Lawrenceille is the head branch of the Mercer County Library System. It is an excellent location…read morefor borrowing books, CDs, and DVDs (including TV on DVD). A large selection of local and national newspapers and magazines are available. I enjoy this branch as the staff are extra friendly. They never make you feel awkward for extremelyyyyyyyy late books. More recently, they have an e-book borrowing system online for kindle and e-readers.

Having moved recently from New Jersey, I have come to appreciate the main branch of the Mercer…read moreCounty library system (in Lawrenceville, off route 1) even more. This is a terrific library. Here's why: 1. It has an excellent fiction section, including a generous selection of "classic" authors. I have been in libraries where the focus is on the latest hardback best-sellers. They have those here too, but they haven't seen fit to "weed" out the traditional titles that really every library should have. 2. In fact, their whole book collection is good--history, religion, art--and their children's section is extensive as well. 3. They are one of the few public libraries these days that keep a paper archive of magazines, and it's quite extensive. I think there must be a library director here who isn't "up to date" with the latest trends in library science, and the patrons reap the benefit. 4. They actually still have books on cassette tape (as well as on CD and playaway, of course). I have a cassette player; they have quality tapes. Seems simple, right? Again, there's no reason to "deaccession" good material when it might be useful to patrons. 5. They have a very strong collection of foreign and Criterion Collection DVDs--much appreciated. In sum, there's someone here who's made a lot of good decisions on how to run a library. Building's a tad shabby, but who cares? I wish the library where I live were this good.

Don't know much about the schools education system- but I was there for four days staying on campus…read morefor DMA (Drum major academy) and the buildings we were staying in were awful. We stayed in Lincoln Hall and Wright Hall, personally I was in Wright. There were silverfish in my room, bugs in my windows some dead on the floor when I arrived. The screen was partly broken, the showers had mold in the shower heads, there were dead bugs in the showers. I don't know how often the communal bathrooms were cleaned on each floor (or even if janitors skipped it because of there being a camp having to reside in the building) but the showers were never cleaned during our stay, there was hair stuck in the drain and toilet paper all over the floor. (Again don't know how often that's done so if it wasn't supposed to be done then ignore that). The school has water refill stations on each floor and the one on my floor was broken :( so we had to go down to the boys floor to refill or go into the school. I will say this next thing is a bit of a personal preference issue but there were no elevators- so you had to lug all of your stuff up 3 flights of stairs- which isn't bad but imagine moving into a dorm and having loads of things to carry. It's not efficient and a pain but it's tolerable. In the Dining hall the bathrooms were covered with toilet paper so it didn't seem they were checked all that often. The staff was great though always considerate and wanted to make sure you had everything. Overall I wouldn't want to go there again or choose to go to college there if those are my living conditions.

I typically do not write Yelp reviews however the experience my son had at Rider University…read morewarrants this review. Also I'm forewarning other parents to not spend a dime sending your kids here. When we went to visit Rider for the student orientation they pulled out all of the stops for the incoming students and their families. The department heads of my son's major gave us a lovely song and dance about how their programs (theater acting/musical theater) were one of the best around. Terrific instructors, state of the art practicing spaces and professional ties to Broadway. I did find it strange that they didn't allow us to tour the dorms. And is it turns out there was a deceptive reason for that which I'll get to in a bit. The dorm rooms at Rider have a lot to be desired I wasn't anticipating a 5 star hotel but my son's room reminded me of a jail cell. Dirty cheap blinds were the only window covering. The furniture was severely outdated and in need of major repair. My son's hall was formerly a frat house (Omega House to be exact) and it showed. The carpets were filthy and the basement rec room consisted of ratty sofas, unused refrigerators that emitted a foul odor and a tv that worked on occasion. Not exactly the most inviting place to hang out. The bathrooms were a horror story. Many of the air vents looked like they hadn't been changed or cleaned in the last five years. When my son and his roommate showed me everything I was horrified that my son had to use these facilities. I've been at campgrounds that had nicer facilities. Another point of annoyance for my son was that he didn't have access to the cooling/heating control in his room. The CA's had the only access. If you've been to the East coast in both the late summer and winter you know how humid and it can get and how much temps drop. This was made even more annoying because only one of the windows was able to be open for any type of ventilation. Towards the end of the school year the university refurbished the room directly across the hall from my son to accommodate the community director and her husband. Perhaps that money would have been better suited to update the dilapidated dorm rooms. Rats were a major problem in Omega. The university's solution was to put out rat traps on each floor. Maybe footing the bill to call in professional exterminators might be a better idea. As far as class instruction and my son's major we couldn't have been more disappointed with the program. All of the attention and finances were thrown at the musical theater program (who's head is much to be desired and it's unclear as to why she chose a career in teaching at the college she'd be better suited as a jaded casting director in Hollywood.) The food situation was a whole other bad scene. My son is vegetarian and the university didn't offer a whole lot of healthy options. Never mind providing fresh fruits and vegetables. We spent a lot on his meal plan but more often than not he would go off campus to find something decent to eat. The people who work in the Bursar's office act like they have better things to do with their time other than answering your questions. When my son would try to get answers about tuition more often than not they were vague at best. It's unfortunate because I think there is potential for this University to be better but for some reason they kept missing the mark. I would strongly discourage anyone from attending Rider until they get their stuff together.

I've been going to TCNJ for over a year after transferring from a local community college. The…read moreschool is beautiful, a smaller campus community with lots of trees and brick buildings. I am a Kinesiology major and the classes are challenging yet rewarding. I love this school a lot, and I'm grateful I got the chance to go here!

I was a Computer Science professor and Faculty Fellow at TCNJ for four years and loved every day…read more The college itself is terrific, with great students, faculty, staff, and administrators. The campus is beautiful, and the college continues to be on the leading edge of the digital age.

I bought my first book from you, ordered it by phone, paid it on the honor system when it arrived,…read morethe fact that the book was mine, was even more special. Paying cash, for a biography that you carry online. The book is entitled La Vita Lunga a Le, Long Life to You, Ennio and Gina's Love Story. It's about my parents, their history in Lawrence, Ewing, and Princeton, including their homeland of Italy. Their early years, their married years, their demise, their two restaurants, their life, their family, and their love for each other, to me worth reading, and cherishing. I hope everyone loves it as much as I loved writing it.

Great spot. 1) They…read morehave all the TCNJ apparels in the store. 2) They have a nice lounge area for tea, coffee, and snacks. 3) Good selections of books and reading materials. 4) Overall, very nice ambiance.