December 16th, 2023 🚨🍗🎄🧙‍♂️💰

In This Issue

🚨What You Should Know

🧙‍♂️Christmas Wizards

💰Local Business News

🍗Restaurant Guide

🎄Local Christmas Deals

What You Should Know

• Princeton senior linemen Payne Miller is the 2023 NewsTribune Defensive Football Player of the Year.

• A Red Covered Bridge article was posted on WQAD: "Most of the tresses on the north end of the bridge were all compromised and ripped out, so the roof basically collapsed and the walls on the north end started flaring out," said Princeton City Clerk Peter Nelson. "I was pretty much devastated. I got a sick feeling in my stomach and I just could not believe the extent of the damage and also the unfortunate circumstances of why it happened. It did not need to happen."

• WLPO: A spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Transportation, Paul Wappel says an assessment of the damage on the Red Covered Bridge from the November 16th incident is going to take months. IDOT workers are installing supports to shore up the 1864 structure for the winter.

• The Princeton Boys Varsity Basketball team defeated the Hall Red Devils 63-41.

• The Winter Extravaganza is coming Tuesday, Dec. 19, to Princeton Public Library. There will be holiday craft stations for all ages, warm drinks and treats and story times at 3:30 p.m. in the Youth Service area, as well as a carol sing-along. The library will be closed for Christmas and New Year's holiday.

• Tristan Borovicka, an eighth grader at Princeton Logan Junior High School, was one of two tenor saxophone players selected for the All-Illinois Junior Band (BCR).

Christmas Wizards

Local Business News

• Sisler’s Ice Cream will be closed December 24th through January 8th.

• Registration for the Bureau County Metro Center’s Youth Basketball League is now open. Deadline is January 14th, 2024.

• JC Pro Clean/Painting will take any kind of clean-up or paint job: no job too small, no job too big — 815-503-6191.

• Tony’s Butt Shack is bringing back a favorite: The Tocho Pizza Appetizer and the Hillbilly Nacho Pizza Appetizer.

• The movies The Shift and Wonka are playing until Thursday, December 21st at The Apollo.

Restaurant Guide: Cafe Grace

Specialty: Coffee, Sandwiches, Soups, Beer, Wine, Liquor, Omelettes, Steaks, Burgers, Tacos, Shrimp, Nachos, Appetizers, Fish, Pasta, Pasta Alfredo, Tenderloin.

Price: $$

Address: 1009 N. Main Street, Princeton, IL

Hours:

Monday: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM; 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Tuesday: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Wednesday: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Thursday: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM; 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Friday: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM; 4:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Saturday: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM; 4:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Sunday: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM; 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Local Christmas Deals

• The Coffee Cup is offering free coffee with your breakfast from 6:30-8:00am, Monday through Thursday.

• Sale items at Guys and Gals Salon are 50% off.

• Holiday apparel at Rachel Rene is 25% off.

• The Princeton Closet is filling up with beautiful furniture in time for Christmas. Coats and shoes have been marked down, and they have lots of toys available.