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 A HANDS-ON APPROACH: Former co-owner, editor and publisher of Town Topics Jeb Stuart doing page layout and paste up in the composing room at the Mercer Street headquarters of Town Topics, October 1998.
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Jeb Stuart, Former Town Topics Editor and Publisher, Dies at 66
Barbara L. Johnson
Craig C. Stuart
Donald C. (Jeb) Stuart III, co-owner, editor and publisher of Town Topics until 2001, died June 4 at home of complications from a decade-long battle with prostate cancer. He would have been 67 on June 13.
Proposed Township Budget Would Produce Lowest Tax Increase in Four Years
Ellen Gilbert
Princeton Township taxpayers will face an annual tax increase of five cents per $100 of the assessed value of their homes, if the proposed 2008 budget presented at Tuesday’s Township Committee meeting is approved.
Parking Garage Troubles Threaten Future of NHKT/Borough Project
Linda Arntzenius
The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Princeton were scheduled to vote on the authorization of a set of contract “estoppels” with its developer, Nassau HKT Urban Renewal Associates LLC (NHKT), when they met in public session last night at Borough Hall (after Town Topics press time).
Other News
Revived Paul Robeson Art Center Shines a Light on Its Surroundings
Stuart Mitchner
It’s safe to say that both Jacques Tati and Maurice Sendak would feel at home in the renovated and expanded Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. Besides creating a colorfully appealing venue for the Arts Council, Michael Graves’s design illuminates the heart of downtown Princeton as surely as if he’d personally envisioned it, framed it, and put it on display.
Looking Out for Princeton’s Future, Planning Experts Talk to Community
Linda Arntzenius
The third of a series of public meetings hosted by the group Princeton Future was held at the Princeton Public Library last Saturday, June 7.
Princeton’s “Leisure Vision” Includes Major Overhaul of Swimming Pool
Ellen Gilbert
Director Jack Roberts recently described the results of a “capital inventory of perceived needs” conducted to determine the two Princetons’ priorities for a “leisure vision” of the future.
Borough’s Traffic Committee Warns of University’s Expansion
Linda Arntzenius
In her last presentation to Borough Council last Wednesday, June 4, Sandy Solomon, outgoing chair of the Borough’s Traffic and Transportation Committee, urged Council members to “take real leadership on behalf of the citizenry of Princeton” with respect to Princeton University’s expansion plans.
Topics in Brief
A Community Bulletin
Sports
Despite Battling Hard at IRA Championships, Tiger Rowers Come Up Short in Medal Chase
Bill Alden
Coming into the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) national championship regatta last weekend, the Princeton University men’s heavyweight and men’s lightweight crews both decided to do a little bit of tinkering.
Men’s Summer Hoops Hitting Milestone as 20th Season to Tip Off Next Monday
Bill Alden
According to local legend, it all started from an offhand conversation in 1988.
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DVD Review
Bo Diddley and the Raging Hormones: An Indiana Tale
Stuart Mitchner
Ellas B. McDaniel, who claimed never to answer to that name, died last week, a few months short of 80. After his funeral Saturday, Bo Diddley’s longtime bassist Debby Hastings called him “the rock that roll is built on” and Ben Ratliff’s New York Times obit credited him for creating a beat that became “a stock rhythm” for white rock musicians. For teenagers desperate with boredom in southern Indiana in the days before rock ’n roll, the Bo Diddley slide ’n shuffle and thriller-diller tremolo was beyond stock. It was a living, breathing absolute of infectious and incessant radio energy powered by WLAC’s 50,000 watt monster transmitter all the way from Nashville, Tennessee. The music that we drove into the night to and that some of us got deathly drunk on was made by a man from the South Side of Chicago, which also gave us the Chicago Kid, not to mention, a few decades later, Barack Obama.
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