Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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The problem with consolidation
Richard Westhouse of Montgomery The problem with township consolidation across New Jersey is uncertainty in what the future holds and putting that process in the hands of politicians. In a private capitalist society, corporate mergers and acquisitions take place so as to achieve economies of scale. Mergers and acquisitions allow the utilization of one…
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Cox deserves reelection to PRSD school board
Amy and Jonathan White and friends of Princeton We are writing this letter to urge Princeton Borough voters to reelect Rebecca Cox to the Princeton Regional Board of Education on April 21. As vice president of the board, Ms. Cox is a responsible steward of our tax dollars and has worked tirelessly to maintain…
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Princeton school budget deserves passage
Joshua Leinsdorf of the PRSD Board of Education I am writing to ask borough residents particularly to please vote “Yes” on the school budget. This has been a difficult year. Everyone has lost something while some have lost everything. The school budget was crafted with this reality in mind. The operating budget will increase…
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Hunger and homelessness? Checkmate!
Conor Myhrvold, left, vice president of the Princeton University Chess Club, and David Wang, the club’s president, are appealing to chess enthusiasts at all levels of skill to participate in a special charity chess tournament on Sunday, April 19, to raise much-needed funds for HomeFront’s children’s programs. The event will take place in The Nassau…
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PRINCETON AREA: First New Jersey Farm-to-School Conference slated for April 18 in Lawrence
Farm-to-school programs connect school meals with local agriculture A network of some 30 groups from around New Jersey, including chefs, food service professionals, parents, teachers, farmers, food access advocates, the state Department of Agriculture and Rutgers Cooperative Extension, are teaming up to present the state’s first-ever New Jersey Farm-to-School Conference on Saturday, April 18,…
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PRINCETON: ‘Can science and faith coexist?’
The Westerly Series on Art & Faith, a program of Westerly Road Church in Princeton, will host an evening of discussion around a contemporary question, “Can science and faith coexist, or are they mutually exclusive?” The free discussion will take place on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Princeton University’s McCormick Hall.…
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PRINCETON AREA: First New Jersey Farm-to-School Conference slated for April 18 in Lawrence
Josh Viertel, president of Slow Food USA, will give the keynote address at the first-ever New Jersey Farm-to-School Conference on April 18 at the Lawrenceville School.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Friday, April 3, to Friday, April 10, 2009
Two-part harmony: town and gown Melismas of Fury, a newly organized consort of young musicians from Princeton University and the Princeton community, will perform their inaugural concert, ‘Handel … with Care,’ on Saturday, April 18, at 3 p.m. in Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton. From left, Anton Fleissner, Nathan Pell, Erik Zyman Carrasco, Lieve Hendren, Emily…
