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The voices of almost 200 alumni of the Princeton High School (PHS) Choir will unite for a performance of the Fauré Requiem this Saturday, June 10, at 8 p.m. in the Princeton University Chapel.
Although a remediation effort for a leaky floor in the Spring Street Municipal Garage is as yet complete, as is a pergola that is to provide the finishing touches along the periphery of the plaza that abuts the Princeton Public Library, Borough Council has begun negotiations that could result in the early ownership transfer of Witherspoon House that contains the popular restaurant Witherspoon Grill.
Think Princeton and most people think of the University, perhaps the Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein, or the Plasma Physics Laboratory.
But besides these educational institutions, Princeton has been home to a thriving community of independent scholars for the last 25 years.
Former President Bill Clinton took a serious tone in his address to graduating seniors last Monday on the normally jovial Class Day for graduating Princeton University seniors, urging civic involvement and the creation of diplomatic networks in a world that continually grows closer together.
"Princeton has given you personal power: power of the mind, power of the imagination, power of what you know and what you can learn, the power to work with the people you know, and how to make new friends, and new alliances," he said, positing a diplomatic ideal through creating relationships.
Never mind the rain. As long as the June Fete is held in its relatively new (now in its third year) location at the Princeton Stadium, rain, aside from an errant puddle, is no longer going to be a factor.