Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Saturday, Aug. 8 – Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009
Saturday, Aug. 8 West Windsor Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Vaughn Drive Parking Lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station. The West Windsor Arts Council will present “Aboriginal Dream Time Painting,” offering participants the opportunity to explore creating pictures of animals in the style of Australian Aboriginal art. Free. ”A Day of Leisure”:…
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Municipalities need mandate relief
NJ League of Municipalities In mid-July, the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission was forced to approve an 18 percent premium cost increase for local government active and retired employees. Absent that approval, the SHBP would lack sufficient funding to meet its obligations. That increase will need to be absorbed in next year’s budgets.…
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Princeton Nursery School marks a milestone
Wendy Cotton and Diane Sandahl, Princeton Nursery School The year 2009 marks a milestone for Princeton Nursery School. Founded in 1929, by Margaret Matthews-Flinsch, the school celebrates eight decades of service to the greater Princeton Community. For eighty years the staff at Princeton Nursery School (PNS) have held the hands, wiped the noses and…
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Questions for Obama on health plan issues
Mary Ellen Marino of Princeton It is more than time to fairly compare the “single payer Medicare for all plan” with those on the table in the House and being agonized over in the Senate. You have said there is no other way to cover everyone. You have said that among the choices in the…
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Princeton Child Development Institute thanks supporters
Edward Fenske, Gregory MacDuff of Princeton Recently, Princeton Child Development Institute held it’s 11th Annual Golf Classic at Jasna Polana. It was a wonderful day of golf and we were successful in raising over $50,000. We would like to express out sincere thanks to the many sponsors who supported our event in spite of…
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Meanwhile, let’s end health coverage for Congress
John Lasley of Princeton Since Congress seems only able to agree to disagree, let’s put an end to it — how about ending healthcare coverage for all government employees, (including Congressional members), until they come up with a universal healthcare plan that will be good for all Americans. How many days, weeks, months, years,…
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Attacking fiscal stand in Mercer freeholder race
Sonja Walter of Robbinsville As a proud resident of Mercer County, I would like to take this opportunity to applaud the work of Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes and the entire Board of Chosen Freeholders. Under their careful fiscal management, the county’s tax rate has significantly decreased and is less today than it was…
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Remedies for a WW roundabout
Richard Moody of West Windsor I write about the unsatisfactory situation regarding the roundabout over the railroad tracks in Princeton Junction, since it appears that West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hseuh and the New Jersey Department of Transportation will take no concrete action to remedy the interminable delays that are now occurring on the Alexander Road…
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League of Women Voters on corruption arrests
Ann Maiese, president, LWV-New Jersey As multiple elected and appointed officials appeared on television, stepping out of a bus in handcuffs, I was ashamed and outraged. At the same time, I also was reminded how important it is for the public to participate in government. It isn’t enough just to vote. We also have…
