Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: Saturday, Aug. 1 — Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009

    Saturday, Aug. 1     West Windsor Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Vaughn Drive Parking Lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station. Chuck Schaeffer, guitarist, playing a blend of folk, bluegrass, country, country-rock and Americana, will perform from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.     Montgomery Farmers’ Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Village Shopper,…

  • Environmental Commission role needs recasting

    Maurie J. Cohen of Princeton     I commend Anne Waldron Neumann for the principled stand she has taken in trying to steer the Princeton Environmental Commission in a more sophisticated and contemporary direction. Human beings do not exist apart from the environment and credible efforts to foster sustainability require an appreciation that environmental regard is…

  • Little League teams thank a sponsor

    Ray Cella of Plainsboro     No local Little League can operate without the generosity of its sponsors. Their willingness to support a team helps the league defray the cost of uniforms, umpires, and equipment. Without them, there would be nothing left to do other than raise registration fees.    Like any other group, some are more…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: All aboard to nowhere …

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: All aboard to nowhere …

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     I like green. I look good in green — as good as anyone my age can look without looking moldy. I like being green, as in the annoyingly trendy reference to environmental sustainability. And I enjoy having enough green for feeding my extravagant habit of consuming my daily dose…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: All aboard to nowhere …

    PRINCETON: Loose Ends: All aboard to nowhere …

    The Dinky: ‘The Princeton community has been so focused on the issue of moving the train station a few hundred feet to accommodate Princeton University’s redevelopment plans that it may have lost sight of far more ominous changes coming down the track — curtailment of service.’

  • Mid-Summer marketing showcase a success

    Linda Sipprelle of Princeton     Along with a thousand other attendees, I found the Third Annual Mid-Summer Marketing Showcase on July 14 at Palmer Square Green a delightful event. More than 60 vendors provided food and beverage samples from area restaurants and caterers, while local businesses and organizations explained their focus and provided handouts.    The…

  • Environmental Commission has lost its balance

    Anne Waldron Neumann of Princeton    What do environmental commissions do? According to the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, an environmental commission not only advocates for the environment but also represents “the public and its long-term interest”: it is “essentially what each town makes it.”    I believe that the Princeton Environmental Commission (PEC) should…

  • Clean Energy Program good for all

    Keith Coleman of Hamilton     The economy and the environment are often at odds. But an initiative sponsored by the state-sponsored Clean Energy Program is good for both the economy and the environment.    For only $125, New Jersey homeowners can have their entire home evaluated for energy efficiency. That’s a small price to pay for…

  • PRINCETON: Corner House honors students

        Calling her “the personification of a student leader,” Corner House executive director Gary DeBlasio recently presented the second annual Harriet Robertson Student Leadership Award and Scholarship to Shana Jordan, a member of the Stuart Country Day School Class of 2009.     “Shana is dedicated, hard-working, and committed to advancing the alcohol- and drug-free message…