Tag: Princeton
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Former Princeton mayor served 22 years in office; funeral is March 30
Note: A previously scheduled procession before the funeral has been canceled by the family. Phyllis Marchand, a former mayor of Princeton Township, passed away March 25 at her home at the age of 81. Private funeral services and burial are 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 30, at Princeton Cemetery. Those wishing to attend the service…
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Princeton Perks discount cards sales reopen with more than 70 participating businesses
The Princeton Perks Discount Card is back by popular demand and on sale through April 30. Since its launch in February, the roster of local businesses that have joined the discount card program has nearly doubled to more than 70 retailers and restaurants, according to information provided by Princeton Perks. The program, which was started…
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Princeton school board introduces 2021-22 budget
The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education introduced a $96.3 million operating budget for the 2021-22 school year at its March 16 meeting. The budget, which carries a 2-cent increase in the school district property tax, is $700,000 more than the 2020-21 operating budget of $95.6 million. A public hearing and final action on the…
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Grover Cleveland’s birthday commemorated in the Princeton Cemetery
On a damp and chilly day, a handful of soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve’s 99th Readiness Division, along with Princeton Mayor Mark Freda, gathered to lay a wreath at the grave of former U.S. President Grover Cleveland in the Princeton Cemetery. The annual ceremony was held March 18, on what would have been Cleveland’s…
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LOOSE ENDS 3/26: Climate Initiative
By Pam Hersh Friday, March 19, the windy day before the arrival of spring, blew me away when I had the good fortune to bump into a climate strike in Princeton’s Hinds Plaza. Late in the afternoon, I found myself in the midst of a dozen masked young people, chanting “Our Planet/Our future, Our Water/Our…
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Maplewood Senior Living welcomes professionals to Princeton team
Maplewood Senior Living hired Lisa Williams as executive director, Michael Tucker as director of Business Development, and Leslie Conover as Community Relations director to the provider’s new Princeton location. Located on the campus of Penn Medicine-Princeton Health, Maplewood at Princeton is set to open this summer and will offer assisted living, memory care and short-term…
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Princeton residents can choose from 10 options to rename Witherspoon school
Should the former John Witherspoon Middle School be renamed the Elizabeth Stockton Middle School? How about the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation Middle School, the Shirley Satterfield Middle School or just plain old Princeton Community School? Those are among the 10 names being batted around in a quest to rename the grades 6-8 middle school on Walnut…
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Professor at Institute for Advanced Study awarded 2021 Abel Prize for contributions to mathematics
Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton has been named a recipient of the 2021 Abel Prize, which he shares jointly with László Lovász – a former IAS visiting professor — of Eötvös Loránd University. Wigderson and Lovász are cited by the Abel committee “for their foundational contributions to theoretical…
