Town Topics (newspaper)

Town Topics
Masthead Logo of Town Topics
Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	tabloid
Owner(s)	Witherspoon Media Group
Publisher	Lynn Adams Smith
Editor	Lynn Adams Smith
Founded	1946
Language	English
Headquarters	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Circulation	Weekly
Website	www.towntopics.com

Town Topics is a free weekly newspaper distributed to households of the New Jersey municipalities of Princeton and parts of Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township, West Windsor Township, Lawrence Township, Pennington, Montgomery Township, and South Brunswick Township, with an estimated circulation of 15,600.

Town Topics is known for its coverage of Princeton, as well as its coverage of Princeton's largest institution, Princeton University. While news coverage is mostly local, the paper's arts and entertainment coverage is more regional, with a coverage area that covers roughly the Trenton to New Brunswick portion of the Northeast Corridor.

Advertisers also take advantage of Town Topics availability, and the back pages of the newspaper are largely occupied with real estate advertisements.

Emily Stuart helped her husband and other relatives establish a weekly newspaper called Town Topics that has been published in Princeton since 1946. On April 4, 1989, Stuart, 74, was found stabbed to death in the basement of her Mercer Street home in a quiet neighborhood near Princeton University.^[1] A relative found Stuart's fully clothed body lying face down in a garden tool storage area of the basement. A rear kitchen door was ajar in Stuart's home, nothing appeared to have been stolen, and Stuart had been stabbed about five times between the shoulder blades.^[2]

Town Topics was purchased from the Stuart family by a consortium led by Lynn Adams Smith, together with architect J. Robert Hillier and a small group of former employees. Town Topics purchased Princeton Magazine in 2008 and in 2012 launched LifeStories Magazine and Urban Agenda. All publications are now under the umbrella name of Witherspoon Media Group. Lynn Adams Smith is Editor in Chief of Town Topics, Princeton Magazine, and Urban Agenda.

In 2016, Town Topics celebrated its 70th anniversary.

References

↑ Johnson, Christine M. United Press International as reprinted in The Philadelphia Inquirer. (April 6, 1989) Princeton Murder Case is First There in 11 Years. Pg. B05
↑ Johnson, Christine M. United Press International as reprinted in The Philadelphia Inquirer. (April 6, 1989) Princeton Murder Case is First There in 11 Years. Pg. B05

External links

Princeton, New Jersey

Areas

Historic Districts	Princeton Historic District Stony Brook Village Jugtown King's Highway Kingston Mill Mountain Avenue

Former municipalities	Borough of Princeton Princeton Township

Education

Public schools	Princeton Public Schools Princeton High School Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children (defunct) Princeton Charter School

Independent schools	Hun School Lewis School Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart Princeton Day Princeton Friends Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science St. Paul's Stuart Country Day

Colleges and universities	Princeton University Princeton Theological Seminary Westminster Choir College Evelyn College for Women (defunct)

Other education	Institute for Advanced Study Princeton Community Japanese Language School Princeton Public Library Princeton University Art Museum Witherspoon Institute

Other

Places of Worship	Miller Chapel Nassau Christian Center Nassau Presbyterian Princeton United Methodist Princeton University Chapel Stone Hill Church Stony Brook Meeting House Trinity Episcopal

Parks and Recreation	Delaware and Raritan Canal Herrontown Woods Arboretum Jasna Polana Lake Carnegie Marquand Park Mountain Lakes Preserve Princeton Battlefield

Shopping, and Dining	Nassau Street Palmer Square Elements Hoagie Haven Nassau Club Nassau Inn Peacock Inn Princeton Record Exchange Triumph Brewing

Performing Arts	McCarter Theatre Alexander Hall Princeton Symphony Orchestra Williamson Voices

Media	I Grew Up in Princeton Comedy Minus One Princeton Community Television Princeton Packet Town Topics

Other landmarks	Albert Einstein House Drumthwacket Joseph Henry House Donald Grant Herring Estate Maclean House Maybury Hill Mercer Oak Morven Nassau Hall Princeton Battle Monument Princeton Cemetery Princeton Railroad Station Prospect House Tusculum Cottage Club Washington Oak Westland Mansion

Princeton addressed landmarks outside the municipality	American Boychoir School Chapin School Educational Testing Service Forrestal Village MarketFair Mall Princeton Airport Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Robert Wood Johnson Foundation St. Joseph's Seminary (in Plainsboro; defunct) Sarnoff Corporation Terhune Orchards Washington Road Elm Allée

See also: Princeton University and National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey

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