, NJ – In her recent appearance at Princeton University, Hoover Institution professor Brandice Canes-Wrone talked about "Threats to Universities and What We Can Do." As Linda Sipprelle reported for TAPinto Princeton, Canes-Wrone suggested several general strategies as well as two specific ...
Princeton, NJ – It was standing room only on April 23 in a large classroom in Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus. Attendees were eager to hear Brandice Canes-Wrone speak on the topic "Threats to Universities and What We Can Do." Canes-Wrone is a professor of political science at the ...
Princeton, NJ – On the fifth day of searching, authorities finally located the missing Princeton University student, Lauren Blackburn. “I am deeply saddened to share with you that the body of Lauren Blackburn ’26 was found at Lake Carnegie this morning,” Regan Crotty, dean of undergraduate ...
This story was produced in collaboration with CivicStory as part of the Ecology Civics Reporting Project.Princeton, NJ — It was 9 p.m. and Inge Regan was standing in the middle of Herrontown Road. Rain poured off the brim of her hood as she swept back and forth across the asphalt with her headlamp.
Editor's note: Princeton is not known as a gun-carrying town. But firearms are around us. In 2024, the police issued 108 permits to purchase firearms, 49 ID cards, and 12 permits to carry firearms. Those numbers were similar to the record in 2023. So the press release below about a firearms safety ...
Princeton, NJ – The fourth annual Porchfest, with live music scheduled on 15 porches around town, will highlight this weekend’s events on Saturday, April 26, from noon to 6 p.m. – rain or shine.The Arts Council of Princeton, sponsor of the event, has a few new wrinkles this year. The grand finale ...
Princeton, NJ – A small house at 32 Park Place went up for sale a few months ago. It has three small bedrooms, one bathroom, no side yard or front yard, and no parking. It needs a lot of work. I immediately thought back to the early 1980s, when the house next door – at 34 Park -- went up for sale ...
Princeton, NJ – Before we file the weekly Princeton Police blotter, we will note that as of Wednesday, April 23, at 10 p.m. the Princeton University Department of Public Safety had issued no new information about its search for Lauren Blackburn, a student in the Class of 2026, who has been reported ...
Princeton, NJ – Louie Motherball’s March 29 article in TAPinto Princeton Community News, “Princeton’s a Black Hole, But Pot Shops Thrive to the North and the South,” prompts this response from a 24-year Princeton resident. I deeply value the open and constructive dialogues I have shared with fellow ...
Princeton, NJ – One Princeton High School student and two students from Princeton attending the Lawrenceville School are among the students named as National Merit Scholars in the first round of scholarship awards. More National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced on May 7, June 4, and July ...
Princeton, NJ – A familiar man stood at Louise Sandburg’s door with chocolates and a box of roses. Years ago, he and his wife arrived in Princeton as refugees, terrified and fleeing from unimaginable violence in Pakistan. Sandburg helped them find an apartment, jobs, and stability – a new life.
Princeton, NJ – Here’s an event coming up on Wednesday, April 23, at the Princeton Public Library that’s already fully booked.No wonder when you hear the description. It’s a guided tour, called “A Walk through Princeton’s Literary Century.” As the event description continues, the library’s history ...
Princeton, NJ – As most everyone knows, the Princeton community is loaded with resource and support organizations to help keep our neighbors housed, fed, and engaged. But not too many of us know which organizations do exactly what for whom. What’s the difference between the Princeton Mobile Food ...
Princeton, NJ – If you are an avid follower of municipal proceedings (a government watchdog, perhaps), you will find any number of interesting items on this week’s municipal agenda.Some may remember a story from January, 2024, in TAPinto Princeton, taking stock of the shade trees being lost on the ...
Princeton, NJ – When a Princeton pedestrian was struck by a motorist on January 24 on Paul Robeson Place, little was known about the victim, not even his name. When the pedestrian later died from his injuries, more information became available.As reporter Carolyn Jones wrote in TAPinto Princeton ...
Princeton, NJ -- “Who is Anne Reeves?” asked Colin, a Brooklyn native who recently relocated to Princeton with his wife, Emily, an artist. I met the young couple at the Arts Council of Princeton Art People Party gala on April 4, and they were eager to know who was responsible for this “amazing” ...
Princeton, NJ – As Alex Randall argues in his recent article for TAPinto Princeton, the Nassau Street kiosks are more than just a place to tack up posters, notecards, and hand-scrawled flyers. They are essentially an information channel – one that is owned and operated by the people who physically ...
Editor's note: Princeton's two sidewalk information kiosks, one on Nassau Street at Witherspoon Street, the other on Nassau at Vandeventer Avenue, have been under the chopping block in recent months as Council and the engineering department have contemplated extensive renovations to the town's ...
Princeton, NJ – When the history is written of the Historical Society of Princeton, 2025 will go down as another transition year. Sarah Taggart, who took over as executive director in July of 2022, has resigned as of March. Elizabeth Monroe, a Princeton resident and member of the Historical ...
Princeton, NJ – What a weekend. And if you aren’t impressed by any of the events on this Easter weekend calendar, then consider what’s on tap for Monday, April 21. You will see any number of Easter-related events, including sunrise services on Easter Sunday itself. The weekend also offers the usual ...
Princeton, NJ – There were several bright moments at the Princeton Council meeting on Monday, April 14. One was the report of the “salamander brigade,” the cadre of students who help salamanders make their seasonal migration across Herrontown Road to the vernal pools to which they instinctively ...
Princeton, NJ – Chances are slim that any readers of TAPinto Princeton Community News are looking for a job as a police officer. But chances are better that someone reading this might know someone who would be interested. In that case, it’s worth noting that the Princeton Police Department is now ...
Congratulations and thank you to Princeton Council for the courage and clever implementation of eminent domain to bring resolution to the Choir College acquisition. Like many other residents, we wonder and have thoughts about the reuse of this site. Too often, outside consultants with little ...
Princeton, NJ – The door of ART@BAINBRIDGE at 158 Nassau Street was invitingly open as I walked by, so I decided to enter and see the current exhibit. I was immediately captivated by the bold patterns and bright colors of Roberto Lugo's ceramic works and wondered what stories the figures in his ...
Princeton, NJ – Back in June, 1928, the student journalists ata Princeton University chortled over the presence of a group of filmmakers who had just completed work on campus for a “flicker,” which would soon be shown in motion pictures houses around the nation.As the Princetonian noted, in an ...
Princeton, NJ — “The Way You Look Tonight” was the theme of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s annual gala on Saturday, April 5, at Jasna Polana. And the way some people looked that evening was “smart, Rat Pack-themed,” according to one gala attendee, including “snappy tuxedos and sleek gowns, many ...