Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • US should not pull out of Afghanistan

    Nick Lardieri of Princeton     Your Sept. 11 editorial, “Avoiding an American quagmire in Afghanistan,” echoes Sen. Harry Reid’s premature declaration that the Iraq “war was lost.” You state that we should realize . . . “that our mission there has been a failure” and “we need to end the war in Afghanistan as soon…

  • PRINCETON: Bonnie Higgins: On the move against MS

    PRINCETON: Bonnie Higgins: On the move against MS

    By Michele Alperin Special Writer     Bonnie Higgins was 29 in 1994 when she had a grand mal seizure, and an MRI showed brain lesions. The doctors suggested five possible diagnoses, among them ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease), lupus, and multiple sclerosis, but it took three years for her neurologist to say conclusively that Ms.…

  • Arts Council thanks all for Fall Open House

    Jeff Nathanson of Arts Council of Princeton     We would like to thank the many people who helped to make our fall open house a success last Saturday.    First and foremost, we thank our faculty artists and performers, Lisa Botalico and the La Feria dancers, Steve Hudson, Libby Ramage, Bob Jenkins and our ace stiltwalker,…

  • Marking AD/HDD Awareness Week

    Jane Milrod of CHADD Mercer-County     As we celebrate the progress we’ve made as a social movement, AD/HD awareness week is also a time to assess how much more work we have ahead of us. Thanks to CHADD’s advocacy work, AD/HD is increasingly being caught early in people’s lives. In our work in Mercer County,…

  • PRINCETON: Betty Higgins: On the move against MS

    PRINCETON: Betty Higgins: On the move against MS

    Bonnie Higgins of Princeton uses her experience of living with multiple sclerosis to raise awareness about the disease and the work of the MS Society. The society’s New Jersey Metro chapter will be honoring her during its ‘Women on the Move’ luncheon Sept. 22. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • A Time Off article appreciated

    Linda Sipprelle of Princeton     Kudos to Lauren Otis for the excellent article “Life of Intrigue” published in the Sept. 4 issue of Time Off. Otis skillfully portrayed the Princeton University Class of 1928 protagonist James H.W. Thompson as a mysterious and many-faceted individual whose real work and motivations are largely unknown. In order to…

  • An education legacy to honor 9/11 victims

    Paul B. Winkler of the NJ Commission on Holocaust Education     The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, on this 8th anniversary of 9/11, extends to the families of the victims of the tragedy our sincerest and heartfelt sympathy for your loss.    We are honored that the association of families requested that we coordinate the…

  • An AARP volunteer praises Sen. Lautenberg

    Ken Lindhorst of Summit     Too often, we see negative letters and editorials in our state’s newspapers so I am very happy to be writing this letter on a more positive note. I work closely with several New Jersey legislators both at the state and federal level. As a volunteer for AARP’s Executive Council, I…

  • Parents and kids ‘eat in’ for good nutrition

    Parents and kids ‘eat in’ for good nutrition

    Ritu Harrison, event organizer, serves Terhune Orchards peach ice cream donated by bent spoon. Photo by Princeton School Gardens Cooperative)