The Inside Scoop – What’s Happening Around Town
Princeton Perspectives, Issue #54, August 14, 2024
Editor’s Note
Trying to take advantage of the final weeks of summer? Ready for fall to begin? As summer winds down and many prepare to return to school and busier lives, Princeton Perspectives brings you a closer look with The Inside Scoop – What’s Happening Around Town. From the realities of paying your property taxes to back-to-school news, we also are sharing some more in-depth detail on the things you see or pass on your way around town.
Though we try to include a lot, we can’t cover everything in one issue. So, we asked locals what is something they’d like to know more about Princeton? You can watch their responses in this month’s Pulse of Princeton and see if you agree.
In This Issue
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The Pulse of Princeton: What is something you’d like to know more about Princeton?
- Pay Princeton Taxes? Where Does All Your Money Go? - By now, your tax bill has arrived in the mail (and you have until August 23rd to make your payment without penalty). The Budget newsletter accompanying your bill does a good job… Read more...
- Another Year, More Changes, As Students Return to Area Schools - Summertime is when families enjoy a break, relax, maybe get away. It’s often a slower time of year, where students can give their brains a rest and even enjoy time at summer… Read more...
- Art is More Accessible Than You Realize in Princeton - When you think of “art” in a broad sense, what do you see? White gallery walls, paintings, drawings, photography... landscapes, still lifes, portraits. While that perception can be true – so much wonderful… Read more...
- You Pass This Cemetery Daily – Do You Know Who’s Inside? - The Princeton Cemetery was established in 1757 and is the final resting place of many notable Princeton residents. Visitors regularly come in search of Aaron Burr, John Witherspoon and Grover Cleveland. But… Read more...
Perspectives Revisited
Last month, we shared in the article For Free or Very Little, Get Outside and Enjoy All That’s Offered about a walking meetup, so that you could walk with others along the Lawrence Hopewell Trail. Well, on September 14th the trail is offering another extraordinary experience that is guaranteed to get anyone 12 or older out, moving and having fun. The 9th Annual Full Moon Bike Ride allows participants to light up your bikes (and compete for a prize!) while you take part in a 6-mile bike ride from Rosedale Lake. A special DJ send-off takes place at 7:30pm then you can bike through Asteroid Alley, take a break for glow-in-the-dark juggling with the Trenton Circus Squad and cap it all off with s’mores around the campfire when you finish. For more details or to register, click here.
Are you sick of sitting in traffic as you try to make your way along Route 1? Well, later this month, the NJDOT is going to see if there’s an option to make it better. In the article Are There More Trucks and Traffic Coming at You From Every Direction? in the issue Nuisance or a Necessity? Physical Changes You May Encounter Around Princeton (July 2022) we wrote about traffic congestion all over Mercer County and beyond. Now, as you head out of town or make your way back, you may find some relief on Route 1 both north and southbound for about five miles between County Route 522 in South Brunswick and Aaron Road in North Brunswick. The Route 1 Hard Shoulder Running Pilot Project will allow cars to utilize the shoulder for passage Mondays thru Fridays 6am-10am and 4pm-7pm beginning in late August. It is expected to last at least six months.