The Princeton Festival is seeking area residents with a spare room or rooms to host visiting performing artists for up to six weeks this summer. Hosts are needed to house performers between May 17 and June 26. Many of the visiting opera singers and musical theater performers will be in residence for less than the…
The Princeton Public Library is accepting original film submissions for the 2016 Princeton Student Film Festival. The festival will be held on July 20 and 21. Student filmmakers whose works are selected will be invited to discuss their films at the 13th annual festival, a two-night event intended for teen and adult audiences. Students are…
The Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, a Princeton tradition that organizers say is the oldest and largest used book sale on the East Coast, will take place beginning on March 25 at Princeton Day School. This year, the 85th annual sale will feature 85,000 books, including a “Treasure Island” section featuring rare and unusual editions at…
The Mercer County Park Commission is seeking volunteers to conduct the annual grassland bird survey at Mercer Meadows. A volunteer training and information session will be held on Sunday, April 10, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Hunt House. In 2012, a 435-acre habitat restoration project was undertaken to improve the Mercer Meadows grasslands…
Mercer County is one of 17 New Jersey counties the federal government has declared eligible for federal disaster aid to supplement recovery efforts from the January winter storm. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will reimburse county and local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for to 75 percent of eligible storm-related costs they incurred while…
The Hopewell Valley Golf and Country Club reopened this week and is welcoming limited public play for the first time in the club’s almost 90-year history. Located on the banks of the Stony Brook in Hopewell Township just off Pennington Hopewell Road, the gold course was developed in 1927 as a private and secluded golf…
A public forum, “Heroin & Opiates: They’re Here,” will be held tonight in an effort to educate parents, high school students and community members about the heroin epidemic that has swept across the United States, New Jersey and Princeton. The presentation will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Princeton High School…
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has appointed four new members to its Board of Trustees. Mercer County residents William Harla, Elizabeth McNeilly, Jamie Kyte Sapoch and Calvin Thomas Jr. were approved to serve as trustees at the board’s February 25 meeting. “The new members bring a wealth of talent to the board, and we believe…
Fifteen men from the Princeton area are competing for bragging rights in the A&B’s annual LongBeard contest, one of the highlights of the bar’s annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration. A special St. Patrick’s Day menu with Irish dishes that range from corned beef to shepherd’s pie to salmon will be served on March 17. At…
Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart has appointed Kristen Dabrowski as its new director of summer programs. Dabrowski attended Stuart Country Day School, Franklin & Marshall College, The British-American Drama Academy and Oxford School of Drama. She has taught English, drama and film at Convent of the Sacred Heart, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts,…
At a ceremony timed for the 284th commemoration of George Washington’s birthday, veterans and preservation advocates will remember the soldiers who fought in Washington’s Continental Army at the Battle of Princeton. Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, a 40-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps and president of the Marine Corps University Foundation, will be…
Students from the Princeton High School Choir, along with guest director J. Donald Dumpson, are treating students at all six Princeton Public Schools to samples of the upcoming Spirituals and Gospel Festival concert as part of the district’s Black History Month celebrations this month. In addition to taking in the sounds and rhythms, students…
McCarter Theatre Center is seeking local actors of all ages to appear in its reimagined version of Dickens’ classic tale “A Christmas Carol” this December. A casting information session will be held at 10 a.m. this Saturday, Feb. 20, in the community room at the Princeton Public Library. Other sessions have been added. Click…
The Princeton Recreation Department is now accepting applications for spring and summer part-time positions, including lifeguards for the Community Park Pool, pool managers, and seasonal maintenance crew members. Applications and more information about the various jobs that are available can be found on the recreation department’s website. The pool is open from Memorial Day Weekend…
Don’t forget to put your recycling out on the curb by 7 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 30, if you are a Princeton resident. The recycling pickup that was originally scheduled for Monday, Jan. 25, was rescheduled because of the blizzard. If you live in Lawrence, your trash removal that was scheduled for Jan. 25 will…
The Mercer County Park Commission will begin accepting reservations for the 2016 season for the west and east picnic areas at Mercer County Park, the Rosedale picnic area in Mercer Meadows, the Princeton Country Club picnic area in West Windsor, and the Valley Road picnic area in Hopewell Township starting at noon on Feb. 23….
Applications are being accepted for volunteers interested in becoming part of the Mercer County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victim Response Team. Team members work in conjunction with local police departments to provide support, information, and resources to domestic violence or sexual assault victims. In 2015, volunteers provided referral counseling and emotional support to 579…
