Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXI, No. 15
 
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Other News

(Photo by E.J. Greenblat)

PRESTO!: David Maiullo, a support specialist from the Rutgers Physics Department, gets his young audience's attention as he demonstrates the flammability of hydrogen at Friday's Children's Science Fair at the Princeton Public Library.

After Years of Waiting, Local Skaters to Have a Hand in Skate Park Design

Matthew Hersh

All it took was some funding and a commitment from a Princeton community apparently ready to fully embrace the sport of skateboarding.

Library Funding Still a Sticking Point, but Foundation Monies Are Catching Up

Matthew Hersh

Princeton Borough and Township Monday approved the Princeton Public Library's $3.57 million operating budget request during a joint-municipal budget hearing on shared agencies, but concern regarding when the library's endowment monies would be used to offset capital expenses was, as it was in years past, a point of discussion.

ArtFirst! Exhibition Draws Artists From Far and Near to Benefit Medical Center

Linda Arntzenius

It could happen to anyone. One day, 24-year-old Beth Livingston got into her car, strong-limbed and whole. Minutes later her broken body was thrown from her Isuzu Troope and she has lived with paralysis and adaptive technology ever since.

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