Tag: Princeton
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Head of School announces retirement from Princeton Montessori
Head of Princeton Montessori School, Michelle Morrison, recently announced that she will step down from her role at the end of the 2022-23 academic year. Morrison has been Head of School for the last eight years and has worked at the school for over three decades. “When I began my headship in 2014, I set…
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SOLUTIONS 4/15: Musical Spring
By Huck Fairman As area residents have pushed through an often wet, cool and windy spring, many have sought relief beyond hopes for warming weather. Among the most transformative options has been a performance of The Princeton Singers, most recently at the Art on Hulfish (street) space, an alternative site while the Princeton University Art…
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Rider University and Westminster Choir College appeal set for Appellate Division
The state Appellate Division of Superior Court will hear oral arguments next month in an appeal challenging the dismissal of two lawsuits that sought to block Rider University from moving the Westminster Choir College from Princeton to its Lawrence Township campus. Attorneys for Rider University and the Westminster Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, Inc., and a…
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Health Department continues to help administer second booster doses to those who are eligible
Individuals 50 years old or older and those who are immunocompromised have been able to receive a second booster dose with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a second COVID-19 vaccine booster. Federal regulators announced they approved the second booster on March 29 and the New Jersey Department of Health quickly followed…
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Stuart Country Day School appoints director of Athletics
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, the K-12, all-girls college preparatory school in Princeton, recently announced that Frances Lyons has been named director of Athletics, starting July 1. “Ms. Lyons brings a proven experience in all-girls athletics programming, a passion for equal opportunities for girls in sports, and a vision for Stuart Athletics…
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Princeton Charter School opens new additions
With a snip of the ribbon, Princeton Charter School officials unveiled new classroom additions and an expanded cafeteria at the school, which is located in a former office building at 100 Bunn Dr. The attendees clapped as Princeton Charter School co-founder Peter Yianilos, Head of School Lawrence Patton, and Stefano Damiamakis, president of the school’s…
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New Jersey Goes Green: How local stores will be affected by the plastic bag ban
New Jersey’s plastic bag ban, slated to be the nation’s strictest, will go into effect on May 4. The bill, as explained in the NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) new “Get Past Plastic” website, places a ban on all single-use plastic bags, and goes one step further to ban paper bags at large…
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Local Ukrainians share family memories while raising funds for victims overseas
Stephania Gaber was born in the United States, but her mother, Stephania, father, Michael, sister, Donna (Dinusha), sister, Dorothy, maternal grandmother, Ahafia Rudiak, and grandfather, Maxim Rudiak, migrated from a small town outside Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1947, after World War II. Ukraine was a poor country and America had its promises of fulfilling dreams, said…
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Princeton plans sustainability events during ‘Greening Together’ week
Mercer County’s annual celebration of all things sustainable – which features several in-person events in Princeton – has been set for the week of April 23-30. The week-long environmental celebration, dubbed “Greening Together,” is sponsored by the Mercer County Sustainability Coalition. Princeton is a member of the coalition. In Princeton, the week kicks off April…
