Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Students need to learn about personal finance
Brett R. Danko of Lawrence The State Board of Education has adopted new, tougher high school graduation requirements that aim to prepare all New Jersey students for jobs or college in the 21st century economy. Under the new requirements, every high school student will have to take three years of more rigorous math courses…
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In defense of synthetic turf fields
Jim Froslid of FieldTurf Tarkett, Glen Ellyn, Illinois This is addressed to the youth soccer player whose letter about synthetic turf and soccer fields appeared recently: I sure wish I had the opportunity as a kid to play soccer on this latest generation of synthetic turf growing up. Instead I played on a lot of…
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AROUND TOWN: Princeton women rally to help Italian earthquake victims
While the earthquake in Abruzzo, Italy, made front- page headlines when it struck in April, it has faded from the news in the U.S. But a group of women in Princeton have not forgotten and are doing something to help the survivors. They’re hoping to spread the word and encourage even more participation from…
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PRINCETON AREA: COMMUNITY CALENDAR: June 26,2009 — July 4, 2009
THREE CHEERS FOR LIBRARIES! — The New Jersey State Library cited four libraries statewide for ‘excellence in early-learning programming’ and for ‘making a difference for the future of New Jersey.’ These included Princeton Public Library, for its Wee Reads Early Literacy Summer Reading Program for Preschool Children, and the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library, Rocky Hill,…
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AROUND TOWN: Princeton women rally to help Italian earthquake victims
The Italian Women’s Group of Princeton, otherwise known as ‘Le Matte’ (the Crazy Ladies).
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In favor of real grass at Smoyer Park
Jim Manganaro of Princeton As a frequent stroller thru the bucolic trails of Barbara Smoyer Park past the horse pond and through verdant playing fields and having snagged ill placed fungos, caught long tosses and exercised our mini dachshund on its fields, the idea of polyethylene and ground recycled rubber tires covering an acre…
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Gov. Corzine ‘must think we’re fools’
Douglas Zehr of Princeton Jon Corzine’s poll numbers were at an all-time low when he tried to push through a budget that eliminated property tax rebates even as he raised DMV and liquor taxes, making New Jersey the most expensive state to live in the Continental United States. Then, the morning of the budget…
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Great job on the WW-P High School South prom
Charles D. Rudnick, principal, WW-P HS South On behalf of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, I want to thank our parents and sponsors for making the post prom an outstanding affair. Annually, we are amazed when we arrive back at school after the prom to find the building transformed into a fantasyland. This year…
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PRINCETON AREA: COMMUNITY CALENDAR: June 26,2009 — July 4, 2009
LEARNING TO HELP OTHERS — Princeton’s Community Park Elementary School’s Second Grade Service Project was one of the winners of the Kidsbridge Ninth Annual Competition for Community Service. Nominated by guidance counselor Sharon Pagliere, Danielle Ring’s and Kerri Gottesman’s second grade pupils volunteered their time, created projects, collected donations, and raised funds for the SAVE…
