Seven ways you can support Planet Princeton’s reporting

Seven ways you can support Planet Princeton’s reporting

Dear Readers, Thank you for reading Planet Princeton. I have been working as hard as I can over the last few weeks to make sure you have the local information you need during the coronavirus pandemic. As you know as a reader of Planet Princeton, an independent, nonpartisan press is a critical force for our…

Planet Princeton seeks readers to participate in focus groups about news content engagement for project with journalism students

Planet Princeton seeks readers to participate in focus groups about news content engagement for project with journalism students

Planet Princeton has been working with students from the University of Missouri this semester as part of our 2019-2020 Reynolds Journalism Institute fellowship. The students are conducting online surveys and two in-person focus groups, one on March 1 and another the following week. If you can participate in a focus group, please follow the link…

Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program will be offered in Mercer County for the first time
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Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program will be offered in Mercer County for the first time

Registration is now open for the Rutgers Environmental Stewards Program’s first class in Mercer County. The 20-week program introduces volunteers to the science underlying key environmental issues in New Jersey so that they can tackle problems and offer solutions in their own communities. Since 2005, hundreds of volunteers have made the commitment to protecting New…

New Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale drop-off site opens in Princeton
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New Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale drop-off site opens in Princeton

The Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale book collection site has been moved from “the barn” on Vandeventer Avenue to a new location on Witherspoon Street. The new address is 281 Witherspoon Street, Suite G-200, in the lower level of a new building on the site of the former Princeton Hospital. Book sale volunteers will have better conditions…

The Princeton parklet returns for another season
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The Princeton parklet returns for another season

The Princeton parklet has returned to its location outside Small World Coffee on Witherspoon Street for the summer. The parklet, an Arts Council of Princeton project, is the same structure that was designed and built by architect Joseph Hobart Weiss in 2017. The 2019 parklet features flowering plants, furniture designed by Chris Maher, free WIFI…

Candlelight vigil to be held Tuesday for Robbinsville High graduate who was murdered in South Carolina

Candlelight vigil to be held Tuesday for Robbinsville High graduate who was murdered in South Carolina

A candlelight vigil will be held at the West Town Center lake gazebo Tuesday night at 7 p.m. to remember Samantha Lee Josephson, the college student who was killed in South Carolina last week. Josephson was reported missing in Columbia on Friday, and her body was later found in a rural area in Clarendon County….

Islamic Society of Central New Jersey to host ‘Solidarity with New Zealand’ interfaith event this Thursday
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Islamic Society of Central New Jersey to host ‘Solidarity with New Zealand’ interfaith event this Thursday

The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey will host an interfaith forum to combat Islamophobia and hate this Thursday, March 21, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The mosque is located on Route 1 south in South Brunswick. Activities will include writing letters to the injured in New Zealand and making donations to affected families. A…

Annual Bryn Mawr Wellesley Book Sale set for March 15-19
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Annual Bryn Mawr Wellesley Book Sale set for March 15-19

The annual Bryn Mawy Wellesley Book Sale, one of the largest and oldest used book sales on the East Coast, will be held at Princeton Day School from March 15 to March 19. Proceeds from the sale are used to provide college scholarships to local students. In 1931, a group of Bryn Mawr College graduates…

Mercer County Wildlife Center seeks volunteers

Mercer County Wildlife Center seeks volunteers

The Mercer County Wildlife Center will be holding orientation sessions this March for new volunteers at the facility in Hopewell Township. More than 2,500 birds, mammals and reptiles were treated at the center in 2018. Volunteer orientation sessions for 2019 are scheduled for Saturday, March 16, and Sunday, March 24 at the center. The sessions run from…

McCarter Theatre announces community reading of ‘Greensboro: A Requiem’
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McCarter Theatre announces community reading of ‘Greensboro: A Requiem’

 McCarter Theatre Center will be hosting a participatory community reading of Emily Mann’s “Greensboro: A Requiem” on  Wednesday, November 14 at 6:30 p.m. on the Matthews Stage. The event is free and open to the public, but online RSVPs are requested. Copies of the play will be provided at the event. Community play readings are interactive,…

Spirit of Princeton seeks volunteers to organize spirited community celebrations

Spirit of Princeton seeks volunteers to organize spirited community celebrations

The Spirit of Princeton is seeking members of the community to join the team of volunteers who produce three popular and patriotic town events: the Memorial Day Parade the Saturday before Memorial Day, the Flag Day Commemoration on June 14, and the Veterans’ Day Ceremony on Nov. 11. The basic requirements for volunteers are enthusiasm…

Memorial service for James Floyd, Sr. to be held on June 23

Memorial service for James Floyd, Sr. to be held on June 23

A public memorial service for former Princeton Township mayor James Floyd, Sr. will be held at 11 a.m. on  Saturday, June 23 at the Nassau Presbyterian Church in downtown Princeton. “It will be a day of remembrance and celebration of a man of courage and a life well lived,” family members said in a written…

Noise alert: Fort Dix holding mortar-firing training sessions through Monday

Noise alert: Fort Dix holding mortar-firing training sessions through Monday

You might hear loud noises over the next few days or feel the ground shake because of the  mortar-firing training sessions that are being conducted by the U.S. Army at Fort Dix through Monday, May 21. Cloudy or overcast weather can amplify the booms and the noise can travel further. Residents in the West Windsor and…

Girls Night Out, Princeton Wheels Rodeo rescheduled due to weather
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Girls Night Out, Princeton Wheels Rodeo rescheduled due to weather

The annual Girls Night Out on Palmer Square that was scheduled for this Thursday, May 17, has been rescheduled for May 24 due to the weather forecast. The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. You do not need to re-register to attend the rescheduled event next Thursday night. Princeton’s annual wheels…

Princeton is seeking 50 households to participate in food waste collection study
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Princeton is seeking 50 households to participate in food waste collection study

Dear Editor, The municipality is currently looking to improve our curbside organics recycling program and we need your help! If your household has never taken part in the town’s organics program, please consider signing up to be one of 50 households to participate in a study. If your household is chosen, you will receive a…

Friends of Princeton Public Library seeks gently used book donations 

Friends of Princeton Public Library seeks gently used book donations 

The Friends of the Princeton Public Library will be holding their annual book sale from Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6. One of the top used book sales in the area, last year’s sale featured more than 10,000 books for all ages on a wide variety of topics. Most books are priced between $1…

Third floor of Princeton Public Library opens again

Third floor of Princeton Public Library opens again

The third floor of the Princeton Public Library re-opened this morning. It had been closed since Jan. 8 for renovations. Highlights of the renovated space include dedicated areas for early literacy adjacent to the new nursing room, an independent readers and computing area, a “living room” where busy families can gather, a collaborative space for…