Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXIV, No. 38
 
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Other News

BOWTIES RULE: Princeton Firemen stand with their engine outside the Firehouse on Mercer Street. The story of the town’s fire departments, police forces, rescue squads, and volunteer relief providers comes to life in the Historical Society’s latest exhibition, “Emergency! Princeton’s First Responders.” (Image Courtesy of the Historical Society of Princeton)

Celebrating the Work of Princeton’s First Responders, Historical Society Spins an Epic Yarn With “Emergency!”

Dilshanie Perera

What did people do before they could call 911 if something went wrong? How were fires fought at the turn of last century? How do you make bandages?

Sarah Hirschman to Speak at Public Library On the Pleasures of Reading and Connecting

Ellen Gilbert

“If you ask people who’ve just read a story, ‘well, how did you like it?’ you’ll just get inanities,” said People and Stories/Gente y Cuentos founder Sarah Hirschman in a recent interview.

PSC’s Chicklet Books Is Alive and Well Offering Special Programs and Expanded Services

Ellen Gilbert

Contrary to recent rumors, Chicklet Books, the three-year-old “fun and funky book boutique” based in the Princeton Shopping Center, is alive and well and has no intention of closing. Ditto the post office sub station in the store.

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