Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • ‘Shared sacrifices’ are needed now

    John Clearwater of Princeton Although it seems The Princeton Packet recently is not interested in any opinion pieces but it’s own, I will try once again.    I showed up at a November school board meeting and, as the only one wishing to make public comment that evening, took advantage in trying the board’s patience with…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Dec. 29, 2009 – Jan. 8, 2010

    Tuesday, Dec. 29     Princeton Township Committee, 10 a.m., Township Municipal Complex.     Saturnalia Celebration : Ovid & Corinna. Labyrinth Books and Lethe Underworld Productions will present a public reading by Publius Ovidius Naso, the unsurpassed master of the elegiac Latin couplet, to honor the winter solstice. Publius Ovidius Naso, also known as Ovid, will…

  • A lesson learned about local shopping

    Barry Weisfeld of The Record Exchange of Princeton I was amazed to read this article: “A window on holiday shopping” by Pam Hersh (LOOSE ENDS, Packet, Dec. 22).    This article about an iPhone online scanner is educational to many of your readers and Hometown Princeton, local shopping AND for Packet advertisers.    Independent merchants that are…

  • ‘Tis no season to drink and drive

    Kendra Taggart of Cranbury     “‘Tis the season” has an entirely different meaning for victims/survivors of drunk driving crashes. Traditionally a time of celebration, the holidays may be exceptionally hard for families who have endured the devastating effect of a drunk driving crash. Their coping skills may be tested and the need for additional support…

  • Gov.-elect Christie can cut spending by cutting mandates

    William G. Dressel, Jr. of NJ League of Municipalities     In order to deliver on the promises of tax relief and frugal management, we recognize the challenges Gov.-elect Christie will face. He will need to tackle the factors that drive public spending. Unfunded state mandates increase local government costs and force local budget-makers to address…

  • PRINCETON: Winning windows by Princeton merchants

    PRINCETON: Winning windows by Princeton merchants

    The envelopes, please …     The results are in for the 2009 Princeton Merchants Association’s Holiday Store Window Decorating Contest.     • Most Elegant: Merrick’s     • Most Amusing: Halo Pub     • Most Appealing to Children: The Gilded Lion and Thomas Sweet — a tie.     • Most Town Spirit: Olives     • Most Original: TerraCycle     • Best Use of…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A window on holiday shopping

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A window on holiday shopping

    Joy Cards on Chambers Street Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A window on holiday shopping

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A window on holiday shopping

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     Judging window decorations is hazardous to my health — my financial health.     The Princeton Merchants Association invites me to serve on the judging team because they know that I am a one-woman economic stimulus package for Princeton retailers.     I look in the windows and then feel compelled…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A window on holiday shopping

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: A window on holiday shopping

    Ma Cherie Boutique, Nassau at Chambers streets Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski