Cheyenne Wolf has been named the new head of People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos, a non-profit based in Lawrenceville that is dedicated to exposing new audiences to literature through oral readings and discussions of short stories. People &...
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Executive director of Arts Council of Princeton resigns
Taneshia Nash Laird, the executive director of the Arts Council of Princeton for less than two years, has resigned. She will leave the organization at the end of August. Jim Levine, the president of the Arts Council of Princeton board of trustees...
Belle Mead synagogue appoints new rabbi
Rabbi Jacob Best Adler is the co-author of the popular”‘Hamilton Haggadah” Congregation Kehilat Shalom, a reconstructionist congregation in Belle Mead, has appointed Rabbi Jacob Best Adler to replace Rabbi Susan Falk, who stepped down...
With help of Centurion, David Bryant freed again after 42 years in prison
David Bryant was released from a New York prison Wednesday after a three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with a senior United States District Court judge’s analysis that “credible and compelling” evidence...
Photo: Laura ‘Lauragami’ Kruskal turns 95
Princeton resident Laura Kruskal, who is also known to many as “Lauragami”, celebrated her 95th birthday this week. An internationally known lecturer and writer about origami, the ancient art of paper-folding, she is the originator of...
Retired Dinky train conductor named honorary member of the Princeton University Class of 2018
Tom Sparich, the Dinky train conductor who was a friendly and familiar face to the thousands of passengers who rode the shuttle between Princeton Junction and Princeton for many years, was honored for his service to Princeton University students...
Raymond Wadsworth, Spirit of Princeton founder, dies at 80
Raymond Wadsworth, a former fire chief, Princeton Borough councilman and founder of the Spirit of Princeton organization, died Thursday, May 31 at Capital Health System at Hopewell. He was 80. Born in Johnstown, Pa. he was a resident of Princeton...
George Councell, 11th Episcopal bishop of New Jersey, dies at 68
George Edward Councell, the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, died Monday evening. He was 68. He was transferred to hospice care at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton in the afternoon and died at about 6 p.m...
New director of Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory chosen
Steven Cowley, a theoretical physicist at Oxford University, has been named the new director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Cowley will become the seventh director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, which is one of 10 national...
Photo: Princeton Community Housing names new officers
New officers were elected to serve the boards for Princeton Community Housing at the organization’s May 10 meeting. Van Davis will lead the nonprofit’s two boards, the Princeton Community Housing board and the Princeton Community Housing...
James Floyd, first African-American mayor of Princeton Township, dies at 96
James Floyd, the first African-American mayor of Princeton Township and a community activist for several decades, died Monday morning. He was 96. Born in Trenton in 1922, he was the oldest son of John and Adeline Floyd. A 1939 graduate of Trenton...
TED talk by Princeton High School graduates about racial literacy now available online
Princeton High School graduates Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi have been spending their gap year traveling across the United States, learning and listening to stories about race for a new book they are working on that will be released next year. In the...
Skillman resident creates app to help people find African American historic sites
Kevin Burkman has created a new app to help people find out information about African American historic sites, museums, and more. Burkman, a geographic information analyst who lives in Skillman and serves as a trustee for the Stoutsburg Sourland...
Joia Mukherjee shares global perspective on health care with Rider students
The idea of health care as a human right is widely debated, but Joia Mukherjee, who has been at the forefront of the fight against the HIV and AIDS epidemic as chief medical officer of Partners in Health, said that it is a basic necessity. Mukherjee...
Two sisters from Princeton appear on Tonight Show to talk about local coding club for girls
Sisters Valeria Torres-Olivares and Kyara Torres-Olivares appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last week to talk about their summer camp experience coding, and their own coding workshops for girls. The Torres-Olivares sisters, who live in...
Robert Langlands of the Institute for Advanced Study wins Abel Mathematics Prize
Robert Langlands, a professor emeritus in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, has been awarded the 2018 Abel Prize. The Abel Prize is an international award that acknowledges outstanding scientific work in the field of...
Princeton Recreation Department employee Anthony Simone receives state award
Anthony Simone, a lifelong Princeton resident who works for the municipality’s recreation department, has been honored with a state award. Simone, a graduate of St. Paul’s School, has been named the 2017 New Jersey Recreation and Parks...
Q& A with writer Patrice Nganang of Hopewell
Last December, writer Patrice Nganang was detained for 21 days in Cameroon on allegations that he threatened Cameroonian President Paul Biya. Nganang, a Hopewell resident who is currently a visiting professor with the Princeton University Humanities...
Princeton planning director Lee Solow to retire
Lee Solow, the planning director for the municipality of Princeton, will retire at the end of April. He informed his colleagues about his decision in an email last Friday. He could not be reached for comment because he is out of the office until...
Gilbert Collins wins five games on Jeopardy!
Gilbert Collins won five games on Jeopardy!, earning himself a spot in the Tournament of Champions, an annual tournament featuring the longest-running champions and biggest money winners from the past season or seasons. The Princeton University...
Princeton University employee will seek another win on Jeopardy! tonight
Princeton University administrator Gilbert Collins will defend his title champion on Jeopardy tonight at 7 p.m. on ABC. Collins won $8,300 on Jeopardy! on Wednesday. He is the associate director for the Center for Health and Wellbeing at the Woodrow...
Writer Patrice Nganang of Hopewell detained in Cameroon
Cameroonian-American writer Patrice Nganang, a resident of Hopewell who teaches literature, media criticism and creative writing at Stony Brook University, has been detained in Cameroon for publishing a piece in an online news outlet that was...
