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The season’s last sunflowers were out on display this past Labor Day weekend at the Lambertville Sunflower Festival at Bellemont Farm. Visitors to the farm share their favorite highlights of the summer in this week’s Town Talk on Page 6. (Photo by Sarah Teo)

By Wendy Greenberg

It’s been 25 years since almost 3,000 lives were lost when two hijacked airplanes hit the World Trade Center in New York City, another struck the Pentagon, and a third plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pa., on September 11, 2001. Princeton and its neighbors have not forgotten.

Princeton lost nine residents; 18 others were from...

By Matthew Hersh 

As automated license-plate reader (ALPR) technology faces growing scrutiny nationally over privacy, data retention, and law-enforcement access, the Princeton Police Department is emphasizing that it does not use cameras made by Flock Safety, one of the country’s most prominent ALPR vendors.

Princeton does use ALPR technology, however, ...

By Matthew Hersh

As Princeton University welcomed a new class of students last week, President Christopher L. Eisgruber urged them to resist the pressure to rush through their college years in pursuit of a degree, a job, or other markers of success.

Instead, he encouraged the Class of 2030 and other incoming students to embrace the process of learning i...

FIVE MINUTES OF FAME: Amateur pianists will have a chance to perform on the Steinway grand piano at Richardson Auditorium at the first Community Piano Jam on September 27. (Photo courtesy of Princeton University Concerts)

By Anne Levin

When Princeton University Concerts (PUC) put the word out inviting amateur pianists to take part in an all-day maratho...