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Cheers Princeton! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet your Princeton Council candidates at an interactive hybrid forum
  • Why are unwanted streetlights still haunting Terhune Road and Witherspoon Street?
  • Why this 50-year-old campus café still anchors Princeton student life

Also on today's calendar: Now enrolling for our six-week fall Baby & Me class! and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one wall say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A little morning rain; cloudy, with a high of 62 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy and a steady breeze, temps: high: 65, low: 51.
  • Thursday: A steady morning breeze, with a high of 65 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Princeton Council Candidates To Face Off At Hybrid Forum Oct. 6 (patch.com) — Princeton voters will get a close look at their Council candidates during a hybrid forum on Oct. 6 hosted by the League of Women Voters and the Center for Modern Aging Princeton. Residents can attend in person or via Zoom, submit questions in advance, and use VOTE411.org to review candidate profiles and update their voter registration before the October deadline.
   

2. Princeton's Light Pollution Problem Persists – This Time Blame PSE&G (tapinto.net) — Princeton officials are wrestling with unwanted pedestrian lights installed on Terhune Road after PSE&G proceeded despite a requested hold, extending a broader fight over light pollution that began on Witherspoon Street. Local engineers, council members, and advocates are pressing the utility for darker‑sky, warmer fixtures that protect habitats and night skies while safely lighting Princeton's streets.
   

3. If you give a tiger a cookie: celebrating 50 years of Murray-Dodge Café (dailyprincetonian.com) — Murray-Dodge Café at Princeton University just marked its 50th anniversary with free cookies, commemorative mugs, and student performances that drew more than 260 attendees. A student writer describes how the cozy, social study spot has become a beloved refuge during stressful times, from hailstorms to finals, helping Princeton students build friendships and community late into the night.
   

4. A 1968 book and Princeton writer helped preserve NJ's Pinelands (app.com) — Princeton resident and author John McPhee reflects on how his 1968 book "The Pine Barrens" helped spur protections that preserved New Jersey's Pinelands from massive development. His long friendship with former Gov. Brendan Byrne, often meeting near his Princeton home, helped translate that awareness into landmark state and federal conservation laws that still shape New Jersey's landscape today.
   

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    O'Laya was recently rescued - she was at a kill pen and destined for slaughter. She is such a sweet girl and we are blessed to have her in the barn. (Nextdoor Manors)
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