Gift distributions have begun in the renamed Princeton Gives program, but more than 500 children have yet to be adopted.There are 1,279 children from 422 families approved for assistance through the program formerly known as Angel Tree. Of those, 768 have been adopted...
Princeton girls basketball has a pair of predistrict contests on tap this week. They opened Tuesday, Dec. 18 with Canton and 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21 host Sunnyvale. “Canton, at 17-1, is a top, state ranked, very strong team. Their style of play and ours is very...
Does your family have a tradition of giving an early Christmas present? Maybe it’s on Christmas Eve in anticipation of Santa’s coming? Our family does have an early gift tradition, but this year I received one even earlier than I could have imagined. It was delivered...
The community is in mourning after civic leader and former mayor J.M. Caldwell Sr., 95, died Wednesday, Dec. 12. Caldwell’s son, John-Mark Caldwell, currently holds the seat as Princeton’s mayor. J.M. was the mayor of Princeton from 1969 to 1971. In 2004, he was...
A vision for downtown was the topic of conversation by city council at a recent meeting. An update about the project was presented at the Monday, Dec. 10 city council meeting from Kimley-Horn, the firm the city uses for planning and engineering. The downtown vision...
Veterans and their support organizations are rallying behind a bill that will go before Texas legislators in January 2019. The bill will provide severely disabled Texas veterans a tax break on their home’s property taxes in an effort to prevent veteran homelessness....
Some organizations get clever when it comes to finding ways to fund their charity. The pre-AP Huddleston math classes opened a store to raise money to adopt angels. Mark Cuban might be missing from this scenario, but everything else is in place for a full-blown Shark...
As Christmas approaches, the Marine Corps League of Collin County has been hard at work to make the holidays brighter for less fortunate children through its Toys for Tots program. This is the second year for Toys for Tots as a Collin County effort separate from...
Princeton girls basketball put together a perfect record in non-district action. Things began with a 59-26 home win over the Lady Bulldogs from Howe. A 3-0 first place finish in the Princeton Invitational followed that. “I’m very proud of the grit and heart the girls...
