TOP LOCAL News
By PAM HERSH
August 26, 2024
Princeton, NJ -- Wayne Sutcliffe is a former Princeton High School head soccer coach – with no desire to star as a United States vice presidential candidate or as the lead character in a highly rated television series. Maybe that’s because his first name does not begin with a T, as in Tim Walz or ...
Princeton, NJ – Bernard Miller, 95, a former mayor of Princeton Township and an elected official who also served on the consolidated Princeton Council, died August 24. Miller, an aeronautical engineer who served in the Air Force and then worked for RCA Laboratories – and later Lockheed Martin -- ...
Princeton, NJ – Thanks in large part to the advocacy of State Senator Andrew Zwicker, the concept of ranked choice voting, a way to enable voters to rank candidates in order of preference and to ensure that winners of any election have the support of a majority of voters is gaining some support in ...
Princeton, NJ – A recurring theme in the obituaries and tributes written after the death of editor and author Landon Y. “Lanny” Jones on August 17 at the age of 80 was his willingness to help and encourage other writers. Often the encouragement came in the form of brainstorming ideas with ...
Princeton, NJ – In recent years I have acquired the habit of searching for typographical and factual errors when I read a new book. I do this partly because I sometimes know the book’s author in some way and I want to help that writer make that book even better. But I also do it because it makes me ...
Princeton, NJ – Even as Covid 19 is dissipating, the pandemic is still generating aftershocks – including mental health challenges for the younger generation. One Princeton resident with a front row seat to those challenges is Riva Levy, the municipality’s prevention programs coordinator for ...
East Windsor, NJ – An innovative transportation company – 24 HR Truck Services – is now working with the Mercer County Office of Economic Development and its partner, SMBX, Inc., to accelerate its growth as an industry leader. Based in East Windsor, 24 HR Truck Services brings new technology to ...
Princeton, NJ – Quick: Name the top five rock and roll singers of all time. OK, you could probably name 10. Now look at that list and see how many are women. Could be none. But, consider that list again and you could probably add several women to it. A group called WomenRock! – made up of six ...
Princeton, NJ – On Tuesday, October 22, when New Jersey Future issues its annual Smart Growth Awards recognizing the best in planning, development, and redevelopment, Princeton will be doubly represented. What New Jersey Future describes as “the Terhune Harrison Mixed Use Village” will be one of ...
Princeton, NJ – There’s a piece of fine art being created this week at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, but you can be sure that it won’t end up on permanent display in the sanctuary nor will it be auctioned off as a fundraiser. The art is a sand mandala, being created by a ...
Princeton, NJ – The housing shortage in New Jersey is one of those issues, like climate change, that everyone agrees deserves our attention but that never seems to get the action that will at least begin to turn the tide. Here’s a data point in the housing shortage that came to our attention in ...
Princeton, NJ – Landon Y. Jones, 80, reporter, writer, editor, and author, as well as mentor, supporter, and cheerleader for many appreciative writers of all ages, died August 17. He and his wife, Sarah, who survives him, had lived in Princeton for more than 50 years, most recently on Hibben Road.
Princeton, NJ – In her novel "Emma," Jane Austen wrote "It's such a happiness when good people get together." On August 17, the prevailing mood of the capacity audience gathered at Morven Museum and Garden was definitely happy, but more importantly full of anticipation. They had come to hear ...
Princeton, NJ – Last week in this space we raised an eyebrow about an authorization by Princeton Council to spend $55,000 for a consultant to advise the town on a new sign ordinance. Hadn’t a Princeton-based architect already contributed a comprehensive – and pro bono – analysis of the town’s sign ...
Princeton, NJ -- When I first wrote about John Bailey in the early 1980s, my goal was to produce a straightforward report on the two-week summer basketball clinic created and led by Bailey for the youth living in Princeton’s Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood. My editor back then said the story ...
Chatham, NJ -- Electric bike riders are causing concern in Chatham Borough by riding on sidewalks and ignoring traffic laws, according to Chatham Police Chief Brian Gibbons when the subject came up at August 12's regular meeting of the mayor and council. Chatham Borough Administrator Steve ...
Princeton, NJ – Childless cat ladies, who have gained a certain notoriety in recent weeks thanks to some too-clever-by-half politicians, may turn out in force at the Princeton Garden Theatre on Nassau Street on Saturday afternoon, August 17, to take in a big-screen compilation of funny cat videos ...
Princeton, NJ – If you have been yearning for a quiet summer weekend in town, here’s your chance. It’s not the middle of summer, it’s actually the middle of August, an even quieter moment for our esteemed event editor. It is certainly quiet, but it’s not dead. And because not much else is ...
Princeton, NJ – As faithful readers know, we sometimes do a double take at the police blotter reports and have to ask the question: Is there some sort of typographical error in this entry? That happened with the most recent report from the Princeton Police Department, which included this ...
Princeton, NJ — Once upon a time, the five-story brick building at 20 Nassau Street was home to temporary offices of the Institute for Advanced Study and to the College Entrance Examination Board, later Educational Testing Service, and the Gallup Poll. Was it – or any of the quirky additions to ...
Princeton, NJ – I left Princeton recently on a special assignment (loosely defined), down to Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. Don’t cry for me. But I did miss the long-awaited opening of ‘Ye Tavern’ at the new Graduate Princeton hotel, alas. Early reviews are very encouraging, even off the charts.
NEW JERSEY — Award-winning broadcast journalist Michael Aron, the chief New Jersey political correspondent on the state’s public television stations for four decades, died on Tuesday. He was 78. Considered the “dean of the Statehouse Press Corps,” Aron was a daily fixture on NJ PBS News and on ...
Princeton, NJ – As the promise of another bond referendum looms on the horizon for the Princeton Public Schools and the district taxpayers, some projects funded by the last referendum – in 2022 – are nearing completion. The school district is implementing a series of sustainable initiatives, ...
New Hope, PA -- The Bucks County Playhouse’s production of “GREASE” is an electrifying journey back to the 1950s, capturing the essence of youth, rebellion, and the classic rock 'n' roll spirit that has made this musical a beloved staple for decades. From the moment the curtain rose, the audience ...
Princeton, NJ – A 2023 Princeton High School graduate who competed on one of the school’s national champion teams in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge, has attended the 2024 Olympics in Paris at the invitation of Samsung. Ngan Le, now a rising sophomore at the University of North Carolina ...
Trenton, NJ – The Princeton Charter School is one of 52 schools in the state to be selected for a Department of Education research initiative to identify innovative practices that have been implemented to accelerate student learning. The Promising Practices Project is a partnership with the ...
NEW JERSEY - For many incoming college students, the transition to life on campus can be a challenge - new people, an unfamiliar place, and none of the comforts of home. Factor in a disability, such as a spinal cord injury (SCI), and the experience can be even more daunting. Fortunately, the ...
Princeton, NJ – About eight or nine years ago or so (who’s counting?), Princeton passed a business sign ordinance that left a lot of people perplexed -- not only the business owners who wanted to install informative and attention-getting signs above their businesses, but also the officials who had ...
Princeton, NJ -- Thousands of Princetonians were whooping and high-fiving each other on the morning of Thursday, August 1, when their cell phone news feeds flashed an announcement. Wall Street Journal reporter and Princeton High School alumnus Evan Gershkovich had been released from a Russian ...
Princeton, NJ – Our entertainment calendar doesn’t usually feature elected officials, but the Joint Effort Witherspoon Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets program has added a headliner to its event on Saturday morning, August 10. That’s the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Andy ...