The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to the Mercer County Area Development Corporation to assist with purchasing electricity, lighting, and signage for the bandstand area. The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. Since it […]
More information has been released about the Second Annual Christmas on the Square in Mercer. The town square Christmas lighting will be held on December 4th at 5 p.m. Other activities will run until 8 o’clock. Santa will arrive on a fire truck after the Christmas lighting and will be on the stage to visit […]
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce will hold a pajama party for Santa on the Princeton Square. The event will start on December 4th with the Princeton High School band and choir performing at the bandstand at 5:30 in the evening. Santa will arrive at 5:45 with his elves. Children are invited to wear their pajamas […]
Multiple activities will be held at Calamity Jane Days in Princeton on September 18, 2021. Some of the activities will be geared toward children. Princeton Chamber of Commerce President Amy Cool says one of those activities will be pony rides and There will be a petting zoo. Cool notes other activities for children […]
Local rock-n-roll band Point of No Return will be performing Saturday, May 29, on the Princeton Bandstand from 7 until 9:30 pm. Event officials say to bring your friends, family, and lawn chairs and come kick off summer fun at this free open-air concert. The Princeton Chamber of Commerce will be serving fresh popcorn and […]
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce sponsors several activities to be held in conjunction with Princeton citywide garage sales on May 8th. The Country Buddies will play live music on the bandstand from 10:30 to 3:30. There will also be raffle drawings on the square, including one for a rifle at 3:30. Raffle proceeds will go […]
Deliver His Message Ministries will host a revival in Princeton. Worship services will be held at the Princeton First Assembly of God Church on October 9th at 6:30, at the Princeton City Square Bandstand on October 10th at 5:30, and at the church again October 11th at 10:45 in the morning and 6 o’clock in […]
The Trump Administration, along with the Department of Agriculture Rural Development State Director for Missouri Jeff Case, today announced 20 organizations statewide are being awarded a total of $1,068,984 to create jobs and increase economic opportunities throughout the state. “When rural, small businesses expand and do well, it leads to a positive impact on the […]
The Princeton Chamber of Commerce will sponsor an open-air event to celebrate Queen of the Cowgirls, Miss Calamity Jane Kyla Coffman, and her court. A cowgirl horse ride about town will go through Princeton the afternoon of Saturday, October 3rd at 4 o’clock. Amy Cool with the chamber says the parade will start at the […]
The Princeton City Council set tax levies and approved service contracts the evening of Monday, August 10th. City Clerk Danette Snapp reports the levy for the general revenue is 84.9 cents, and the band levy is nine point two four cents. Fifteen hundred dollars in service contracts were approved for the Princeton Chamber of Commerce. […]
Jameson is holding a fundraiser to repair the bandstand at its park. The structure sustained damage from part of a tree falling on it. The estimate to replace the roof on the stage is about $3,000. The village has received donations to cover about half of the cost so far. Donations can be sent to […]
Santa will arrive at Princeton in a parade during Christmas Around the Square. The parade during the Princeton Chamber of Commerce-sponsored event will begin the evening of December 14th at 5 o’clock. There will be pictures with Santa, cocoa, hot dogs, and chips at the Senior Center as well as a Christmas Store where children […]
A tractor cruise will kick-off activities for Calamity Jane Days in Princeton this weekend. The name has been changed for Friday’s all-day event to the Danny Hagan Memorial Tractor Cruise. Spokesperson Duane Place says Hagan and his wife were “instrumental” in planning the cruise each year. Brenda was Danny’s wife who still helps with planning. […]
Twelve contestants will participate in the Miss Calamity Jane Pageant in Princeton on Saturday. The event will be held at the Princeton United Methodist Church at 7 o’clock that night. Contestants are Livi Binkley, Kyla Coffman, Raynah Collins, Jillian Finney, Jaysa Goodin, Becca Kile, Hannah King, Jarica Nelson, Alyssa Olson, Jaden Purdun, Cailynn Stokley, and […]
Cowboy Country will perform during Saturday Night Live in Princeton Saturday, July 13, 2019. The event, to also include special guests vocalist Ann Brock and her husband Terry Brock playing the fiddle, will perform at the Bandstand at 7:30. Ann Brock is the director of the Saint Joseph Orchestra, and Terry Brock is the first […]
The Princeton City Council agreed Monday evening to contribute to the Princeton Rotary Club purchasing a welcome sign. City Clerk Danette Snapp reports the Rotary discussed a grant they received for approximately $2,600 for a welcome sign, but about $4,100 would not be covered for the sign. Rotary has one year to install the sign, […]
Santa is coming to Princeton Saturday, December 1st from 5 to 7 when the Princeton Chamber of Commerce and Mothers Club present Winter Wonderland on the Princeton Square. Events on Saturday, December 1st include a Christmas parade starting at 5 o’clock with Santa arriving in the fire truck. The Princeton Bandstand will feature the singing […]
Sunday in Princeton, Donna (Place) Herdrich from the PHS class of 1970 and her husband Chuck Herdrich, class of 1968 were honored during the Princeton Alumni Association’s annual all-school reunion and meeting. The Herdrichs were recognized for their work in business and community service. Both have been involved in the Princeton Chamber of Commerce for […]
The Calamity Jane Day Festival kicks off in Princeton Friday with a tractor cruise. Kelly Bertrand with the festival says tractors will leave the lower Mercer County Fairgrounds at 9 o’clock that morning. The tractors will return to Princeton at 4 o’clock Friday afternoon and will then be parked on the west side […]
There will be music and ice cream when Princeton Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event at the Saturday Night Live activity on the bandstand, August 4th in Princeton. The Blue Sky Country Band will perform at 7 pm Saturday evening with cake and ice cream to be featured along with the country music.
