Category: archives

  • Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic employee rises to the top

    After two decades at nonprofit, John Kelly selected president and CEO. By: Jill Matthews    Two decades working at the Princeton-based national nonprofit Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic hasn’t slowed John Kelly.    In fact, after starting at the company as manager of library services, Mr. Kelly has worked his way to the top: The nonprofit…

  • Letters to the Editor, Aug. 31

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Aug. 31 Leaf, brush collection needs better solution To the editor:     This letter is respectfully directed to the Princeton Township Committee, the Pubic Works Department and all township residents who don’t want to fill 20 free bags with leaves during the fall leaf collection time. (This idea was put forth…

  • Sardi has handicap down, money up

    CVCC member tops in golf, fundraising By: Bob Nuse    Susan Sardi got a late start in golf. But once she started, Sardi soon realized there was only one way to approach it — with a lot of practice.    "We had friends who were members at Greenacres and first they taught us how to play," said…

  • Aug. 31, 5:25 p.m.: The GOP lovefest, Day 1

    Sen. John McCain’s speech was pretty lame, when all is said and done. By: Hank Kalet    I have to say I wasn’t very impressed with the speech John McCain gave last night at the Republican National Convention and I found the presentation by the Sept. 11 widows a bit maudlin and contrived. One can only…

  • Aug. 31, 5:21 p.m.: Sittin’ here pickin’ the blues

    A review of Rounder’s collection of Doc and Merle Watson recordings. By: Hank Kalet    Read my review of Doc and Merle Watson’s "Sittin’ Here Pickin’ the Blues" (Rounder records) in Pop Matters.

  • Enjoy the calm before town’s stormy norm

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 31 By: Packet Editorial    Think of it as the calm before the storm.    Traffic flows smoothly along Nassau Street. There’s no line at Small World Coffee, Hoagie Haven or PJ’s. The banks and the Palmer Square post office are deserted. On-street parking spaces are available all over town.    This is Princeton?    Well,…

  • Educator returns from Africa

    Teacher expands horizons through global study tour. By: Shanay Cadette    WEST WINDSOR — Mary Hull broadened her skills by stretching her educational boundaries all the way to South Africa.    The Lawrence resident, along with a diverse mix of students and educators from across the state, was exposed to the historical, social, cultural, educational and political…

  • Hospital geared up for GOP convention

    Decontamination facility ready for use outside emergency room. By: Jeff Milgram    The University Medical Center at Princeton is gearing up its emergency room staff to decontaminate victims of a biological, chemical or even nuclear terror attack during the Republican National Convention in New York City, some 55 miles away.    The hospital has set up a…

  • Imagine dinner with George and Martha

    If you were part of an early American household, the words "local" and seasonal," in culinary matters, were moot By: Faith Bahadurian Old Barracks Museum Participants in an 18th century culinary program presented by the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton shape loaves of sourdough bread under the watchful eye of master baker Yannig Tanguy, a…