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Hamilton Jewelers

Tudor-style black-and-white building, Hamilton is often a renowned destination for visitors and locals alike.

Our unique product offerings bring the finest jewelry and timepieces of the world to the Princeton landscape, from Patek Philippe, Rolex, Cartier, Mikimoto, Roberto Coin, and David Yurman, along with a group of exclusive new designers, to home décor icons such as Baccarat, Herend, and Simon Pearce, our product collections offer unparalleled craftsmanship, design, and enduring value.

Whatever your preference in this picturesque community, we invite you to visit us soon and enjoy all that Princeton presents to our welcomed guests.

44 Leigh Avenue, Princ- ages 4-8 start soon, call for eton; visit-localgreeknj.com. details.

Summer Camp — A limMartin Center for Dance Martin Center for Dance ited number of spots for our (MCD) will continue to offer Summer Intensive Experiour full schedule of classes ence are still open! Dancers online throughout the sum- ages 9-12 (Youth Division), mer. We are dedicated to ages 12-23 (Advanced Divicontinuing our excellent sion), and ages 8-10 (Chiltraining for all in this dif- dren’s Summer Ballet Workficult time. Once we transi- shop) wanting to participate tion to having dancers back in the studio or online can in the studio, we will con- register for the Summer Intinue to offer online classes tensive Experience online or to ensure that everyone has by phone. martinbartonarts. access to great dance train- com/summer-intensive. ing.

Fall class registration is Excellent training is the now available, contact us for hallmark of our faculty. That details or visit our website begins with focusing on each to find the class that’s right individual dancer to ensure for you! Classes for all ages a good physical workout and levels. Martin Center with the personal attention for Dance is conveniently loto detail that makes our cated just off I-295 on Printraining so special. Each cess Road in Lawrenceville. class is carefully choreo- www.MartinBartonArts. graphed with our student’s com; (609) 937-8878. dance spaces in mind. This Small Bites ensures safe and fulfilling Small Bites is your headclasses that will continue quarters for easy takeout to improve technique, build and homemade gour met strength and artistic growth. Greek grab and go. Small We provide ballet classes for Bites is a sister restaurant children ages 9 and above, to Princeton’s favorite Greek adult ballet class for all lev- restaurant, Local Greek. Deels, and our innovative Adult licious Greek items are availContemporar y Movement able for ordering through classes for anyone wanting smallbitesbylocalgreek.com, to just move. At MCD we offering two great flavors in are dedicated to providing one location. dance and community to Stop by the new market at all. Children’s classes for 20 Nassau Street and shop

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WestmWeinstemr i Princeton Strong. Since 1986, Hamilton Jewelers has enjoyed being a part of this vibrant community that represents a distinctive and dynamic downtown for guests to enjoy. From culinary delights to fashionable shopping to our world of arts and culture including a huge dose of American history, plus so much more, Princeton has something for everyone.

Hamilton is proud to be a member of the Princeton community and to bring our over 100 years of outstanding client service, quality, and value to visitors. Our firm’s core values include relationships, and this fundamental principle is best evidenced in this robust town’s neighborhood of merchants who suppor t each other and work together to make Princeton a memorable visit for anyone.

While likely best known for the impressive Princeton University and its hallowed gates, this is a town of many layers and enchantments.

There is an extensive list of must-see and do pursuits while visiting our beautiful and cosmopolitan hamlet.

One of those is our iconic storefront at the busy corner of Nassau and Witherspoon Streets; with our

Local Greek

Conservatory of Mu

Local Greek is reopening Thursday, June 18 for outdoor dining only. Please place all Local Greek takeout and deliver y orders through Small Bites only at smallbitesbylocalgreek.com.

Hou r s are We d ne s day through Friday, 5 to 10 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Outdoor dining reservations are recommended — please call (609) 285-2969, email akant540 @ yahoo. com, or via OpenTable.

COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER: For week eight of our campaign highlighting fun projects for kids to do, we invited local youths to make their own comic or word search. Konstantin, age 13, created this comic featuring Jeremy’s search for a rose-breasted grosbeak. See the Town Topics website and Facebook page for more submissions for this week. Next week’s project will highlight drawings of favorite book covers.

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NOW ACCEPTINGCONSERVATORY REGISTRATIONS WESTMINSTER NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS SUMMER CAMPS GO REMOTE!

MUSIC CAMP MUSIC CAMPS Don’t let the coronavirus stop you from enjoying a music camp experience this summer! The Conservatory is offering a variety of remote music camps andFOR music experiencesTO forTEENS toddlers through PROGRAMS TODDLERS high school. We welcome students with or without previous musical experience. There is something for everyone!

PROGRAMS FOR TODDLERS NOW ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS PROGRAMS FOR TODDLERS TO TEENSTO TE Early Childhood Virtual Summer Experiences from toddlers and up

2019 SUMMER MUSIC CAMPS Virtual Voice Summer Experiences for grades 2-7

Virtual Piano Camp for the more experienced musician Jazz Starters Goes Remote – for all instruments

101 Lane, NJmorning 08540 SocialWalnut Distancing FlutePrinceton, Classes – every 609-921-7104 Musical Theater Camps for grades 2- 12 – for 8 weeks!

PROGRAMS FOR TODDLERS TO TEENS www.rider.edu/conservatorycamps

101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540 Conservatory@rider.edu 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540 www.rider.edu/conservatorycamps

609-921-7104 www.rider.edu/conservatorycamps

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WE’RE OPEN! small world coffee 14 WITHERSPOON STREET Walk in for coffee and pastries to-go!

254 NASSAU STREET Place coffee or grill orders online at pickup.smallworldcoffee.com Thank you for wearing your mask and respecting social distancing guidelines.

HOURS

MONDAY - SATURDAY: 7 AM to 5 PM SUNDAYS: 8 AM to 5 PM

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL everything

Shop The Market

Place all Local Greek-Small Bites takeout and delivery orders through Small Bites

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Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Place your orders by calling (609) 279-1455 for ordering online for delivery using Grubhub or DoorDash.

Wishing health upon our customers and community.

Small World Coffee

Hello Friends! We are excited to have both of our cafes open to serve you once again. Our bar istas and kitchen staff have learned our new safety measures and ordering practices and we work to improve the experience and menu offerings every day. And as more businesses re-open and the town fills up, we urge you to maintain all safety protocols. Our staff is in the store for six to eight hours and our customers are inside for about five minutes, please remember the masks help keep our baristas safe and able to maintain their health so they can come to work and make you amazing drinks!

Our two cafes are currently operating under different methods. At Witherspoon, we are offering walk-in ordering and takeout with credit cards only. At Nassau, we are using our website pickup.smallworldcoffee. com for contactless ordering and payment. Choose the method that suits you best.

The extended duration of the state-mandated stay-athome order has had a huge impact on our local businesses. Small World Coffee has always promoted the “support your local everything” philosophy in our business practices, and this is more important today than it has

ever been. We can maintain our vibrant downtown through our collective decision making. If more of our hard-earned dollars go back into our local economy, we will bolster the vibrancy of Princeton. Please consider your local choices first. The small independent businesses of Princeton need you!

Stuart Country Day School Of the Sacred Heart

The Stuart community began this new journey together two months ago with an unwavering commitment to delivering a distance learning model that closely mirrored the Stuart experience.

We are especially grateful to our incredible faculty and staff for their creativity, care, innovation, and determination during this time, and to our students and families for their resilience and commitment to their education. And to the Stuart Class of 2020: You are the hope for tomorrow. With your innate gifts and Stuart education as your foundation and the Goals as your guide, you are the leaders who will change our world for the better.

To learn more how Stuart educates girls and young boys to lives of exceptional leadership and service — both online and in-person — visit www.stuartschool.org.

Westminster Conservatory

Westminster Conservatory Summer Camps Go Remote!

Don’t let the coronavirus stop you from enjoying a m u s ic c a mp exp er ie nce this summer. The Conservatory is offering a variety of remote music camps and music experiences for toddlers through high school.

We welcome students with or without previous musical experience.

There is something for everyone, including Early Childhood Virtual Summer Experiences from toddlers and up; Virtual Voice Summer Experiences for grades 2-7; Virtual Piano Camp for the more experienced musician; Jazz Starters Goes Remote – for all instruments; S o cia l D is t a nci ng F lute Classes – every morning; Musical Theater Camps for grades 2-12 – for 8 weeks!

Choices include Intro duction to Stepping Tones, I nt ro duc t ion to Music a l Gateways, Introduction to Musical Explorations, Children’s Virtual Voice Classes, Pre-Teen Virtual Voice Classes, Virtual Piano Classes, “Social Distancing” Flute Camp, Jazz Starters Virtual Camp, Primary School Musical Theatre Camps, Middle School Musical Theatre Intensive, and High School Musical Theatre Intensive.

For further details visit rider.edu/conservatorycamps.

Youth Employment Program Opens Application Process

Princeton Human Services is accepting applications for the annual Summer Youth Employment Program. This program has been a gateway for youth into the adult world of work and has provided numerous working opportunities to youth in Princeton.

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WE’RE RE-OPENING THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH FOR OUTDOOR DINING ONLY! OUR SCHEDULE:

WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY 5PM-10PM SATURDAY 10AM-10PM SUNDAY 10AM-9PM

Outdoor Dining Reservation Recommended

609-279-1455 | www.smallbitesbylocalgreek.com

Easy Ordering • Door dash • Snackpass • Grub Hub • Online ordering • Curbside pickup

609.285.2969 • info@localgreeknj.com • OpenTable localgreeknj.com • 44 Leigh Avenue, Princeton, NJ

Place all Local Greek takeout and delivery orders through Small Bites only.

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THE STUART CLASS OF 2020

IS ATTENDING

American University Carnegie Mellon University Clark University College of William and Mary Dickinson College (2) Duke University Fordham University (3) Grinnell College Howard University

Juniata College (2) Lafayette College Lawrence University Loyola University Maryland Mass. Institute of Technology New York University New Jersey Institute of Technology Roanoke College Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick Texas Christian University

The College of New Jersey Tufts University (2) University of Florida University of Miami University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Scranton Vassar College (2) Williams College

Independent Girls’ Day School l PS–12 1200 Stuart Road, Princeton, New Jersey

www.stuartschool.org Stuart admits students of any race, color, religion and national or ethnic origin.

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business plans over t he course of eight weeks. In the summer of 2019, SYEP provided jobs to nearly 40 students in municipal departments and local nonprofit organizations which included job readiness training, financial coaching, and career development.

Par t icipants mus t live in Princeton or attend a Princeton school, must be between the ages of 14-18 as of July 13, 2020, and their family income must not exceed 400 percent of the 2019 U.S. federal poverty level. Students will participate virtually for a minimum of 15 hours per week and earn minimum wage ($10.30/hr) for eight weeks during the summer. All applicants who submit their completed working papers

by July 3, 2020 will receive a $50 bonus.

Applications are available online on the Human Services website: princetonnj. gov/departments/humanservices. The application deadline is Friday July 3. For more information, call (609) 688-2055 or email murias@ princetonnj.gov.

Registration Now Open For Morven Events

Mor ven Museum and Garden is holding special “What’s in Bloom?” garden tours and docent-led “Summertime Stroll” tours starting June 24 at the historic property on Stockton Street.

Garden tours are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 11 a.m., while the Summertime Strolls are Wednesdays and Fridays at 4 p.m. and

Thursdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Photography is welcome and participants are invited to share their photos on social media.

Tours are limited to 12 people, and all social distancing and state/local regulations will be followed.

Masks are mandatory. Tours will be canceled in the event of rain. Registration is required by the day before.

Morven is celebrating July 4 this year with a “July 4th in a Bag” giveaway. Instead of gathering for the traditional outdoor celebration on site, the museum will offer a bag holding a variety of informative and craft activities to use on the holiday and beyond. They are most appropriate for age 7 through adult. Bags will go to the first 100 respondents; one per family. Registration is required through June 25.

Visit morven.org to register.

Olivia’s Wellness Connection Holds Outdoor Classes Again

On Saturday, June 20, Olivia’s Wellness Connection (OWC) brings its popular fitness classes back outdoors.

Community Park track, next to the tennis courts, will be the site of a “Walk Aerobics Camp, Social Distance Style” at 9 a.m. The free classes will continue on Saturday mornings through the end of September.

Up to 10 people can take part in each class. Participants must wear a mask, and can bring their own fitness equipment. Participants will walk, dance, and practice Taebo to music. Classes are for any fitness level. Everyone works at their own pace.

White-Everett has been volunteering her services

for OWC since 1986, and has been partnering with the Princeton YMCA for nine years. Classes are held in honor of White-Everett’s late mother, Olivia G. White, and her two sisters, Chip Fisher and Mahasin Rashada. “My mission is to convince everybody I meet to make their health a priority,” she said.

“When I accomplish this, my mother’s death at age 48 will not be in vain.”

White-Everett will turn 66 in November. “I’m in very good condition due to so many years of practicing what I preach,” she said. “This program is what people need right now — the freedom of being outdoors, soaking up that Vitamin D, and having fun. My workouts end with a body, mind, and spirit cool-down that conditions you totally. I will continue to do this ministry until God closes my eyes, or I can no longer physically do so.”

OWC has been partnering with Mayor Liz Lempert’s Wellness Campaign in spreading the gift of good health since Lempert took office. Every year, they also unite for OWC’s American Heart Month Health Fair.

“I thank the Princeton YMCA for the support that they give to Olivia’s Wellness Connection, especially CEO Kate Bech,” said WhiteEverett.

The program moves inside the YMCA in October, where it continues through March. White-Everett teaches a “Health Is Your Wealth” wellness workshop immediately following the workout.

To register, email oliviag3682@gmail.com or call (609) 510-2434.

GETTING BACK TO FITNESS: Mayor Liz Lempert, right, will join instructor Gail Olivia White-Everett for an outdoor aerobics class while social distancing on Saturday, June 20 at 9 a.m. The class inaugurates the series of Saturday morning fitness gatherings to run through September 30 at Community Park track, next to the tennis courts.

(Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

Welcome Back to Palmer Square!

Welcome Back to Hamilton Jewelers.

Our Princeton Location is now open and ready to serve you.

WE ARE OPEN!

Dine on our outdoor patios • Enjoy a picnic on the Green • Shop safely for gifts in select stores •

Can’t wait to see you & your family here!

Visit us at 92 Nassau Street, Princeton.

Monday–Saturday: 10:00am–6:00pm Sunday: Noon–5:00pm For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 609.683.4200 or email guestservices@hamiltonjewelers.com CURBSIDE PICK UP & DROP OFF CONTACTLESS PAYMENT & DIGITAL RECEIPTS

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