Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Princeton Girls Lacrosse likes synthetic turf

    Members of Princeton Girls Lacrosse board     We, as board members of Princeton Girls Lacrosse, are writing in support of the proposal to increase access to playable fields in Princeton through the installation of a synthetic surface field, funded by a grant from Mercer County. We would also like to explain the benefits such a…

  • Bill signing hurts solar industries

    Dolores Phillips of MSEIA It is with great displeasure that Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association learned of the governor’s signing of the prevailing wage anti-solar legislation. It is also quite disappointing that the governor could not take the necessary leadership to conditional veto the legislation and remove all SREC-based private solar projects and non-profits from…

  • Protest suppression of Falun Gong

    Julia Kantor of Princeton July 20 marks the tragic 10th-year anniversary of the longest and cruelest genocide that is still ongoing. On July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party began an all-out crackdown on a popular spiritual practice called Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong), thereby targeting over 70 million Chinese citizens who were…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: June 17 – June 25,2009

    PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: June 17 – June 25,2009

    Friday, July 17     “How to Get the Most from Your Doctor Visit,” Brown Bag discussion with Marcie Tyson, health educator for Princeton Regional Health Department. Program will include tips for clear communication, easy steps for medication management and how to navigate the wide world of health-related information. Noon. Free. Princeton Senior Resource Center, Suzanne…

  • PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: June 17 – June 25,2009

    PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar: June 17 – June 25,2009

    PROTECTING THE SEAS — The third grade at Princeton’s Littlebrook Elementary School began a campaign in April to collect bottle caps so as to prevent them from ending up in the oceans. Littlebrook collected 28,868 bottle caps to be recycled and used by Aveda for their beauty products. The campaign took place in conjunction with…

  • PRINCETON: Loose Ends: I’m on the face-to-face network, thank you

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     I reject (or more accurately e-ject) linking-in, you- tubing, twittering, tweeting, face-booking, e-harmonizing, e-tc. When it comes to electronic social networking, I am a hermit, e-alienating many friends, relatives and professional colleagues who cannot fathom why I have refused to turn on to their networks. I prefer social networking…

  • The medical plan for the rest of us

    Marv Ostberg of Princeton It now appears that the much vaunted medical plan that is being proposed is so good that Congress itself wants no part of it. They will keep their gold-plated version, thank you. And as for the rest of us keeping the plans we have and like — about 90 percent of…

  • Generic biologic drugs and health care reform

    Marilyn Askin of AARP-NJ As Congress continues to discuss health care reform, I hope they are including generic biologic drugs in that discussion. Biologics are used to treat serious diseases such as cancer and rheumatoid arthritis and can cost $10,000 or more per month. Americans must be able to get these life-saving medicines at a…

  • Camp Tecumseh needs your help

    Maj. Donald E. Barry of The Salvation Army This year, more than ever, The Salvation Army’s Camp Tecumseh is fulfilling a need for both parents and children during these turbulent economic times. By summer’s end, more than 1,200 children will attend Tecumseh for week-long sessions. For children, this is probably the only summer fun they’ll…