Volume LXXIX, Number 32
Conte’s Pizza Marks 75th Birthday with Party for Community . . . . . . . . . 5 Local Doctors Cover Classic Rock Hits . . . . . 9 Despite Headwinds, Uncertainty, HomeFront Fulfills Commitment to MC Community . . . . . 10 A Song Cycle for the Sixth Day of August . . . . . . 13 Princeton Summer Theater Presents Voice Lesson . . . . . . 14 After Starring for Worcester in the Futures Baseball League, Hun Grad Kraemer Playing For Great Britain in U-23 Euro Tourney . . 22 With Woods Providing A Big Inside Punch, Lob City Wins Summer Men’s Hoops Title . . . . . . . . 23
PU Field Hockey Star Talia Schenck Headed to Junior Pan Am Games . . . . . . 18 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . 25 Enrollment and Enrichment. . . . . 2, 3 Mailbox. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 New To Us . . . . . . . . . . 17 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . 24 Police Blotter . . . . . . . . . . 7 Real Estate . . . . . . . . . 25 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Topics of the Town . . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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It may seem a bit quiet around the participation in the Garden State on Your phone conversation, new Business AdPrinceton Public Schools (PPS) with al- Plate program bringing local foods to stu- ministrator Andrew Harris, who joined most a month before the start of classes dents; hands-on student involvement; col- the district on July 1, said he was quickly In spite of numerous thunderstorms for the new school year, but there’s more laboration with Pomptonian Food Service “getting up to speed on the systems and and high heat, 21 days in July with temgoing on than meets the eye. Several to create newsletters, videos, and other procedures and how we do everything peratures over 90 degrees, including 10 construction projects are wrapping up, educational information for the commu- and where everything is, but it’s been days when workers had to be sent home top administrators’ contracts were re- nity; and nutrition advisory meetings to great so far.” early, the Princeton Municipal Engineercently signed, and the district recently Praising his “fantastic staff,” he reported give students a voice in shaping school ing Department reports three major received national recognition for innovathat “right now everything is on schedule” menus. construction projects heading towards tion in school meal preparation from the for completion of construction projects in completion, along with several other Construction projects are all expected the coming weeks. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food projects in the works. to be complete before the first day of and Nutrition Service in partnership with “The heating upgrades at the middle Major reconstruction on Dickinson school on September 2. In an August 5 Action for Healthy Kids. Continued on Page 11 Street and University Place and sigThe Healthy Meals Incentives Recognificant improvements on Terhune Road nition Award cited the district’s “creative between North Harrison Street and Groand collaborative efforts to improve the ver Avenue are expected to be finished quality and nutrition of school meals — by October, and the Cherry Hill Road Since it was announced last week that It was on July 30 that Experience Princespecially through the use of fresh, loshared-use path extension should be Isaac Kremer is stepping down from his eton released a statement with the news cal ingredients, and scratch cooking,” complete before school starts early next position as executive director of Experi- of “an important leadership transition” for according to a PPS press release. month, according to Princeton Assistant The district noted the work of the PPS ence Princeton, the nonprofit formed in the organization. Hired in October 2022, Municipal Engineer Jim Purcell. food services, school staff, students, fam- 2022 as a Special Improvement Dis- Kremer was the first executive director for trict has received considerable interest the nonprofit, which was initially formed On Dickinson a new sanitary sewer ilies, and community partners in creating BELLE MEAD NJ 08502 main drainage system is being installed “meals that were not only nutritious and from individuals who would like to be as the Princeton Business Partnership, replacing the Princeton Merchants Asalong with full roadway reconstruction. delicious — but also rooted in community considered as his replacement. Lucas Brothers Inc., the municipality’s “We have some really exciting potential sociation. Kremer came to Princeton and care.” from Metuchen, where he is credited contractor, is now working on replacing Among the PPS initiatives that con- candidates who have raised their hand,” with founding and leading the Metuchen the sidewalks on University Place, after tributed to the award-winning evalua- said Aubrey Haines, board president of Downtown Alliance for six years. which they will replace sidewalks on Altion were: locally inspired menu items Experience Princeton. “We’re not excluding the folks that may come to us from “After almost three years of dediexander Street and Dickinson. Dickinson such as street corn, meatball parmesan outside, but I think we all know it would cated service, our founding executive is closed to through traffic. University made with local crushed tomatoes, and be better to have somebody that knows director, Isaac D. 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Also moving forward under the ausBELLE MEAD NJ 08502 BELLE MEAD NJ 08502 pices of the municipal engineering department is a road resurfacing project AT THE KICKOFF: Princeton’s governing body was well represented at last Friday’s opening event of the annual Joint covering the entire length of Stuart Road. The road has been milled, and Purcell Effort Witherspoon-Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets Program, held at Studio Hillier to begin the week of events. From left are Princeton Councilman Leighton Newlin, Councilwoman Michelle Pirone Lambros, Mayor Mark noted that the paving should be taking Freda, and Council President Mia Sacks. The annual celebration culminates Sunday with basketball games and a place over the next two or three weeks.
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