Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: D&R Greenway Trust welcomes Breast Cancer Research Center as a campus partner
D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Princeton campus will become a Conservation Campus. The YWCA Princeton Breast Cancer Resource Center (BCRC) will be its first campus partner by moving into 2 Preservation Place. “The new strategic alliance between the two nonprofits celebrates the healing value that nature brings to our lives,” says D&R Greenway President and…
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PLAINSBORO: Good Grief opens its new home to serve grieving children and teens
PLAINSBORO — After expanding to the Princeton area in 2012, Good Grief opened its new home on Mapleton Road on Sept. 19. Local merchants and organizations enthusiastically participated to make the celebration a meaningful one: Princeton Farmers Market, Arts Council of Princeton, Small World Coffee, Jammin’ Crepes, JaZams, The Bent Spoon, Lombardi’s Pizza Co., Cherry…
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Hamilton Jewelers supports Princeton YWCA Breast Cancer Resource Center
Hamilton Jewelers will donate 10 percent of all ecommerce sales for the month of October to the YWCA Princeton’s Breast Cancer Resource Center (BCRC). All sales made through www.hamiltonjewelers.com will be applied towards the contribution. The organization is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies heavily upon donations to positively impact local individuals and families throughout…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Full moon attracts 670 cyclists for ride through Mercer Meadows
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — As a beautiful full moon inched its way higher in the darkening sky Saturday night, the bicyclists began arriving for the 45-minute ride along a 6-mile route along the Lawrence Hopewell Trail through Mercer Meadows. The estimated turnout for the second annual Full Moon Ride, co-hosted by the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail and the…
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HEALTH MATTERS: A number of techniques can help curb incontinence
By Dr. Nina Bhatia, Princeton HealthCare System Is your urge to go bringing your life to a stop? Do you run to the bathroom instead of running around the track? If incontinence is interfering with your daily activities, it’s time to seek help. With the right treatment approach, you can control incontinence rather than…
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LOOSE ENDS: An issue that’s ruffling some feathers
By Pam Hersh Some would say I am egging Princetonians on by bringing up the following fact: The ultra-thorough Princeton Consolidation Study neglected to deal with one very hairy — or more accurately feathery — conundrum: chickens as backyard pets. I predict that the next cockeyed Princeton zoning ordinance controversy to take place — rivaling…
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PRINCETON: A picture perfect business for more than half a century
By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer From a creaky swivel chair inside his shop on Spring Street, David S. Rosendorf has as good a view as any of the world around him in downtown Princeton. He likes to say he is 74 “going on 29,” someone who has spent more than half a century being…
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PRINCETON: Senior Resource Center seeking volunteers as it expands GrandPal reading program
The Princeton Senior Resource Center is seeking a few more volunteers to read to local elementary children as it expands its GrandPal program. In 1997, some enthusiastic people with just this interest decided to start a program at Littlebrook School. Recognizing the value of building relationships between older adults and young children, the Princeton Senior…
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PRINCETON: Michele Russo named to lead Young Audiences
Michele Russo has been named the new president and CEO of Young Audiences New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, according to a statement released by the organization on Monday. Ms. Russo will transition into the role on Oct. 19 as Laurence Capo retires after 25 years of dedication to YA. A national search was conducted by…