Category: archives

  • 5-Alarm out to raise money for firemen

    Tickets are going fast for the Lambertville Fire Department’s concert and clambake Sept. 12. By: Sue Kramer    LAMBERTVILLE — Tickets are selling fast for the Lambertville Fire Department’s 5-Alarm Firehouse Concert and Community Clambake Sunday, Sept. 12.    Following up on last year’s sellout, which netted nearly $21,000 for the department, this year’s event is going…

  • ‘Oklahoma!’

    The Open Air Theatre hosts a production of the rootin’-tootin’ classic. By: Stuart Duncan    The production of Oklahoma! at the Open Air Theatre in Washington Crossing State Park may well be the finest staging in the 41-year-old summer series. It has superb singing, strong acting and inspired direction, both on stage and in the pit,…

  • Volunteers, ideas sought for justice center

    The $1.2 million center now houses meetings by city officials who also, however, want to get "the best use out of this building we can get." By: Linda Seida    LAMBERTVILLE — Residents who have ideas for additional ways to use the city’s new justice center are asked to come forward and volunteer to serve on…

  • Downtown dilemma

    Merchants seek new ways to keep ‘Main Street’ thriving. By: Jennifer Potash    What will it take to spruce up downtown Princeton — a special improvement district, a coordinated volunteer effort or a preservation program?    As Princeton Borough merchants consider a special improvement district for what seems like the umpteenth time, they are now taking a…

  • Photo exhibit at university depicts American Indian life

    Photographs of Edward S. Curtis on display in Firestone Library.    Photographs by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1954), one of the most influential documentarians of American Indian life, customs and folklore, are now on display through Oct. 24 in the main exhibition gallery of Princeton University’s Firestone Library.    The exhibition, "The North American Indian: Photographs by Edward…

  • Seminars, Meetings and Events

    CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS September 9 The main event The YWCA Princeton is kicking off its rebranding campaign with "The Main Event," an open house and networking event. The YWCA invites members of the business community to come learn more about the YWCA and its mission of empowering women and eliminating racism. Wine and cheese, hors doeuvres…

  • Remembering Julia Child — bon appetit!

    One of the things that made her so unique was that she influenced entire generations of both home cooks and professional chefs By: Pat Tanner    When the news came on Aug. 13 that Julia Child had died, peacefully and at home just three days before her 92nd birthday, it should not have come as a…

  • Middlesex chamber addresses changing needs of its community

    New strategic plan completed. By: Gwen McNamara    Since its birth almost 100 years ago, the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce has had to grow and evolve with the changing needs of its community.    And that tradition carries on today, as the chamber grapples with a shift in the type of businesses setting up shop…

  • Too little time to decide race for governor

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Aug. 24 By: Packet Editorial    Part 1 of 2 parts     The fallout from that political bombshell Gov. James E. McGreevey dropped a week and a half ago just won’t stop growing, and it envelops more and more victims with each passing day. If the dust ever does settle (and it’s hard to…