Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A lot of commotion about locomotion

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A lot of commotion about locomotion

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     Call me anything, even call me late for dinner, but please, please do not call me “bus.”     As a matter of fact, I think from now on I want to be known only as Dinky Hersh, named for the Princeton Dinky, which apparently is loved with far greater…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A lot of commotion about locomotion
  • Don’t support status quo in Montgomery

    William C. Martin, Montgomery After a sound defeat for its last school budget, one would think that Montgomery’s school board would be singing a more austere tune as they plan for the upcoming year’s budget.    Instead, it appears they are again proceeding with a “business as usual” attitude. For us taxpaying residents, this approach promises…

  • University behind bus transit system

    Anne Waldron Neumann, Princeton As last Thursday night’s Planning Board meeting proved, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) requires a dedicated right-of-way — that is, a lane all its own — in order to be truly rapid. A “priority” roadway, an ordinary street whose stoplights turn green as the bus approaches, isn’t enough. The lights must also…

  • PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: D&R Greenway to dedicate Poetry Trail

    PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: D&R Greenway to dedicate Poetry Trail

    Scott and Hella McVay, Poetry Trail donors: ‘(Our) hope is to stir in the young a joy of language and poetry, and to quicken the interest of others, and to move the visitor to want to know more about the poets …’

  • PRINCETON: Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church marking 170th

        Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church (WSPC), located at 124 Witherspoon St., Princeton, is inviting the community to join members in a celebration of the church’s 170th anniversary. Special events are taking place Friday through Sunday.     “We are proud of our history at Witherspoon Street, and are looking forward to a bright future,” said Charles…

  • PRINCETON AREA: The social whirl

    ‘Five-Alarm Firehouse Fling’ with West Windsor Arts Council     West Windsor Arts Center continues its Grand Opening celebration on Saturday, Oct. 16, with the “Five-Alarm Firehouse Fling,” featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon as honorary chair and musical entertainment by The Jazz Lobsters.     The celebration at “the junction where the arts and community meet”…

  • ON THE AIR: NJN to broadcast history documentary Oct. 4

    ON THE AIR: NJN to broadcast history documentary Oct. 4

        On Monday at 9 p.m., New Jersey Network (NJN) will give the debut broadcast of “Mechanic To Millionaire: The Peter Cooper Story,” an hour-long documentary on the life of the remarkable American inventor, philanthropist and visionary Peter Cooper (1791-1883), whose legacy has grown obscure with time.     The documentary has been produced and directed…

  • ON THE AIR: NJN to broadcast history documentary Oct. 4

    ON THE AIR: NJN to broadcast history documentary Oct. 4

    Peter Cooper ‘Mechanic to Millionaire’