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By TAPINTO PRINCETON STAFF
December 18, 2024
Baltimore, MD —Matthew Dodd-Nickles of Princeton has been honored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth after qualifying for the center’s Study of Exceptional Talent.Matthew, an eighth grade student at Princeton Middle School, was honored for exceptional performance on the Scholastic ...
Princeton, NJ – Some people might think that it’s bad timing for the Princeton Public Schools to announce that it is planning to acquire two new school buses for about $1 million – about four times the normal price for two buses – at the same time it is asking voters to approve a referendum for ...
Princeton, NJ -- Last week I had a few of my favorite women here for dinner. I made some wild salmon with a honey Dijon mustard topping, broccolini roasted with lemon slices, garlic, and fresh parmesan, and herbed jasmine rice. One of my friends is Lynne, or Lynnie to us, and five years ago, when ...
Princeton, NJ – Just yesterday we were checking out the upcoming events on the municipal calendar and noted the crush of events happening on Thursday, December 19. Now we’re looking at the arts and entertainment calendar for this week. Once again the big day of the week is Thursday. The Arts ...
Princeton, NJ – The spectacularly illuminated Palmer Square Christmas tree that I passed on my way to the Princeton Symphony Orchestra's December 14 Holiday Pops concert in Richardson Auditorium provided a perfect visual image of the Christmas spirit.For many this is a spirit of love, parties, ...
Plainsboro, NJ -- A 39-year-old Ewing resident, Andre Angus, has been charged in connection with multiple incidents of sexual contact with patients while he was employed at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Chief Eamon Blanchard of the ...
Princeton, NJ – The week before the biggest holiday week of the year ought to be one of year-end socials and abbreviated meetings on the municipal calendar. We could be writing about Monday, December 16, as the last day of curbside loose-leaf pickup in all five collection areas in the town. The ...
Princeton, NJ – After his inauguration as president in January, will Donald Trump move swiftly to round up undocumented immigrants and deport them by the millions? Or will this turn out to be a campaign promise that never gets turned into reality – think of infrastructure week or the border wall ...
Princeton, NJ -- If all goes to plan, North Harrison Street, or at least the portion from Franklin Avenue to Terhune Road, will soon have a trimmer profile.As early as spring, the four-lane road next to the Princeton Shopping Center could be reduced to two lanes. The freed-up space would then be ...
Trenton, NJ — Police across the state are engaged in a month-long crackdown on drunk driving, many of those efforts fueled by grants from the NJ Department of Highway Traffic Safety.The state’s 2024 “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign has divided $732,400 among 130 law enforcement agencies to ...
Plainsboro, NJ -- When Plainsboro Mayor Peter Cantu entered Princeton High School in 1955, he was “not a particularly serious student,” he says. “I was a fun-loving, rebellious, high-spirited kid who had just moved to Plainsboro (then a sending district to PHS). Somehow, I managed to graduate,” he ...
Princeton, NJ – It should come as no surprise to anyone that this weekend’s calendar is packed with holiday music.The sounds of the season begin Friday night, December 13, with a familiar institution that some people in Princeton mistakenly think is no longer active in our area. It’s the ...
Princeton, NJ – Remember the Indivisible Project? That was the grassroots organization that blossomed into a political powerhouse after Donald Trump was first elected president in 2016. Now, like Trump, it's back. Princeton area political activists have organized a “relaunch” meeting on Sunday, ...
Princeton, NJ – One Driveway, Two Cars, Two Suspects. A Hunt Drive resident contacted police shortly after 11 p.m. on December 8 to report that two males had unsuccessfully attempted to gain entry to two vehicles in the victim’s driveway on Hunt Drive. The suspects fled the area in a white ...
Princeton, NJ – If you run into a high school football player and ask him what his stats are, and if he’s a wide receiver like Noah Meier of Princeton High School, you may hear a response about number of catches, yards gained, and so on. Or you may hear about his grade point average -- at least 3.5 ...
Princeton, NJ -- Do you ever wonder where those police sirens in the distance are headed? Chances are, they are headed toward a traffic incident. Every year the Princeton Police Department responds to more than 600 crashes on our municipal roads. While the Department reports its activities to the ...
New Brunswick, NJ – It was a match made not quite in heaven but on a movie set with two comedic actors bantering with each other. The well-established Gene Wilder, creator of Willy Wonka, Young Frankenstein and other iconic characters, and the up and coming Gilda Radner, who created Roseanne ...
Princeton, NJ – How do you keep audiences coming back year after year to the same show, delivering the same classic message at the same time of the year? Well, if you are McCarter Theatre, which has presented “A Christmas Carol” as its annual holiday show since 1980, you occasionally change up the ...
Princeton, NJ -- The newly opened Alfalfa at 140 Nassau Street is a fresh addition to Princeton’s dining landscape. This fast-casual eatery, which started out in 2018 selling salads from a tent at a farmers’ market in Hoboken and eventually expanded to Los Angeles and now Princeton, brings with it ...
Princeton, NJ – The long discussed and much debated proposal to redevelop the former Princeton Seminary property on Stockton Street at Hibben Road will take another step forward at Princeton Council’s meeting on Monday, December 9, at 7 p.m.Council is expected to introduce an ordinance that will ...
Princeton, NJ – It was 25 degrees with fierce wind gusts when I climbed the challenging staircase to the third floor McCosh Hall auditorium last week, but I knew the outing would be worth it. I was attending a conversation between two preeminent American academics, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Robert ...
Princeton, NJ – The effort to educate voters about – and to gain their support for -- the January 28 facilities bond referendum continues this week with a virtual forum on Monday, December 9, at 7 p.m.The Princeton Public Schools has organized a panel of district leaders and architects to offer an ...
Princeton, NJ -- Over this holiday season, Princetonians – like millions of others - might choose to go to a movie theater and enjoy the “Glicked” experience - viewing both Gladiator II and Wicked. I suggest that Princeton residents and visitors add one more show to their entertainment agenda. It ...
Princeton, NJ – Living in Lockhart “Lair” (a suite of dormitory rooms located on two floors in the second entry of Lockhart Hall) my sophomore and junior years (1965-1967) at Princeton, neither I nor my suite-mates knew the story of Kentaro Ikeda ‘44, the only Japanese student on campus at the time ...
Princeton, NJ –The listings below feature information on more than 40 events coming up this weekend. It surprised us to discover that fewer than half of them have any connection to Christmas and the upcoming winter holidays. So this weekend is a great opportunity for those who don’t want to rush ...
Princeton, NJ – Fifteen minutes – metaphorically speaking -- after TAPinto Princeton's editor enjoyed an appearance on the Princeton Podcast with Mark Freda, another community member has taken part in an interview with the mayor and podcast host. Episode 56 of the Princeton Podcast features Lori ...
Princeton, NJ – At the end of the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with Blackout Wednesday (a new one for some of us) rolling into Black Friday, and then followed by Cyber Monday, people can be excused if their eyes glaze over at the flood of incoming e-mails on Giving Tuesday.We received at ...
Princeton, NJ – Professor of Jurisprudence Robert George, arguably the leading face of conservatism at Princeton University, has never been shy about engaging with people with different points of view. The conservative George has appeared often in public conversations with the left-leaning ...
Princeton, NJ – A week ago, crowds of young people lined up to gain entrance to Princeton’s downtown bars and restaurants. It was Thanksgiving Eve, also known to some as Blackout Wednesday. For lots of college students and recent graduates hoping to catch up with old high school and hometown ...
Princeton, NJ – “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” or so claimed singer Andy Williams in his classic 1963 Christmas holiday hit song. And beginning this week you can expect to hear plenty of those “kids jingle belling," as the song continues, "and everyone telling you be of good ...