Letters to the editor

Thanks for story

By: centraljersey.com
Thank you for shining a bright spotlight on the importance of organic farming with your July 29 article "Growing a Greener World to feature Honey Brook."
The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association is proud to host the Honey Brook Organic Farm on its 860-acre Reserve in Hopewell.
Over the past 20 years a portion of the Watershed Reserve has been leased to Honey Brook Organic Farm (formerly the Watershed Organic Farm) to showcase successful soil and water management practices and the viability of organic farming.
As central New Jersey’s first environmental group, the Watershed Association protects clean water and the environment across five counties and 26 towns through a combination of conservation, advocacy, science and education.
How we use our land has a big impact on the health and quality of our water.
Honey Brook Organic Farm’s successful operation provides countless educational opportunities for young and old alike.
We are proud to host Honey Brook Organic Farm and of the positive impact it has on our community as a sustainable model of conservation and responsible land management.
Jim Waltman Executive Director Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
Bravo
To the editor:
On Friday night, July 30, I attended the production of "Mulan. Jr." at the Bordentown Performing Arts Center. What a delightful show. The performers were from the ages of 10 to 14.
This show was a culmination of five weeks work by area youth from CDA’s Jr. Musical Summer Theatre Camp. Congratulations to the director/technical director, Stacie Morano, and musical director, Kristen Dzuranin, along with the rest of the production staff.
On Aug. 13 there will be a production of "Jungle Book Kids" at 7 p.m. by the younger children, ages 5 to 9 from CDA’s two-week Kids Musical Theater Camp. Make it a family night and come out to see these aspiring young stars.
Marty Goodrich Bordentown
Book talk
To the editor:
I was aghast and disgusted at the report in today’s (Aug. 5) Register News that the Burlington County Library System, at the direction of Director Gail Sweet, has removed "Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology" from its collection.
I have been a BCLS patron for many years and also worked there as a library clerk for a time. I have always been proud of the depth and breadth of its collection, and the good services provided.
That Ms. Sweet bowed to a complaint from a single individual (who appears to be a member of a right-wing pressure group), and that Ms. Sweet made a unilateral decision to ban this book instead of following the library’s own policy on removal, is simply horrifying to those who decry book banning.
Using the library’s own system, I determined that the library has the following books in its collection:
"Portnoy’s Complaint" (Roth), wherein, among other sexually grotesque acts, the narrator makes love to his own family’s liver dinner.
"The Tropic of Cancer" ( Miller), which contains graphic sexual content.
"Naked Lunch" (Burroughs) which is arguably one of the most sexually graphic and scatological works in English.
"The Joy of Sex" (Comfort). If ,as Sweet said, it was the picture of two men apparently in flagrante which caused her to ban the book in question, perhaps she should take a look at "Joy" which contains multiple pictures of naked heterosexuals in happy coitus.
And finally and most egregiously, "Mein Kamf" (Hitler) No need to comment!
Given the above, the banning of the book in question smacks of rank homophobia. I call upon the library’s board to remedy this error in judgment on Ms. Sweet’s part, and restore the book to the shelves.
I call upon other citizens to add their voices to mine in protest until this is accomplished. Why should the banning of one book matter to us? Because it is a slippery slope which endangers our free society. And because homophobia has no place among people of good will.
Margaret Griffin Bordentown