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The Princeton Regional Board of Education will hold its 2008-09 budget adoption hearing on Thursday, March 20 at 8 p.m. at the John Witherspoon Middle School cafeteria. The meeting had originally been scheduled for March 25. The tentative budget amounts to $72,547,296, with a proposed 3.32-percent tax increase generating $56,965,650 of that amount from taxpayers. This represents a one-cent tax rate decrease for Township residents, and a 9.5-cent increase for the Borough.

As part of its regular series of exchange visits, the Princeton-Colmar Sister City Association will sponsor a week-long visit to Princeton’s sister city, Colmar, France July 7 to 15, 2008. Using the theme “Cellos, Culture, and Colmar,” the group will be part of the city’s annual Music Festival, which this year will honor the late Mstislav Rostropovich. On the program will be well know cellos concertos by Saint-Saens, Dvorak, Brahms, and Tschaikovsky. Music Director for the festival is conductor-violinist Vladimir Spivikof. In addition to the concerts, the group’s activities will include visits to nearby vineyards and Alsatian mountain villages, as well as day trips to museums in Strasbourg and Basel. For more information contact former Borough Mayor Marvin Reed at (609) 921-1470 or marvinreed@aol.com.

The Princeton Public Library is accepting applications from teenagers to serve in an advisory capacity on the library’s Board of Trustees. The library board’s youth contingent, known as Teen Reps, serves for one year based on the recommendation of representatives of the library and Princeton Regional Schools. The terms are renewable on a one-year basis subject to approval by the trustees. Although their role is purely advisory and they do not vote, Teen Reps participate in all activities and public board deliberations, including discussions about library policy, budget and planning. They attend the monthly trustee meetings to communicate teens’ views and serve as the board’s liaisons to the teen community. Teen Reps must be Princeton Public Library cardholders who are residents of Princeton Borough or Princeton Township. They must have demonstrated a strong commitment to the library through frequent participation in library activities. Reps must be at least 15 years old at the start of their terms. For more information and to download an application, visit www.princetonlibrary.org/teens. Deadline is Tuesday, April 1.

The Arts Council of Princeton has announced its Spring 2008 roster of new classes and workshops to be held at its conTEMPORARY Arts Center located in the Princeton Shopping Center. Classes for the Spring semester as well as the Arts Council’s Summer camp are open for registration on the Arts council’s website, www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Those interested can also register by calling (609) 924-8777. The spring semester begins the week of April 21 and ends the week of June 16. The spring semester will include classes in ceramics, painting, writing, drawing, mixed media, photography, dance, and drama.

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