Newspapers
Library Collection

PRINCETON HERALD
DATES:
11/1923 - 12/1966
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LOCATION:
Microfilm Cabinets
Community newspaper published once a week.
PRINCETON PACKET
DATES:
8/29/1834+

LOCATION:
Microfilm Cabinets and Magazine Storage Room
WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.pacpub.com
Founded in 1786, but only published continuosly since 1832, the Princeton Packet has changed names and hands several times. From a small weekly community newspaper run by two people the Packet became in the late 1960s a publisher of several regional newspapers. Since 1983 the Princeton Packet has been published twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays. It covers both the borough and township of Princeton and their surrounding communities. On Fridays it publishes Time Off, a separate section dedicated to arts and entertainment including a calendar of events. Every other week it publishes Princeton Business Journal, a separate section focused on local business news.
INDEXED1975+ See Local Newspaper Index.
PRINCETON RECOLLECTOR: A Monthly Journal of Local History
DATES:
5/1975 - Autumn/1986

LOCATION:
Microfilm Cabinets
The Princeton Recollector was published 10 times a year by the Princeton Historical Society's Local History Project.
INDEXEDSubject Index to Princeton Recollector by the Princeton Regional High School; copy held in the New Jersey Reference Collection, Call Number NJ REF 071.4965 Sub. Also indexed by The New Jersey Index; copy held in the New Jersey Reference Collection, Call Number NJ REF 051.016 New.
PRINCETON WEEKLY BULLETIN
DATES:
Latest issue
LOCATION:
Library's front lobby.
WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.princeton.edu/
pr/pwb/index.shtml

Published weekly by Princeton University's Office of Communications when the University is in session. It provides news of interest to the University's faculty, staff and students. It includes a complete calendar of events, many of which are open to the general public. The Information Desk keeps the last 4 issues. Free multiple copies are available on Thursdays in the library's front lobby.
RELOCATION QUARTERLY
DATES:
1984+
LOCATION:
Magazine Storage Room
This publication offers factual information on 36 communities in the 5 counties that surround Princeton. It is targeted to the relocating family and includes listings of private and public schools, SAT scores, shopping centers, recreational facilities, etc. Multiple copies of Relocation Quarterly are distributed free in the area.
TOWN TOPICS
DATES:
12/30/56-12/84; 3/27/85+
LOCATION:
Microfilm Cabinets and
Magazine Storage Room
WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.towntopics.com/
Founded in 1946 by Princeton University graduates Dan Coyle and Don Stuart. Town Topics is a weekly community newspaper in tabloid form published every Wednesday and distributed free to every household in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. It covers local government news, including municipal meetings, Princeton school news, and events of local organizations and clubs. It also includes a calendar of events.
INDEXED1975+ See Local Newspaper Index.
TRENTON TIMES
DATES:
last six months
LOCATION:
Magazine Storage Room
WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.nj.com/times/
 
U.S. 1
DATES:
YEARS
LOCATION:
On microfiche at Information Desk and in Magazine Storage Room
WEB ADDRESS:
http://www.princetoninfo.com/
Published every other week, U.S.1 covers the Route 1 corridor from Trenton to New Brunswick; it is distributed free to local businesses and organizations. U.S.1 covers business and entertainment, including a complete calendar of community events. The newspaper keeps up a listing of new businesses as well as defunct ones in the area. The website offers an up-to-date calendar of what's happening in Princeton and central New Jersey. Includes business events, arts and entertainment, charity outings, historical festivals, sports.
INDEXEDA computerized index produced by the U.S.1 newspaper staff is available at the library's information desk. Beginning in 1992, the index added a full-text version of its contents in the same data base.
WOMAN'S NEWSPAPER OF PRINCETON
DATES:
4/6/1982 - 12/1991
LOCATION:
Microfilm Cabinets
Published for almost 10 years by Princeton residents Arri Parker and Donna Satow, the Woman's Newspaper of Princeton included articles on almost every subject except beauty, fashion and cooking; a portion of the publication focused on issues of concern to Princeton area women. The newspaper was published 10 times a year.
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