The Texas Legislature has voted to eliminate the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR, and replace it with a new testing and accountability system designed to reduce pressure on students, give parents and teachers faster results and provide...
Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, will extend into the night with special events in Municipal Park, 2000 E. Princeton Drive. Events begin at 6 p.m. with a Paw Print Trail allowing participants to explore park trails, finding and identifying the paw prints of several...
Easter egg hunts can be loud, frantic scrambles by kids eager to fill their baskets with colorful prizes. But for some children the excitement and noise could be terrifying. That’s why Princeton held two types of egg hunts on Saturday, April 1, a traditional outside...
The district champion PHS journalism team, from left, Rachel Sadler, Upkar Kaur, Tessa Barsi, Kate Read and Upneet Kaur. The Princeton High School journalism team placed first in the UIL District 13-AAAAA academic competition and two of the students advanced to...
By John Moore | Johnmoore.net I’m not sure how a tomato became the symbol of sewing in the South, but it did. My mom, and every other mom I knew in Ashdown, Arkansas, had a pincushion in the shape of a tomato. Many of those pincushions are still around. Judging from...
Mary Abercrombie, environmental education coordinator, prepared proclamations for the mayor. She is flanked, from left, by Councilmembers Steven Deffibaugh and Bryan Washington, Mayor Brianna Chacon and Councilmembers David Kleiber, Marlo Obera and Kevin Underwood....
More than 100 residents of McKinney and surrounding communities have raised questions about noise and traffic congestion that could result from expanding McKinney National Airport. McKinney City Council members voted Tuesday, Feb. 7, to put a $200 million bond...
Mayor Brianna Chacon points out traffic across Veterans Memorial Park to Councilman Bryan Washington, City Manager Derek Borg and DeShawyna Walker, EDC/CDC coordinator. Princeton officials have started getting serious about revitalizing the city’s downtown area. In...
By John Moore It saw a T-shirt that said, “I like a couple of my buddies, my dog, and that’s about it.” It substantiated what I had long felt, seldom said, and had heard from others. Many of us like our dogs better than most people. And I don’t think there’s anything...
