Category: archives

  • Baum Forum spotlights ‘hot’ food issues

    IN THE KITCHEN by Pat Tanner:  Conference explores issues in food and agriculture today, including the pros and cons of the United States Department of Agriculture’s new National Organic Program which went into effect Monday. "Fast food is everywhere" — Alice Waters.    "If you truly are what you eat, I’m fast, cheap and easy," read…

  • West Windsor environmental record lauded

    Township is the first in the state to call itself Green Town, USA By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Tonight the township will become the first municipality in the state able to call itself Green Town, USA.    The Environmental Education Fund and the New Jersey Environmental Lobby will be presenting Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh with a…

  • Rush Holt for Congress in 12th District

    PACKET EDITORIAL, Oct. 22 By: Packet Editorial    Voters in the Princetons, West Windsor, Plainsboro and the other 40 municipalities that make up New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District are fortunate to have two candidates on the ballot this year who would make excellent members of the U.S. House of Representatives.    A big difference between the two…

  • State panel seeks budget hike to fund R&D, tech start-ups

    Committee recommends seeking fiscal 2004 appropriations in the amount of $25,248,038. By: George Frey    The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology approved a proposed budget for fiscal 2004 that eventually will decide what technology initiatives will be funded within the state.    During its quarterly meeting Oct. 15 at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in…

  • Candidates Forum, Oct. 22

    CANDIDATES FORUM, Oct. 22 By: Tom Abrams Libertarian candidate, U.S. House of Representatives, 12th Congressional District     I’m running for Congress in the 12th District to call our nation to a higher standard — to honor and abide by the law of the land, the Constitution as it was originally intended.    The federal government is…

  • Letters to the Editor, Oct. 22

    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, Oct. 22 By: A great downtown will be even better To the editor:     This is a letter responding to Fausta Wertz (The Packet, Oct. 18):     You may like Jim Firestone’s poetry, but check the facts.    1. New restaurants? Of course, I took the initiative to modify the zoning for…

  • Florence Kosco

    HAMILTON – Florence Elizabeth Snyder Kosco, 80, died Saturday at Compassionate Care Hospice at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton.    Born in Trenton, she lived in Bordentown before moving to Hamilton many years ago.    Mrs. Kosco worked with John A. Roebling’s Sons Co., Trenton, during World War II and retired from the housekeeping department of Donnelly…

  • Taxpayers have local advocate

    Leonard Steinberg of West Windsor is one of four people representing New Jersey on the new national Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. By: Gwen Runkle    WEST WINDSOR — Words like taxes and Internal Revenue Service rarely put a smile on anyone’s face, but one township resident is hoping to change that.    Leonard Steinberg, an independent certified management…

  • Garage price details still eluding borough

    Disclosure of financial details not expected until second week of November. By: Jennifer Potash    Financial details for the proposed downtown Princeton Borough garage will not be released until the second week of November.    The developer’s agreement between Nassau HKT Associates and the borough is still in negotiation and the guaranteed maximum price for the garage…