Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXII, No. 9
 
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Topics in Brief
A Community Bulletin

Princeton High School was awarded as the state winner in the Siemans Foundation‘s 10th Annual 2007-08 Siemans Awards for Advanced Placement. The award, announced Tuesday, recognizes one high school per state selected for “its commitment to students and leadership in AP participation and performance. Schools receive a $1,000 grant awarded from the Siemens Foundation to be used to support math and science education. The Siemans Foundation award also recognizes top performing American high school students in advanced placement science and math courses. Ninety-seven students in 50 states, including 85 high school seniors and 12 high school juniors were named winners.

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) will host a public, town hall style meeting in Hopewell Township on Sunday, March 2 to talk with residents about issues affecting the community such as Social Security, economic development, hometown security, health care, education, and anything else that may be of interest to citizens. The meeting will be held Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at Stony Brook Elementary School at 20 Stephenson Road in Hopewell Township. On Monday, March 3, Holt will hold a live telephone town hall meeting at 7:30 p.m. The telephone town hall is a new technique to hear from and talk with constituents in a format much like the format of a traditional public town hall setting. Mr. Holt held his first telephone town hall in Demember 2007. To guarantee entry, residents should call (866) 447-5149 and enter the pin number 13372.

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