When it comes to students missing school, there can be a variety of reasons. The Princeton Area Community Foundation learned this when it set out to increase attendance rates in Mercer County schools through its All Kids Thrive Initiative, created in 2018. Some kids missed school because of chronic illness. For others, safety concerns at […]

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Jenna Rittman – Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:16:40 +0000

Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, Department of French and Italian, and L’Avant-Scène will present the 15th edition of Seuls en Scène French Theater Festival, which will take place from September 18 to 26 at venues across the University’s campus and downtown Princeton. Most events will be in French, some with English supertitles or […]

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Submitted Content – Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:27:58 +0000

Chess is a thinking person’s game. Skill requires experience to recognize patterns and strategies. Countering an opponent’s moves can come with deliberate study and many, many games played. Dragan Milovanovic is a master-level chess player. He is in the top tier of competitive chess tournament players. He has been named Hamilton, New Jersey, Chess Club […]

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Thomas Kelley – Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:00:56 +0000

I wanted to share some news with the community, and also a bit more of the back story. I originally got involved in elected service in Hopewell Township in 2014 when I was enraged by the proposed PennEast pipeline, which would have carved a 120-mile gash through our Township and other preserved farmlands, open space, […]

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Submitted Content – Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:45:04 +0000

West Windsor Township will mark the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a remembrance ceremony Friday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m. The ceremony will be held at the Twin Ponds 9/11 Memorial in the Ronald R. Rogers Arboretum, at the intersection of Clarksville Road and Route 571. The event will include the […]

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Bill Sanservino – Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:00:00 +0000