Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Friday, April 3, to Friday, April 10, 2009
Princeton, West Windsor, Montgomery, Plainsboro, Rocky Hill, and surrounding areas Friday, April 3 Singles Social: Crystal Garden Restaurant at Hyatt Regency Princeton, West Windsor. 6 to 10 p.m. $25 registration fee. Hors d’oeuvres will be served. Open to single men and women, ages 46 to 59. To register, call 609-734-4200. For more information, write…
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WestWindsor-Plainsboro school budget deserves support
Sonali Atre of Plainsboro This year the West Windsor-Plainsboro school board has once again presented a reasonable budget for approval. The total budget increase is only 1.6 percent — one of the lowest among all public entities in the area. This is in spite of expected increase in student population of about 1 percent.…
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Thanks from Montgomery Township Education Foundation
Hugh T. Hurley III of Montgomery The Montgomery Township Education Foundation held its fourth annual fundraiser on Saturday evening at the Cherry Valley Country Club. I would like to thank the many parents, teachers, school administrators and friends who came out to join us for a very enjoyable and successful evening. The Foundation acknowledges…
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Supporting Mayor Hsueh in West Windsor
Nick Schiera of West Windsor West Windsor needs a mayor with integrity. Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh is a mayor with a lot of integrity. For the past eight years, he has proven that time and time again. When Council passed an ordinance raising their salaries, Mayor Hsueh vetoed it. His running mate Linda Geevers was…
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Mayor Hsueh’s view of WW redevelopment
Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh of West Windsor Now that West Windsor has taken the essential step of approving a redevelopment plan, what does it mean when I, as mayor, express support for redevelopment in the township? What my support of redevelopment means: • Township controlled and managed growth within West Windsor. • Redevelopment will not be turned…
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PRINCETON AREA: SOCIAL EVENTS THIS SPRING
D&R Canal Watch 5-K Fun Run and Walk The 18th annual D&R Canal Watch 5K Fun Run, held on its much-acclaimed scenic course in Titusville, will start off 10 a.m. Saturday, April 4. A special 1-mile walk will be held at 9:30 a.m., with commemorative ribbons for all finishers. With start and…
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Princeton University to host Inaugural Poetry Festival
April, the most poetic month Internationally renowned poets to read at Richardson Auditorium To celebrate poetry’s vital place in our culture, Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts Performance Central program will present the inaugural Princeton Poetry Festival. Poets from around the world will read and share their work during the two-day event on…
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PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: U.S. 1 Poets to release their new journal
April, the most poetic month By Linda Arntzenius Special Writer April is National Poetry Month, but lovers of the art don’t have to wait until spring to enjoy the form. “If you throw a stone in Princeton, you are likely to hit a poet,” comments Winnie Hughes, a 15-year member of U.S. 1 Poets’…
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WEST WINDSOR: Apply here for your poetic license
April, the most poetic month The West Windsor Arts Council is taking poetic license with its eighth annual poetry event. Spring Poetry Awakening, to be held Sunday, April 26, will feature a workshop with esteemed poet, professor and editor Maria Mazziotti Gillan at 12:30 p.m. The one-and-a-half-hour workshop, open to anyone with a pen…
