The Princeton Area Community Foundation is awarding $487,500 in 2025 Summer Initiative grants to 21 local nonprofits for camps and programs that help prevent learning loss and provide affordable childcare for working families. These grants mark the third year in a row that the Community Foundation has helped fund these initiatives, which feature a combination […]
Montgomery Township is on a mission to attract more life sciences companies to its vacant commercial spaces. Last fall, it formally launched the initiative with the tagline “Montgomery: Where Opportunity Meets Innovation,” making the argument that the town’s demographics — a highly educated population, top-rated schools, and a growing commercial and residential corridor on Route […]
Mobility — the ability to move from place to place, whether by foot, bike, train, or car — is intrinsically linked to freedom. Freedom, in turn, goes hand in hand with opportunity. So what happens when societal forces converge to limit mobility? In his new book “Arrested Mobility: Overcoming the Threat to Black Movement,” author […]
During National Military Appreciation Month and beyond, SCORE mentors offer resources for veterans to start and grow their entrepreneurial enterprises. Veterans’ training, resolve and fortitude to overcome challenges make them the ideal entrepreneur. They soar as small business owners. According to research, 80 percent of the 1.7 million veteran-owned business owners consider themselves successful. The […]
Spirit of Princeton Hosts Annual Parade Princeton’s Spirit of Princeton Memorial Day Parade celebrates members of the military services with a festive community parade, Saturday, May 24, at 10 a.m., on the same day as the Princeton University Alumni P-Rade, commencing at 2 p.m. The parade’s grand marshal and featured speaker is USMC Sgt Ret. […]
The following stories were originally published in the May 21, 2025, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories For This Economics Professor, Wine Is Academic Between the Lines Honoring Veterans This Memorial Day Preview of the Arts Stories A Mission-Driven Journey From Nigeria to EwingOff the Presses: From Cancer to Cosmic FantasyEinstein Museum Offers Two […]
Victor Bell’s “Dogoyles” aren’t just sculptures; they’re symbols of loyalty, protection, and second chances. As the artist-in-residence at the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP), Bell is using his unique creations to promote animal rescue. Through his work, Bell hopes to prove that all things — dogs and ideas alike — can find new life with […]
Simplicity has the potential to become charming or even poignant on a stage. What appears to be ingenuous or disarmingly innocent can take on depth if the right dramatic, emotional, or enhancing elements are added to it, contrast to it, or illustrate constancy when circumstances insist on change. That kind of development is among the […]
While American Repertory Ballet proffers fine performances of new and contemporary ballets, it’s their renditions of the classics that I most appreciate. “Pasión,” the emotionally charged triple bill the company brought to New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, May 9 through 11, opened with the world premiere of a sultry ensemble piece, “Compasso,” followed by “The […]
Prolific author, longtime Princeton resident and professor, and legend in the genre of creative nonfiction John McPhee, now 94 years old, is back in the news. But this time it is not because he has written a new book; it’s because someone else has written a book about his books. Journalist and communications consultant Noel […]