Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Thanking Plainsboro’s public library

    Keertana Anandraj of Plainsboro    I would like to publicly thank the Plainsboro Public Library for their support of my recent presentation that benefited the National Association of Jewish Child Holocaust Survivors (NAHOS), an organization that raises money to help Jewish families and aids in Holocaust research. My interest in Holocaust history began over a…

  • A protest to mark the Iraq War’s 7th year

    Rev. Robert Moore of Coalition for Peace Action     The Brandywine Peace Community and the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action are cosponsoring a regional demonstration this Saturday, March 20, in conjunction with the seventh anniversary of the Iraq War as part of our ongoing campaign demanding the closure of the Army Experience Center (AEC) at…

  • AARP decries cuts in FamilyCare

    Douglas Johnston of AARP New Jersey     AARP strongly supports Sen. Joseph F. Vitale’s outcry against Gov. Christie’s cuts and freezes on FamilyCare, a program that provides affordable health insurance to low-income working families who cannot afford it on their own.    Cutting people’s access to affordable health care, especially in this economy, is cruel and…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Around Town: Avi Wisnia: ‘Something New’

    WEST WINDSOR: Around Town: Avi Wisnia: ‘Something New’

    Free concert Sunday to launch CD     Singer-songwriter Avi Wisnia will celebrate the debut of his full-length studio album “Something New” with a free full-band performance on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Temple Beth Chaim, located at 329 Village Road East, West Windsor (Princeton Junction). It’s a homecoming for Mr. Wisnia, whose father,…

  • MONTGOMERY: SPOTLIGHT: Derick ‘Dizzy’ Grant: Globetrotter says hi again to Belle Mead

    MONTGOMERY: SPOTLIGHT: Derick ‘Dizzy’ Grant: Globetrotter says hi again to Belle Mead

    Derick ‘Dizzy’ Grant: ‘Everybody was really welcoming, and I had a terrific experience’ at Montgomery High School, where he was coached by Pat Lott.

  • WEST WINDSOR: Around Town: Avi Wisnia: ‘Something New’
  • MONTGOMERY: SPOTLIGHT: Derick ‘Dizzy’ Grant: Globetrotter says hi again to Belle Mead

    MONTGOMERY: SPOTLIGHT: Derick ‘Dizzy’ Grant: Globetrotter says hi again to Belle Mead

    By Sally Friedman Special Writer     The very first basketball game Derick “Dizzy” Grant ever saw was hardly prototypical. At the tender age of 7, Mr. Grant was taken by his parents to see the Harlem Globetrotters. The experience left him so awestruck and overwhelmed that he began roaming through the house throwing the little…

  • Trimming the WW-P budget wisely

    Brian Reilly of West Windsor     I’m heartened to see that our elected school board officials are working diligently to trim the size of the school budget in West Windsor. They need to cut close to the bone without sacrificing academic standards. The people of West Windsor need to turn out in droves for the…

  • Opposing Obama’s health reform plan

    Michael Sheehan of Princeton     Hank Kalet’s column “This reform comes up short” couldn’t be a more accurate description of the efforts to reform health care — a government takeover of one-sixth of the economy, controlling what medical services you can buy, authorizing an appointed bureaucrat, the Health and Human Services Secretary, with unlimited power…