TOP LOCAL News
By RICHARD K. REIN
September 25, 2024
Princeton, NJ – When was the last time you heard that a bank teller got robbed on a Sunday afternoon? When was the last time you heard that a bank was even open on a Sunday afternoon? When was the last time you heard that a bank robber snatched the money from the teller and then made their getaway ...
Princeton, NJ -- Steve Waskow lives in a quaint red house on Stockton Street, on the western edge of town. It’s the kind of home that makes you think of a dollhouse, especially in winter when there’s a wreath on the door. Just beyond Waskow’s house, to the west, New Jersey’s oldest working bridge ...
Princeton, NJ – Plans to transfer ownership of the former Westminster Choir College campus to the municipality appeared to move ahead at Princeton Council’s September 23 meeting with the unanimous adoption of an ordinance authorizing the municipality to acquire almost 28-acre tract through a ...
Princeton, NJ -- On the night that I attended “Empire Records: The Musical” at the McCarter’s Berlind Theater, I was seated just two rows away from the action. The set literally loomed over me: the front window of a record store, plastered with band posters from the 1980s and ‘90s -- Metallica, ...
Princeton, NJ – We can offer some history this week, some fun events, and some serious discussions about the workings of democracy and its future.First the history: This story begins during the Revolutionary War, when the Continental Army got a major boost from the Marquis de Lafayette, the French ...
Princeton, NJ – I'm big fan of Gina Kolata's New York Times articles dealing with health. My admiration only grew when I read Kolata's heartwarming September 16 story, "First Day of a New Life for a Boy With Sickle Cell," in which she described how 12-year-old Kendric Cromer was one of the first ...
Flemington, NJ – The StoryQuest SoloFest Festival is the premier theatre festival in New Jersey showcasing one-person performances across various genres, including theater, comedy, and storytelling. StoryQuest SoloFest will take place on Saturday, September 28, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Flemington ...
Princeton, NJ – In what might – or might not – being a long-running legal impasse to an end, Princeton Council is moving ahead with its plan to acquire the nearly 28-acre former campus of the Westminster Choir College on Hamilton Avenue, between Walnut and Linden lanes. At the Council meeting on ...
Princeton, NJ – Even as the municipality moves ahead with its proposed $42 million acquisition of the Westminster Choir College campus, there’s another, less glamorous, subject that will grab some of the spotlight at town hall and on the street – literally.The subject is bicycles, and bicycle ...
Princeton, NJ – Long before he was a Hollywood star, Chris Reeve was an accomplished actor in his hometown of Princeton. Even as a student at Princeton Day School, he won small roles at McCarter Theatre. After graduating from Cornell, Reeve performed on stage on Broadway, working his way up to ...
Princeton, NJ -- Twenty-three years ago, I was in the throes of a public safety situation that was resolved amicably thanks to the communications skills of a young Princeton police officer, Patrolman Christopher Tash. He very tactfully informed my kids, who were in hyper-garage-sale promotion mode, ...
Princeton, NJ – Thanks to the ongoing collaboration with the Princeton School Gardens Cooperative, the Princeton Public Schools made two changes related to its food systems and food services.The district has hired a new Food Systems Literacy coordinator, Shannon Barlow, with a specialty in public ...
New Brunswick, NJ – Chicken quesadillas that went unclaimed in the cafeteria, tuna wraps left over from corporate luncheons and tons of other nutritious, perfectly fine food that would have otherwise gone to waste will soon help feed those facing food insecurity.An ambitious, innovative plan to ...
Trenton, NJ — Black bears are on the move in New Jersey, looking for food in preparation for the winter denning season.The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Fish and Wildlife is asking the public to secure their trash and food sources, to reduce the potential for ...
Princeton, NJ –What will it be this weekend: a hunt for an Eastern screech owl, which you may or may not find? Or a visit to hear the chivalrous crickets, the sighting of which is virtually guaranteed?Either one is possible this weekend, which really is the end of summer – the autumn equinox occurs ...
Princeton, NJ – The new musical at McCarter Theatre, Empire Records, opened with everything but a big searchlight sweeping through the sky on opening night. It’s a world premiere, based on a 1990s movie with a cult-like following. The musical score was created by Zoe Sarnak, who grew up in ...
Princeton, NJ – At various times in recent years we have reported on spates of crime involving cars parked in driveways. Usually left unlocked they were easy targets. Maybe those targets have been hardened. This month we are reporting three incidents of not cars but houses being broken into. It’s ...
Princeton, NJ – There’s a lot going on in the Princeton Public Schools these days, including a search for a new superintendent, a major referendum contemplated for January, and six candidates vying for three seats on the Board of Education in the November election.Some residents might have a ...
New Brunswick, NJ – Jonathan Holloway, who took over as Rutgers president during the COVID-19 pandemic and whose term has been marked by the university’s first faculty strike and pro-Palestinian protests that disrupted final exams last spring, will step down when his contract runs out next ...
Princeton, NJ -- There was hardly an empty seat in Richardson Auditorium on Sunday afternoon, September 15, for the Princeton Symphony Orchestra's opening concert of the 2024-‘25 season. The PSO orchestra conducted by its widely admired music director, Rossen Milanov, did not disappoint. Opening ...
Princeton, NJ –If you want to be reminded that you live in a university town, check out the events in town this week. On Tuesday, September 17, author Janie Kim, who studied molecular biology at Princeton University, talks about her new novel -- about a baby abandoned by her mother – at the ...
Princeton, NJ – We begin our preview of this week’s municipal agenda with some information on what’s not happening. As announced in an e-mail from the municipality on September 6, the regular meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission has been rescheduling from Monday, September 16, to a ...
Princeton, NJ – Jason Carter considers Princeton his home. There’s only one problem. He cannot afford to live in his home, so his house is in nearby Ewing. I learned about his conundrum over a slice of pizza at Conte’s when he and several other Princetonians gathered a few weeks ago to celebrate ...
Asbury Park, NJ - The stage is set for an extraordinary weekend in Asbury Park as the Sea.Hear.Now Festival returns to the Jersey Shore on Saturday and Sunday, September 14 and 15. This year’s festival is gearing up to be one for the history books, with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ...
Princeton, NJ – Here’s a headline that will get your attention: “N.J. charter schools are feasting on taxpayer dollars. See the monster salaries.”That was the headline for a NJ.com investigative story by Matthew Stanmyre, who took a close look at state oversight of charter schools, finding that the ...
Princeton, NJ – Twenty-five seniors from Princeton-based private and public high schools have been named semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students will continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be ...
Princeton, NJ –A busy weekend in Princeton. Any one of these events could command center stage in our weekend round-up:McCarter Theatre presents the world premiere of the new musical, Empire Records, with a musical score by Zoe Sarnak, who grew up in Princeton, went to Princeton High School, and ...
Princeton, NJ – There may have been a few communication glitches between the municipality and the Princeton Public Schools in recent weeks – one was the Planning Board’s postponement of its scheduled review of the Board of Education’s renovation and expansion plans at three of its school buildings.
Princeton, NJ – Editor’s note: TAPinto Princeton asked each of the six candidates for Board of Education to submit a brief (500-word limit) letter to introduce themselves and explain why they are running. We are printing the letters in the order that they arrived. Between now and the election, we ...
Princeton, NJ – Editor’s note: TAPinto Princeton asked each of the six candidates for Board of Education to submit a brief (500-word limit) letter to introduce themselves and explain why they are running. We are printing the letters in the order that they arrived. Between now and the election, we ...