Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Applauding Princeton Ridge measure
Jim Waltman, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Assoc. The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association applauds Princeton Township Committeewoman Liz Lempert for introducing a resolution to endorse the concept of a Princeton Ridge Preserve and the Princeton Township Committee for passing the resolution on Aug. 17. Celebrating our 60th Anniversary this year, the Watershed Association has worked to…
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PLAINSBORO: ‘Dancing Thru Life’: Globe-trotter’s video series puts his moves on display
By John Dunphy, Special Writer When writer Barbara Grizzuti Harrison once opined, “There are no original ideas, only original people,” perhaps she had Internet dancing videos in mind. Perhaps that was Plainsboro resident Greg Trosko’s thought when he stumbled upon the Internet sensation wherethehellismatt.com a year ago. Created by Matt Harding, a video game designer…
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Observe CBO warnings on health care cost
Terri Hunt of NFIB/NJ In 1912, aiming for speed and ignoring iceberg warnings was a poor strategy for the Titanic. In 2009, aiming for universal health insurance and ignoring cost warnings is equally dangerous. The Congressional Budget Office has frigid warnings on some reform efforts: estimates of as much as $1.6 trillion in new…
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NJ enacts autism insurance reform
As Director of Wawa House Services, the infant and toddler division of Eden Autism Services, I have worked with hundreds of families in the state of New Jersey and have watched them struggle not only with the challenges of raising a child with autism but also with the challenge of securing and financing specialized…
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After-school care keeps kids safe
Denise Soto of Princeton Family YMCA With back-to-school season upon us, the Princeton Family YMCA reminds parents to consider adding after school care to their school year plans. More and more youth are being left unsupervised when the school day ends, but after school activities can help keep youth safe, supervised and engaged in…
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PRINCETON AREA: SPOTLIGHT: Farm fete helps at-risk kids
Phil McAuliffe The DeMauro family of Allentown sits down for dinner at Fernbrook. From left: Jennifer, her husband, Nick, and their 11-year-old daughter, Alaina. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe
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PRINCETON AREA: SPOTLIGHT: Farm fete helps at-risk kids
Phil McAuliffe Alessandra Gallina of Princeton’s Medittera pours some gazpacho. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe
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More abandoned vets remembered
Wallace Noonan of Allentown We live on in the memory of those who knew us. Today, Aug. 14, the New Jersey Mission of Honor will conduct its second military burial for the cremated remains of three abandoned WWI and WWII veterans at the General William C. Doyle Military Cemetery, and it will transport to…
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PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Aug. 15 — Aug. 22, 2009
Saturday, Aug. 15 West Windsor Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Vaughn Drive parking lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station. Food Drive sponsored by “Yes We CAN!” to benefit the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton. Volunteers will collect donations of fresh produce to help stock food pantries at Nassau Presbyterian Church…
