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The Princeton Council has agreed to share with the Princeton Public Schools some of the revenue it is slated to receive from the developer of the 80-unit affordable senior citizen development on Thanet Circle, off Terhune Road. The Princeton Council approved a resolution at its May 12 meeting authorizing the shared services agreement with the […]

Administrators, academic supervisors, teachers and support staff – some of whom gained tenure – were reappointed to their positions for the 2025-26 school year at a special meeting of the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education. School board president Dafna Kendal pointed out that the board’s May 6 special meeting coincided with Teacher Appreciation Week, […]

West Windsor Township Council has adopted a $53.4 million municipal budget that keeps the tax rate flat for property owners in 2025. The five-member Council voted unanimously to adopt the municipal budget with a zero-cent tax rate increase at the governing body’s May 19 meeting. The budget, which funds municipal operations for 2025, was first […]

When Municipal Clerk Dawn Mount was growing up, working for town government was the last thing she had in mind for a career. Mount wanted to work on Wall Street in New York City. With an eye toward a career in business, she earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Monmouth University. She was […]

Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD) has reaffirmed its commitment and declaration that the school district is a safe space for all students. Board of Education members passed a resolution at a monthly school board meeting on May 19 reaffirming a commitment to cultivating a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible community where every individual is […]

The Rider University Board of Trustees has named John R. Loyack to become the college’s eighth president since its founding in 1865, following a nationwide search to replace Rider University President Gregory Dell’Omo. Loyack will officially assume office on July 7, overlapping Dell’Omo’s July 31 retirement date. Dell’Omo has served as Rider University’s president since […]

On Saturday, May 17, Rider University held two commencement ceremonies to celebrate the Class of 2025 at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton. At the morning’s graduate and doctoral ceremony, nearly 400 master’s and doctoral degrees were awarded. Dr. Rosephanye Powell ’87, widely recognized as one of America’s most distinguished choral composers, was awarded an honorary […]

Community members, families, and visitors were able to experience different cultures in person for the second annual Cultural Festival. In Hopewell Township’s Woolsey Park on May 10, various cultures through different performances, cultural displays, activities and food gave people the chance to learn something new. Hopewell Township and nonprofit Culture Connections partnered to organize the […]

Six Lawrence Township elementary school teachers have been chosen to take part in The College of New Jersey’s (TCNJ) first group of Sustainable and Innovative STEM Master Teacher Fellows program. The program is part of a statewide initiative to strengthen K-5 STEM (science technology engineering and math) education and climate change literacy through teacher leadership […]

Police officers were sent to a business on State Road in response to reports of a man who allegedly shoplifted two razors and a package of Nicorette gum, valued at a combined $198.97, on May 10. A 33-year-old Woodbridge man was arrested on an active warrant for $1,500 from the Union Township Municipal Court on […]