Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar, June 12 – June 19
AIRES & GRACES — The Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London, under the direction of Rupert Gough, will sing in the Princeton University Chapel on Tuesday, June 30, at 8 p.m., as part of its first U.S. concert tour. Admission is free. The program will offer excerpts from American composer Carson Cooman’s oratorio ‘The…
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Bravo to symphonic band of WW-P HS South
Iris Derke of Distinguished Concerts International On Sunday, May 31, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South Symphonic Band of New Jersey, directed by Scott Collins and Anthony Pappalardo, and two select ensembles: one from Georgia, the Metropolitan Atlanta Youth Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Robert J. Ambrose and associate director, Laura Moates…
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PRINCETON AREA: Community Calendar, June 12 – June 19
FIGHTING RIVER BLINDNESS In photo: Jeff Yuan of Plainsboro and Jean Jacobsohn of West Windsor are new among the new members of the board of the United Front Against Riverblindness, with Ms. Jacobsohn to be serving as treasurer. The United Front Against Riverblindness, an African-inspired, nonprofit American health organization that delivers medical treatment to fight…
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Stormwater runoff threatens Princeton Ridge
Mervin Holland and Suzanne Nash of Princeton As citizens living downstream from Bunn Drive, we are writing to express concern regarding Robert Hillier’s plans for the control of storm water runoff for the proposed development of 140+ age-restricted units on the Ridge. It is our understanding that Mr. Hillier intends, with the township’s approval,…
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Legislators’ staffs take unpaid furlough days
Reed Gusciora, Bonnie Watson Coleman of NJ Assembly In this difficult economic climate, we are keenly aware of the difficult sacrifices public employees are being called upon to make to ensure New Jersey’s budget remains in its constitutional balance. Mandated furloughs can create a hardship for many families, but they are still far better…
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PRINCETON AREA: Spotlight: April is the cruelest month: the death by suicide of my brothers
Lauren B. Davis Photo: Helen Tansey
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PRINCETON AREA: Spotlight: April is the cruelest month: he death by suicide of my brothers
Lauren B. Davis Photo: Helen Tansey
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PRINCETON AREA: Spotlight: April is the cruelest month: he death by suicide of my brothers
By Lauren B. Davis Special to The Packet Editor’s note: This essay first appeared in the June 2009 edition of the online magazine The Wild River Review, where it can be accessed via www.wildriverreview.com /spotlight_apriliscruel.php. Lauren B. Davis is the author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed novels, “The Radiant City” (HarperCollins Canada 2005), a…
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