Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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AROUND PRINCETON: St. Patrick’s Day, the long and short of it
Phil McAuliffe Bagpiper Frank Watson of Howell performs at the Alchemist & Barrister on St Patrick’s Day during the annual Longbeard Contest.
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AROUND PRINCETON: St. Patrick’s Day, the long and short of it
Staff photos by Phil McAuliffe The wearin’ o’ the green! The Alchemist & Barrister Restaurant & Pub in Princeton presented its 29th Longbeard Contest, an annual part of its St. Patrick’s Day party since 1980. In addition to celebrating with bagpipers, traditional Irish music by Langaroo, and Irish food and drink, some 25 local men competed for…
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PRINCETON: Remembering Mrs. Floyd
James Floyd Sr., left, holds the inaugural Fannie E. Floyd Racial Justice Award on behalf of his late wife, with Judy Hutton, CEO of the YWCA Princeton. They stand under ‘the watchful eye’ of a portrait of Mrs. Susie B. Waxwood, the first African American executive director of the YWCA Princeton — and of any…
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AROUND PRINCETON: St. Patrick’s Day, the long and short of it
Phil McAuliffe Irish dance students from the Ryan School of Irish Dancing in Richboro, Pa., practice their craft at the Alchemist & Barrister on St. Patrick’s Day in Princeton. From left: Emily Evrard, 13, Clair Johnston, 12, Rebecca Evrard, 17, Sydney Faber, 8 and Lockie Nidds, 12.
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AROUND PRINCETON: St. Patrick’s Day, the long and short of it
Phil McAuliffe Tom Yermack, general manager of The Alchemist & Barrister in Princeton gets his beard measured by Mike Zingaro, owner of Mike’s Barber Shop in Princeton during the St Patrick’s Day Longbeard Contest.
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AROUND PRINCETON: St. Patrick’s Day, the long and short of it
Phil McAuliffe Princeton University students competing in the St. Patrick’s Day Longbeard Contest at the Alchemist & Barrister. From left: Dmitry Savransky, Tyler Groff, Ben Jorns, Mac Hass and Eric Cady.
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Don’t bring back the Millstone Bypass
Jim Waltman of Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Assoc. The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association has been protecting clean water and the environment in central New Jersey for six decades. In West Windsor, home to one of our namesake waterways and a drinking water source to thousands — the Millstone River — municipal officials will soon be…
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Drinking age should not be lowered
John Pinelli Jr. of Princeton About the letter “Lower drinking age to 18,” (The Packet, Feb. 27), lowering the drinking age to 18 would be a big mistake. At that age the human brain is not fully developed and drinking and/or smoking could be harmful. I also think 18 is too young to be…
