Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXV, No. 29
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Other News

(Photo by Ellen Gilbert)
LABOR OF LOVE: Recreation Department Administrative Secretary Vikki Caines poses with the Shasta daisies she planted and tends in “Marchand Meadow.”

Vikki Caines Ensures That Her Secret Garden Flourishes at the Township’s Municipal Complex

Ellen Gilbert

“This is kind of a secret garden,” said Recreation Department Administrative Secretary Vikki Caines, leading a visitor past the thriving plants in a plot adjacent to the Recreation Department entrance.

The College of NJ’s New Museum Is Being Built to House the Sarnoff Collection

Anne Levin

At first glance, the cardboard boxes and bubble wrap that line a large, empty room at the College of New Jersey (TCNJ) don’t look like much. Dusty documents and dated pamphlets peek out of their makeshift containers. Rows of old circuit boards stand end-to-end.

County Issues Warning, and Guidelines To Cope With Area’s Excessive Heat

An excessive heat warning through at least Friday, July 22 has been issued for the central New Jersey area by the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, in coordination with the National Weather Service. Heat index values (a measure of the combination of heat and humidity) could approach 105 to 110 degrees. The excessive heat warning is in effect until Friday and will be reevaluated as the weekend approaches.

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