TOP LOCAL News
By BRIAN LEVINSON AND AIDAN CUSACK
March 6, 2026
Princeton, NJ — If there is a poster child for property tax reform, it may well be an under-used parking lot. The Bank of America at 370-374 Nassau Street, just north of Harrison Street, is a classic example. The portion of the land that is reserved just for parking — but with hardly any cars to ...
Princeton, NJ – If you were thinking of absorbing a bit of Algerian culture, on the edge of the Arab world, or of sampling some Ukrainian folk music, hopping on a plane and jetting into those areas may not be the travel adventure of choice these days. But here’s some armchair traveling, with ...
Princeton, NJ — Property taxes touch all corners of municipal life here in Princeton, and they account for more than half of the town's annual revenue. But they seem shrouded in mystery at times. It's a world of intimidating numbers and charts.What's more, these taxes come at that strange ...
Princeton, NJ – Back in the fall of 2024, when Ari Meisel began his successful campaign for a seat on the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education, he described himself as a man of many hats.This week Meisel donned a new cap: as executive director of the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad ...
Princeton, NJ — Eve Niedergang, former Princeton Council member, didn’t think firearms were interesting. But when she enrolled in the police department’s Citizen’s Police Academy, she was surprised to find herself enjoying the trip to the firing range.“Just having that experience, and seeing what ...
Princeton, NJ — Princeton’s porch pirates were active again last week. There were two separate package theft incidents, one occurring at the same Herrontown Road location that has already experienced a spate of recent package thefts. Over the past three months, Princeton Police has investigated ...
Princeton, NJ — There is a large data center rising up on Princeton’s eastern border. At 341,000 square feet, it dominates the skyline. Our proximity to it may surprise some Princeton residents, especially when they learn the site bumps up against the Mapleton Preserve. It is just over a mile from ...
Princeton, NJ — Editor’s note: TAPinto Princeton Community News invites residents to offer their views and comments on the candidates for Princeton Council. Please include the name of the street you live on. E-mail your letter to rrein@tapinto.net. Letters will be posted at periodic intervals – not ...
Princeton, NJ – Few people are as closely related to the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad as Mayor Mark Freda. He began volunteering for the squad as a teenager in July of 1975. In 2018 he was appointed to the paid post of president. That’s been Freda’s “day job” ever since, including the ...
Princeton, NJ — So we have pop-up retail stores, pop-up events, and of course pop ads every time we scroll through another website. So why not a pop-up choir?The Pop-Up Choir Princeton is the brain child of the Arts Council of Princeton and Natalie Cardillo, a music educator, vocal arranger, and ...
Princeton, NJ – It’s a slow week on the municipal calendar and a good week to pay attention to what’s happening outside the confines of the municipal building. The Planning Board meets Thursday, March 5, to review a handful of ordinances before the Council for Master Plan consistency. The Youth ...
Princeton, NJ -- Eric Garcetti, the former U.S. Ambassador to India (from 2023 to 2025), and the youngest ever mayor of Los Angeles when he was inaugurated in 2013 at the age of 42, rejoices in his multicultural background. His father, Gil Garcetti, is Mexican-American with Spanish, American ...
Princeton, NJ — I wanted to start this column by cursing about the immigration nightmare in our community. Instead, I end up praising cursive in our schools. Admittedly, this is an unusual transition, but my grandson made it happen. The cursing would have been a written rant about the paralyzing ...
Princeton, NJ – Sunday, March 1, brings us another Book Brunch at the Princeton Public Library, where food for thought is the main entrée, and also the beginning of another Princeton Food Week, with participating restaurants offering lunch and dinner specials through Saturday, March 7.First the ...
Princeton, NJ – “Purloined Purse” is a cheap headline for our editor, but it’s an expensive loss for the victim, and we’ll begin our weekly police blotter report with this item:On February 18, police investigated a reported theft that occurred at a Princeton undergraduate eating club on Washington ...
Princeton, NJ – Some residents have referred to the Princeton Public Library as the community's living room. It might also be thought of as the community’s unofficial international center, based on the explorations of history and culture included in this weekend’s calendar of library events.On ...
Princeton, NJ – On Monday, January 23, Princeton’s Town Council marked an important milestone. Elected officials either introduced or conducted public hearings for the 13 sites to be developed as part of the fourth round of Princeton’s Fair Share Housing obligations.The upbeat tone among council ...
Princeton, NJ — Princeton residents in search of exercise, education, and adventure may be interested in a series of upcoming walks hosted by Trenton Walks!, a community engagement program offering guided walks through Trenton.The first walk, on Thursday, March 5, at noon, will focus on downtown ...
Princeton, NJ — At the Monday, February 23, Council meeting, Princeton Police issued a polite warning to the town’s snow-shovel scofflaws. Clear the snow off your property’s sidewalk, or be prepared for a little ‘enforcement’.Princeton’s town ordinance decrees that snow be cleared within 24 hours ...
Princeton, NJ — Editor’s note: TAPinto Princeton Community News invites residents to offer their views and comments on the candidates for Princeton Council. Please include the name of the street you live on. E-mail your letter to rrein@tapinto.net. Letters will be posted at periodic intervals – not ...
Princeton, NJ — Umang Sharma, a Princeton Day School senior, always loved fixing things. So when he came across an ad for a $7,000 Braille keyboard, his outrage at the expense collided with his passion for building. He was determined to find a cheaper fix. Three years later, Sharma is the creator ...
Princeton, NJ – A phoenix rising from the ashes isn’t quite the analogy here, but we do have some signs of life appearing through the drifts of snow. We have several events of note rescheduled after the February blizzard. And we have an art opening on Friday evening that includes at least one image ...
Princeton, NJ — Editor’s note: TAPinto Princeton Community News invited the candidates for Princeton Council to provide brief statements introducing themselves and explaining why they are running. Jon Durbin provided the following:Jon Durbin Announces Campaign for Princeton Council, Centered on ...
Princeton, NJ – Our weekly preview of what’s happening on the municipal calendar begins this week with what’s not happening. The February 22 and 23 snowstorm was still unfolding as this post was being written, with four inches already on the ground and another 11 to 14 inches predicted overnight ...
Princeton, NJ – Back on Thursday, February 19, the event planners at Morven Museum had a feeling that the weather might be not so good on Sunday, February 22, when the museum was planning to present a book talk with Zara Anishanslin. The in-person talk, we learned on Thursday, had been switched to ...
Princeton, NJ — When it comes to describing Princeton eye surgeon John Epstein, MD, I could tell the story in a rap song using puns and wordplay. The Princeton Eye Group physician is a doctor rocker, an eye surgeon and a rock music guitarist, who looks out for the eyes of his patients during the ...
Princeton, NJ – More than a dozen years after the former Borough and Township consolidated to create the municipality of Princeton, one area of governmental regulation has yet to be unified. It’s zoning, which still has separate regulations that apply to properties based on whether they are located ...
Princeton, NJ – While the rest of us were shoveling snow and clearing sidewalks, an artist was working away on a new outdoor mural for Spring Street. Given the frigid temperatures and the cold rains that followed the big January snow fall, how did the artist — Alissa Paulison of Lincoln Park, NJ – ...
Princeton, NJ – It’s a weekend to consider – and also to reconsider – the events surrounding the founding of the United States 250 years ago.First you can celebrate Black History Month, by imagining walking in the footsteps of forgotten heroes - the Black soldiers in the Revolutionary War - who ...
Princeton, NJ — Editor’s note: TAPinto Princeton Community News invited the candidates for Princeton Council to provide brief statements introducing themselves and explaining why they are running. Marina Rubina provided the following:Practical Policies, Thoughtful Stewardship, Leading with ...