Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • WRC approval should require a bike path

    Lincoln S. Hollister of Princeton     Should the Princeton Regional Planning Board approve the Westerly Road Church development plan with conditions, I hope that one condition will be construction of a bike and pedestrian path along the property’s frontage on Bunn Drive and Herrontown Road. This would enhance the ability of people to get to…

  • Anne Nueumann thanks Princeton Borough voters

    Anne Waldron Neumann     Having missed election to Princeton’s Borough Council by 25 votes, I congratulate my opponents, thank my supporters, and express affection for borough residents. The goals I would have pursued if elected I now ask Borough Council’s members to initiate.    First, the environment. Princeton can’t require green building until the state does.…

  • Lance Liverman thanks Princeton Township voters

    Lance Liverman of Princeton Township Committee     Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for voting for me during this last primary. I feel honored and privilege to represent the wonderful citizens of Princeton Township. I do not take my job as your representativelightly.    During these difficult financial times I am proud to introduce a budget…

  • WRC has relied upon zoning regulations

    Christina Keddie of Princeton     The Princeton Regional Planning Board must be fair and just in its dealings with Westerly Road Church.    For the past two years, Westerly has acted in reliance on the zoning regulations, knowing that we wouldn’t be asking for any variances and trusting that we would be allowed to build within…

  • WRC is entitled to a fair hearing

    Lorri Bentch of Princeton     I would like to remind my fellow Princeton residents and the Planning Board of the importance our Constitution places upon freedom of religious association. I would like to believe that, regardless of our diverse religious convictions (or lack thereof) as Princeton residents we share a commitment to uphold fundamental rights.…

  • Fifth-graders’ project to aid Madagascar

    Mrs. Livingston’s fifth-grade class, Princeton     A country’s need is like a cry for help. There are more and more cries for help these days and some are harder to hear than others. The fifth-graders at Littlebrook School in Princeton are trying to help a school in Madagascar, a small island off the southeastern coast…

  • WRC has earned approval of its plans

    Rev. Richard D. Linderman of Princeton     I am writing to encourage the Princeton Regional Planning Board to allow the Westerly Road Church to build according to the plans it has submitted. I know the pastor and church to be a great blessing and benefit to the borough and township. I believe the church has…

  • Story on WRC hearing was ‘biased’

    Susan Kapoor of Princeton     In the June 8 edition of the The Princeton Packet, there was an article regarding the Westerly Road Church (WRC) (“Westerly Road Church members defend expansion plans”) which appeared to be both biased and not in keeping with principles of impartial journalism.    At the June 3 Princeton Planning Board public…

  • PRINCETON: Volunteer!: Helping to keep the Carnegie Lake Rowing Association ‘a boat-length ahead’

    PRINCETON: Volunteer!: Helping to keep the Carnegie Lake Rowing Association ‘a boat-length ahead’

    By Pat Ellard Special to The Packet     The weather is bright and beautiful, with just a gentle breeze. The shells are so far away on Lake Carnegie that you can only see the oars flashing in the sunlight, keeping time to the song of a distant bird.     The cadence of the oars and…