Vol. LXI, No. 25
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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(Photo by R. J. Gleason)
STUDIO BAND WOWS AUDIENCE: The award-winning PHS Studio Band marked three decades of excellence with a gala concert on Saturday, June 16, in the new Performing Arts Center at the high school. The event featured solo performers including current and past band members who joined the band onstage for "Route 66." |
Band director Joe Downey introduced Princeton High School's award-winning Studio Band to a full house in the Trego-Biancosino Auditorium last Saturday, June 16.
Princeton Regional Board of Education held a special meeting on Tuesday, June 12, in the John Witherspoon Middle School.
Among items on the agenda was the appointment of two new student representatives from the high school for the 2007-08 school year. Nakita Raghunath and Clayton Spann will replace last year's student board members Lucy Breidenthal and Joseph Carroll, who graduate today.
Princeton Borough Council last week got its first taste of a rezoning effort that will result in the likely redevelopment of nearly 30 acres of fertile land that abuts not only the Borough's commercial district, but also two neighborhoods that are in close proximity, but different both culturally and economically.
Jeffrey Graber has mixed emotions about leaving his job as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction for the Princeton Regional School District. On the one hand, he's looking forward to a shorter commute and a return to the classroom, albeit working with prospective school principals and district supervisors rather than high school and middle school students.
After two films shown during the third annual Human Rights Film Festival sparked controversy, the Princeton Public Library added a disclaimer to its press releases and publicity materials.