Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Crafters’ Marketplace fundraiser a big success
Andrea Darling of Montgomery On behalf of the YWCA Princeton, we want to thank everyone who contributed to the success of Crafters’ Marketplace 2009 held this past weekend at John Witherspoon Middle School in Princeton. Despite a faltering economy, proceeds were higher than last year. Everything we earn from Crafters’ Marketplace — funds from…
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Who can claim Rocky Hill residence?
Jeannette K. Muser of Rocky Hill Having a Princeton mailing address lends special meaning for area businesses and for some people. An article in the Lifestyle section of The Princeton Packet (Nov. 20) reports that a resident of Franklin Township’s Old Georgetown Road is a resident of Rocky Hill. I found this amusing. Nonresidents…
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Thanking supporters of Princeton Public Library
Pam Wakefield of Princeton Last Friday the Friends of the Princeton Public Library held their annual benefit, and it was a spectacular success. We owe that success to an extraordinary benefit committee led by Vivian Allen and Emily Firmenich, an endlessly supportive library staff, generous corporate support and, most of all, to the Princeton…
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PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: Drumthwacket makes ready for the season
Come one, come all to a glittering party and open-house events By Pat Summers Special Writer It suggests a Currier and Ives image — a winter night, the brightly lighted mansion decorated with seasonal greens, flowers and holiday colors, with festively dressed guests making their way up the wide steps and between the columns…
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PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: Drumthwacket makes ready for the season
Beverly Mills, executive director of the Drumthwacket Foundation, enjoys greeting guests. ‘There cannot be a more beautiful place for a holiday gala!’ Ms. Mills says.
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PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: Drumthwacket makes ready for the season
: The Parlor at Drumthwacket, decorated for last year’s holiday season by the Essex Fells Garden Club. This year’s theme, being realized throughout the grand old house by eight garden clubs, is eco-friendly ‘EverGREEN!,’ featuring ‘inventively lovely decorations, using natural materials that can be re-used or are biodegradable.’ Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski
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PRINCETON: Spotlight: Mariel Hemingway to address Princeton HealthCare System’s seventh Conference for Women
Actress and author Mariel Hemingway will be the keynote speaker at Princeton HealthCare System’s seventh annual Conference for Women, set for Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9:15 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Princeton in West Windsor. The Conference for Women is an annual health and wellness event dedicated to inspiring women…
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LWV collecting gifts for Womanspace
Frieda Gilvarg of Princeton Area LWV As in past years, the League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area will be collecting holiday gifts for Womanspace, a nonprofit agency providing services to victims of domestic violence. Marjory White of Coldwell Banker Realtors has offered to provide a drop-off site at that office at 10…
