Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: SCENES: Getting festive with the Princeton Festival

    PRINCETON: SCENES: Getting festive with the Princeton Festival

        Guests at The Princeton Festival party at the Chauncey Conference Center in Lawrence celebrated the Festival’s successful 2009 season, delighted in a performance of Broadway hits of years gone by, and toasted the announcement of the Festival’s upcoming 2010 season.     The evening’s entertainment, provided in high style by singers Danielle Sinclair, Denise Mihalik…

  • PRINCETON: SCENES: Getting festive with the Princeton Festival

    PRINCETON: SCENES: Getting festive with the Princeton Festival

    Enjoying the Princeton Festival’s party are Renee Weiss, writer, editor and librettist, and Judith Brodsky, artist and educator, both of Princeton.

  • Santa’s coming to Princeton Airport

        This year will mark the 34th year the operators of Princeton Airport have hosted a Santa Fly-In on Christmas Eve day. The Nierenberg family started the event at a neighboring airport and brought the tradition to the Princeton Airport in 1985. Airport Manager Kenneth Nierenberg has confirmed Santa’s arrival time to be 11 a.m.…

  • Charter School thanks food drive supporters

        We would like to thank McCaffery’s and Steve Carney, on behalf of Princeton Charter School, for matching our canned food donations for the 2009 Can-U-Copia. In total, our school donated 5,432 cans. With their matched donation, we have stocked the shelves of The Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton with enough cans to feed…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Dec. 11 – Dec. 20, 2009

    For more events, see Packet Picks, Page 13A, and TIMEOFF maga zine. For Police Blotter, see Tuesday’s Packet. Calendar ÿ8CALENDARÿ Friday, Dec. 11     Princeton Regional Schools Board of Education Program Committee, noon, Valley Road.     “A Cappella Jam and Toy Drive”: Princeton University student a cappella groups will regale localshoppers and diners with a…

  • Montgomery schools chief lauds bond vote

    Earl Kim, Montgomery schools superintendent     On behalf of the Montgomery Township Board of Education, I would like to thank the residents of Montgomery and Rocky Hill as well as your newspaper (The Princeton Packet) for the time taken to better understand the school district’s recent referendum.    Your reporting and our residents’ thoughtful consideration resulted…

  • Same-sex marriage bill is civil, not religious

    Marion K. Littman of Princeton     I am writing in support of New Jersey Senate Bill 1967, which would make civil marriage available to same-sex couples while protecting the rights of clergy and religious organizations to refuse to solemnize such marriages.    I am a 59-year-old Jewish heterosexual and have been happily married for over 38…

  • PRINCETON: Scenes: Winter cheer at Drumthwacket

    Photos courtesy of The Drumthwacket Foundation By Christian Kirkpatrick Special Writer     Who has a better right to guild the lily than New Jersey’s garden clubs?     Every December they decorate one of the most beautiful homes in New Jersey —Drumthwacket, the governor’s official residence — until it glows with festive spirit. Their creative holiday…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Dec. 11 – Dec. 20, 2009

    Friday, Dec. 11     Princeton Regional Schools Board of Education Program Committee, noon, Valley Road.     “A Cappella Jam and Toy Drive”: Princeton University student a cappella groups will regale localshoppers and diners with a free concert at 6:30 p.m. indowntown Princeton as part of the Palmer Square holiday festivities. Free. Attendees are encouraged to…