Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • Continued excellence in WW-P schools

    Richard Kaye of West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional SD     As chair of the Curriculum Committee of the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Board of Education, I have the privilege of participating in discussions that reflect the district’s commitment to continued excellence in instruction and educational programming. These discussions, and eventual decisions, are the paths by which…

  • Generous donation to recreation department

    Thomas Zucosky of Princeton Joint Recreation Board     The Princeton Joint Recreation Board would like to recognize the J Seward Johnson Sr. Charitable Trust for its generous donation to the Princeton Recreation Department. Princeton Recreation was awarded a “Legacy Endowment” of $250,000; the interest from the endowment will be used to help subsidize our Financial…

  • Town committeeman seeks re-election

    Chad Goerner of Princeton Township Committee   I am writing to ask for your support as I seek re-election to the Township Committee this year. While I believe my service the last three years has helped to forge a new direction and has produced results for our residents, challenges and opportunities remain.    I first decided…

  • Second chance to see Aurora Borealis April 2

    Wendell Collins of Princeton     On behalf of The Arts Council of Princeton and The Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, I’d like to thank the Princeton Garden Theater and Director and Princeton native James Burke for sharing James’ Princeton premiere of his moving film, Aurora Borealis, with the Princeton community.    We look forward to…

  • Lower the drinking age to 18

    Patrick Walsh of Princeton     Regarding the article “Drink fells students in initiations,” (The Packet, Feb. 10), I’m sure the hysterical-minded — of which there are a great many in our town — will view the recent news of a dozen Princeton University students imbibing themselves to the medical center as further proof of the…

  • Montgomery family grateful for fire response

    Robert and Lynn Stagon of Montgomery     On Dec. 15, our family suffered the tragic loss of our Belle Mead home to a fire. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the Rocky Hill, Belle Mead and Blawenburg Volunteer Fire Departments for their extraordinary efforts in responding to and extinguishing the fire. While…

  • UMC hospital needs a new name

    David Reeves of Princeton     The Princeton Packet has been wonderfully assiduous in keeping us all informed on news of what was known in simpler times as the Princeton hospital. Now we learn that construction has begun and the steel is being fabricated off-site.    No doubt signage will be fabricated for the new building. Before…

  • Reply to President Obama on corporate jet use

    Howard Moses of Blue Star Jets, Princeton     The following is from my letter to President Obama.    As a broker of private air charters, I’ve been available to those in need of a private jet 24/7/365 for 5 years. Others have been doing it for 50 years. We are not near as wealthy as our…