Tag: Princeton
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Park named in honor of Womanspace founder is rededicated
The Barbara Boggs Sigmund Park, located on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Chestnut Street in Princeton, had lately become overgrown with weeds and invasive plants. So Sharon Ainsworth, who chairs Princeton’s Shade Tree Commission and who is a Mercer County Master Gardener, decided it was time for a change – and a cleanup. Volunteers…
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Barbara Boggs Sigmund Park rededicated
The Barbara Boggs Sigmund Park, located on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Chestnut Street and across the street from the former Westminster Choir College campus, had lately become overgrown with weeds and invasive plants. So Sharon Ainsworth, who chairs Princeton’s Shade Tree Commission and who is a Mercer County Master Gardener, decided it was…
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Residents form Princeton Coalition for Responsible Development to build a better Princeton
A group of residents recently formed the non-profit Princeton Coalition for Responsible Development (PCRD) to advocate for and enable a more effective and collaborative approach to land use development and redevelopment in Princeton. Citing support from over 100 concerned residents who want assurance their voices will be taken into account as development decisions are made…
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History books, notable authors to be at Princeton Battlefield on June 13
The Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS), which is in its 50th anniversary year of operation, continues a 2021 program of educational and commemorative events this weekend at Princeton Battlefield State Park on Mercer Road. The program on June 13 in Princeton will run from 12-3 p.m. and feature several activities postponed from Memorial Weekend due to…
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Teenager sentenced in Princeton University bomb threat
A 16-year-old Canadian teen who called in a bomb threat to Princeton University that emptied several buildings, including Nassau Hall, has pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree false public alarm, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. The teenager offered a guilty plea May 28 in Mercer County Family Court and was sentenced to…
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Princeton voters go to the polls June 8 for primary election
Princeton voters will go to the polls June 8 to choose candidates for an array of elected offices in the Democratic and Republican party primaries. The polling locations will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for in-person voting. Vote-by-mail secure drop boxes, for voters who prefer not to vote in person, are available…
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Middle school students to have a say in renaming the school
Whatever the permanent name of the Princeton Unified Middle School may become, current and prospective middle school students should have their say in choosing it. That’s why school district officials have directed Princeton Unified Middle School Principal Jason Burr to poll students in grades 5-8 – again – to recommend a name to the Princeton…
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Princeton Battlefield Society honors those who have fallen
Born out of the years following the Civil War, Memorial Day continues to be a day of remembrance for the men and women who have lost their lives in the United States Armed Forces. To honor the fallen, past and present, in America’s history, the Princeton Battlefield Society held its own wreath laying ceremony at…
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Princeton teen awarded scholarship to attend international high school
Skylar Schiltz-Rouse has received a scholarship to continue her high school education at Li Po Chun United World College in Mahindra, India. The daughter of Carolyn Rouse from Princeton, Skylar recently completed her sophomore year at Princeton High School. Skylar went to YingHua, a Chinese immersion school in Kingston, and will complete her International Baccalaureate…
