TOP LOCAL News
By RICHARD K. REIN
October 13, 2024
Princeton, NJ – Not all changes in town are revealed during official public meetings. We say that despite having several important meetings on this week's agenda, including the Council meeting on Monday night, October 14, when the bond ordinance to finance the acquisition of the Westminster Choir ...
Princeton, NJ -- A box of six caramel nut covered apples sent to me in celebration of the Jewish New Year ended up being a treat in an unexpected way. They provided me with a sweet inspiration to interview Princeton resident and retired AT&T executive Karen Lemon. I discovered how her ...
Princeton, NJ – We have reported before about the high leverage votes that will be cast just over the Delaware River from us in Pennsylvania. It’s a swing state in the Presidential election, there’s a tight race in the Senate, and three close Congressional districts are within short drives from ...
Princeton, NJ – Sooner or later, people in Princeton are going to have to start thinking about zoning. Some residents are occasionally forced to think about zoning now – when they think about putting an addition on their house, or adding some living space to their attic, or putting a deck out in ...
Princeton, NJ – Is there something in the water in Princeton these days? Or is that even water we’re talking about?Whatever, Princeton Police report five – count ‘em, five – arrests for driving while intoxicated in the most recent police blotter. Three of the arrests were made – not surprisingly – ...
New Jersey - One of the great things about holiday weekends, besides the holidays, is the extra time to get in the car with friends and family and take a road trip, often without a destination to see the autumn leaves.Some areas of New Jersey are showing “some change,” while others are at the ...
Princeton, NJ – The basic outline of the Chris Reeve story is well known by now, especially in Princeton where many people still remember him as the young actor gaining experience at McCarter Theater while he was still a student at Princeton Day School, Class of 1970. He went off to college at ...
Trenton, NJ – The State of New Jersey is taking a social media giant to court. Citing “deceptive, unconscionable, and abusive business practices that harm the health and safety of New Jersey’s youth,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced ...
Strange that something as steely-straight as train tracks can lead into convoluted – but surprisingly revelatory -- journeys.This came to my mind with reports that, subsequent to its screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (and amidst hints of a swift lawsuit by Donald Trump), The Apprentice ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Army National Guard members and equipment are expected to be in Florida by the end of the week to help with recovery efforts from Hurricane Milton.The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday.“Floridians are family, and we know from personal experience ...
Princeton, NJ – The path that led Princeton professor emeritus John Hopfield to a Nobel Prize in physics may have begun with attending an academic meeting on neuroscience more than 40 years ago and ended Tuesday, October 8, at a thatched cottage in England, where he and his wife have a summer ...
Princeton, NJ – Dear Editor:It was distressing to learn that the NJ Division of Civil Rights (NJ DCR) has recently issued violation notices to housing providers across the state, including a Princeton apartment complex. However, it is reassuring to know that the NJ DCR is enforcing the Fair Chance ...
Princeton, NJ – Visiting one of Princeton University’s residential colleges for the first time last week, I entered Butler College's 1967 Hall and made my way to the James S. Hall '34 Memorial Gallery. I was there to attend the opening reception of an exhibition entitled "Being at Home in ...
Princeton, NJ – Are you possibly agonizing over the prospect that Donald Trump could be re-elected as president in November? We’re just asking for a friend. It’s certainly possible that he could be. It’s also possible that Kamala Harris could be elected. The good news is that you can do something ...
Princeton, NJ – Before we report anything else, we should first take note of what will not be happening this week. The highly anticipated proposal by Hillier Architecture to restore and redevelop a dozen or so buildings on Witherspoon Street, scheduled to make its debut in the public planning ...
Princeton, NJ – The weekend ends on Sunday, of course, but the fun doesn’t have to end then. This Monday, October 7, our calendar includes two intriguing events. At 6 p.m., the Arts Council of Princeton hosts a dedication of the new totem pole that has been completed in Princeton during the recent ...
Princeton, NJ -- Princeton School Board member Adam Bierman may be totally unaware that he has a connection to the renowned writer/director/actor Woody Allen. Allen is credited with saying that "90 percent of success is showing up.” Adam’s path to a position of leadership in Princeton reflects the ...
Princeton, NJ – We have lived at our current address, located on a prominent corner in town, for over 51 years.Last week, we purchased a lawn sign, in support of the presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz. And we placed it on our property. Yesterday, we discovered ...
Princeton, NJ – The scene of the Princeton football players gathered around their coach hasn’t changed in decades and decades. The helmets take on a different look ever so often, and the jerseys are styled a little differently. But they still carry no individual names across the back. At Princeton, ...
Princeton, NJ – Isn’t there anything for kids to do anymore? Well, of course there is. We just don’t always think of kids when we are assembling a calendar of events. But this weekend there are several events that jump out – some obvious, others not so obvious. On Friday evening, October 4, ...
Princeton, NJ -- Your garden shed, garage, or carport roof will soon enjoy its moment in the sun. Last week Princeton’s Council passed Ordinance 2024-32, making it easier for homeowners to install solar panels on structures other than their homes. Would-be sun-catchers can now place panels atop ...
Princeton, NJ -- Steve, my husband, and I have been listening to Sleepy Hollow on weekend mornings on WXPN for at least 18 years. It is a Philadelphia radio station, and the show plays wonderful calming music. I can get kind of excited and want to get up as early as I can to turn on my radio and ...
Princeton, NJ – We have had busy weeks with dueling authors (one at the Public Library, the other at Labyrinth Books on the same day and time), dueling musicians (McCarter and Alexander Hall), and of course, dueling pianos, performing together on summer nights on the Nassau Inn green.But never ...
Princeton, NJ – I joined a capacity crowd -- made up largely of Princeton University students -- for the September 27 lecture and conversation with H.E. Santiago Pena Palacios, the president of Paraguay. The event was sponsored by Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and ...
Princeton, NJ – As environmental writer Carolyn Jones reported last week in TAPinto Princeton Community News, the owner of the early 18th century, little red house on Stockton Street, near the historic bridge over the Stony Brook is continuing his long-running quest to relocate his house to higher ...
Princeton, NJ -- I am totally on board with ‘See something, say something’ - NJ Transit’s strategy to thwart transit hub terrorist attacks. But I have taken the slogan one step further. ‘See something, say something’ is now my strategy for keeping Princeton residents safe from the dangers posed by ...
Princeton, NJ --In the fall of 1923, and again in 1924, Knute Rockne’s Notre Dame football team, with its fabled Four Horsemen, rolled into Palmer Stadium to take on the venerable Tigers of Princeton. ND won both games.But there are some interesting vignettes about those games, which applied ...
Princeton, NJ – The Board of Education of the Princeton Public Schools is keeping its search for a new district superintendent on the fast track. As announced at the Board of Ed meeting last Tuesday, September 24, the consulting firm retained to direct the search, School Leadership LLC, is ...
Princeton, NJ – If you could assemble an all-star group of impresarios, from P.T. Barnum to Sol Hurok and everyone in between, they would be hard-pressed to plan a weekend of entertainment any more diverse and impressive than what we have going on this weekend in our little college town of about ...
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday at The White House that targets gun violence, creates government task forces focused on increasing threats of gun violence, and improves active shooter drills in schools.For Nancy Kislin, a licensed clinical social worker, ...