✉️Princeton NOW Newsletter

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Good morning, Princeton. Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Be sure to make a reservation — Saturday’s newsletter gave you a few local ideas. Approximately 145 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second-largest holiday for giving greeting cards, after Christmas.

Let’s get to it.

—Justin Bullington

📬IN THIS ISSUE

💡What You Should Know
☀️Princeton Weather
💰Princeton Businesses
🍴Princeton Restaurants
⛽️Princeton Gas Prices
🤼Princeton Sports

💡WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

• Happy Birthday, Joan Ganther! 🧁

• According to the WLPO Facebook page, multiple vehicles were in an accident yesterday afternoon on I-80, mile-marker 49, two miles West of the Princeton rest area. State Police shared details on the accident Sunday on WB I-80 west of the Princeton rest area later in the afternoon. A Chevy Equinox with four occupants struck a semi/trailer combo around 2:10pm. All involved, including the two occupants in the semi, refused medical treatment. The reason for the accident was not given.

• Vote for Keighley Davis, PHS girls basketball player, for NewsTribune Athlete of the week.

• On February 16th, the PHS Jazz Band invites you to come enjoy the sounds of classic swing music by the greats like Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and more. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

• The BCR has a really cool story on Amelia Earhart’s lecture at Princeton High School 88 years ago. She spoke to a packed house 15 months before she disappeared.

• Are you looking for a fun, interactive camp out? Shadows of the Blue and Gray Civil War living history event is October 12-13 in Princeton. They will have an area designated for Scout Troops to camp. Please contact Debi Johnson if your Troop in interested as there is a limited amount of room.

• Z Tour 2024 bike ride is set for June 22nd. Register here.

Do you have a birth announcement? Email me: [email protected].

☀️PRINCETON WEATHER

Today: Sunny with highs in the upper 40s. The night will turn partly cloudy, with lows in the upper 20s.

Tuesday: Expect a sunny day with highs again in the upper 40s. The night will become mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-30s.

Wednesday: The forecast predicts a mostly cloudy day with temperatures reaching the mid-50s. Nighttime will continue to be mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-40s.

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💰PRINCETON BUSINESSES

• Wild Honey Boutique has jackets, sweaters, and dresses for sale on their website.

• Little Blue Dress is offering 20% off all heart sweaters.

• Five-22 has a winter sale rack with 20%-60% off.

• Sayler’s General Store is clearing out merchandise for new products to arrive. They have 60% and 50%-off sale tables. All t-shirts are 20% off.

• Get 25% off all purchases using the code “BE MINE” at Four Seasons. Expires February 11th.

• The Apollo Theater is showing “The Beekeeper“ (R) and “Poor Things” (R) until Thursday. “American Fiction” will begin Friday. Click to see more.

• The Artisan Market at Hornbaker Gardens is seeking fine artists for their outdoor Artisan Market Saturday, September 14th. Get more details at this link.

• Princeton Pastries is selling cake pop heart boxes until the end of February for $10.

• Splash Tech Solutions is ready for a new website project after launching a new site for the Kewanee Public Library. Amy Jo does web design and tech solutions.

• Are you a Princeton resident and clean houses? I want to help you get the word out. Fill out this short form.

Does your Princeton business have a sale or update you’d like to share? Email me: [email protected].

🍴PRINCETON RESTAURANTS

• Beginning in the Spring, Wild Ginger Bistro will be open for lunch and dinner (dine in or carry out) Tuesday through Saturday. Wild Ginger Bistro will also available for private events: bridal showers, baby showers, birthday parties and rehearsal dinners — the possibilities are endless. The first special event will be a Mother's Day Tea (more information to follow shortly). They are all about Princeton and will be posting soon about job opportunities. They will be looking to hire locally first.

• Paisano’s Ristorante’s pizza of the month is a brand-new creation: The Birria Pizza. Stewed meat marinated in a deeply flavorful broth made of dried Mexican chilies, herbs, and spices — cooked in a broth. They start with a little of that broth as a base on their homemade pizza dough, then they add marinated, slow-cooked beef, their special blend of mozzarella cheese. It is topped with melty shredded queso cheese, onion, and cilantro with a side of consome juice to dip.

• Grandma Rosie’s Sweet Treats serves a Smashed Chicken Sandwich that they will deliver to your door with a free order of hand cut fries.

• Downtown Pub and Event Center: Be careful if you’re traveling through the alley in the back of our building between DTP and Anytime Fitness. We recommend using the Pleasant St. or Peru St. entrance to the alley or park on Main St. The City has been notified (there is a massive pothole back there).

Does your Princeton restaurant have a special or announcement you’d like to share? Email me: [email protected].

⛽️PRINCETON GAS PRICES

Regular

1️⃣Amoco, 720 N Main St: $2.99
1️⃣Sullivan’s Foods: $2.99
2️⃣Casey’s West/North: $3.03
2️⃣Beck’s West/North: $3.03
2️⃣Road Ranger, N Main St: $3.03
2️⃣Shell, 2225 N Main St: $3.03

Diesel

1️⃣Beck’s West/North: $3.45
2️⃣Road Ranger, N Main St.: $3.51
3️⃣Casey’s West/North Peru St: $3.59
3️⃣Casey’s West/North: $3.59
4️⃣Sullivan’s Foods: $3.65
5️⃣Amoco, N Main St: $3.85

🤼PRINCETON SPORTS

PHS Wrestling

• Sectionals begin this Friday and Saturday at Byron.

PHS Girls Basketball

• 2/5 Home vs. Ottawa at 5:30pm

• 2/8 Away vs. Bureau Valley at 7pm

PHS Boys Basketball

• 2/5 Home vs. Ottawa at 7pm

• 2/9 Away vs. Newman Catholic at 7pm

💼LOCAL JOB OPENINGS

• Stocking Supervisor | Ollie’s Distribution Center | Full time

• 2nd Shift Custodian | Princeton High School | $14-$16/hour

• Front Desk Clerk | Fawcett’s Pharmacy | $14-$15/hour

• Customer Service Associate | Advanced Services | $17/hour

• Warehouse Delivery Driver | Crescent Electric | Full time

• MDS Coordinator | Aperion Care | Full time

• Foster Care Supervisor | Youth Service Bureau | $63k/year