 (Photo by E.J. Greenblat)
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(Photo by E.J. Greenblat)
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When a group of friends at John Witherspoon Middle School (JWMS) learned about the suffering of children in the Sudan, they decided to do something about it.
Eighth-graders Salima Adamou, Rebecca Beissinger, Steven Braun, Andy Grunther, Grace Klinges, Wadji Mallat, Talya Nakash, Jordan Schonberger, and Sara Wegman came up with a "Dollars for Darfur" campaign to raise money from the sale of baked goods on the nights of the school's annual Winter Concerts on Monday and Tuesday, December 11 and 12, at 7 p.m.
Princeton Township residents and officials continued to grapple with chronic flooding along Harry's Brook in the Littlebrook section of the Township Thursday, but the problem, consultants say, is not easily solved, and no quick fix is likely to keep some residents' basements dry.
Following a successful tour of their campus planning effort, Princeton University officials will present the school's master plan and campus planning project before members of the Regional Planning Board of Princeton this Thursday, at 7:30 p.m., at Township Hall.
A debate that hasn't exactly mended fences between neighboring property owners continued last Tuesday, as Borough government was thrust into debate on whether parts of the town can fall under historic designation.
The dialogue focuses on a portion of the Borough's Morven Tract, which encompasses 50 properties in the western section. For some residents refuse to accept the proposed tearing down of older structures for new ones that they perceive to be out of neighborhood character.
Members of the Princeton Environmental Commission last Thursday tackled an unlikely situation that has pitted two environmentally respectable means of energy saving against one another.
It started this summer as the Christ Congregation Church on Walnut Lane worked with the state's Board of Public Utilities to install solar paneling that would offset elevating electricity costs.
A pregnant collie mix arrived at SAVE in October and gave birth to seven healthy puppies shortly afterwards. Mother and pups are doing well and the shelter hopes to find homes for all of them.
Nicknamed Mama, the pregnant dog came a long way to have her pups. She was found in Monroe County, Ohio, and was rescued from a dog pound there that has a high rate of euthanisation, said Donielle Killian, co-director of operations at SAVE since July 2006.
With stores like Micawber Books announcing its closing this week, due, in part to Internet and mall competition, drawing shoppers to downtown Princeton is all the more important for local merchants this holiday season. Which is why, to no one's surprise, merchants crowded the halls of Historic Morven Monday as the Princeton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau launched its second annual "Holidays in Princeton" campaign, geared to promote "Princeton" — the name, the shops, the overall experience — to potential shoppers outside the region.
In celebration of its record of land preservation and of the beauty and variety of local landscapes around Princeton, the D&R Greenway Land Trust invited a group of local artists to draw inspiration from the area's waterways, mountains, farmlands, woods, and of course the D&R canal.