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Also on today's calendar: Summer Opera Fest Aug 28-30: Romeo & Juliet, Il Trovatore, Pearl Fishers, Barber of Seville and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)
• PPS Back-to-School Letter Details Construction, Device Restrictions, Activity Fees (patch.com) — Families in Princeton Public Schools face new rules this year, including a bell-to-bell cell phone ban, tighter classroom device use, and new extracurricular activity fees at Princeton High School and Princeton Middle School. Ongoing construction at multiple Princeton campuses will continue into the school year, while the superintendent also highlights annual legal notices and options for families needing financial assistance.
• The Princeton Shopping Center Keeps Evolving – The Center Barber Has Seen It All (tapinto.net) — A longtime barber at Center Barber Shop reflects on more than five decades watching Princeton Shopping Center evolve from a simple cinderblock plaza into a lively community hub. The story traces the center's history, recent EDENS-led upgrades, new Avalon Princeton residences, and how the barbershop's welcoming culture continues to anchor daily life for generations of Princetonians.
• Princeton Battlefield visitor center project goes unfunded • Jersey Vindicator (jerseyvindicator.org) — State officials have declined to fund a long-sought visitor center at Princeton Battlefield, leaving the historic Mercer County park without a dedicated interpretive space just months before the battle's 250th anniversary. Local advocates, including the Princeton Battlefield Society, say they'll pivot to private fundraising, arguing a modern center would boost heritage tourism and better showcase Princeton's Revolutionary War importance.
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