Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • An ‘obesity tax’ would improve our health

    Daniel Devery of West Windsor     Obesity is more prevalent in the United States than any other country, including other Western industrialized regions like the United Kingdom. Adults are not alone when it comes to suffering from weight problems. Obesity in children and adolescents is becoming a huge problem in the United States. Due to…

  • AROUND TOWN: Princeton realtor to receive church honor
  • 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…

  • Workers should have secret ballot

    Sandra Billok of Somerset     Unions were formed in the work place many years ago; to serve the needs of the employees they represented, to improve their wages, hours and working conditions. Union members, at that time, were able to reap the benefits of a better work environment.    One of the most valuable rights members…

  • AROUND TOWN: Fond memories of the Irish table

    ‘What whiskey and butter cannot cure, there’s no cure for.’ — Irish adage By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor     Corned beef and cabbage? I came across none of it when I visited Ireland twice in the 1990s, not in Ireland’s surprisingly good “fine dining” restaurants nor in its homey pubs, where the simple fare was…

  • LOOSE ENDS: Sustainable Princeton is no paper tiger!

    Public Workshop on Sustainable Princeton’s draft plan: Wednesday, March 11, 7 p.m., Suzanne Patterson Center, behind Princeton Borough Hall By Pam Hersh Special Writer     Even though we live in an electronic communications world of Twitters with tweets, Face-bookers, bloggers, micro-bloggers, and just plain old-fashioned e- mailers (I never thought I would live long enough…

  • Support businesses in downtown Princeton

    Michael E Morandi of Princeton     In these difficult economic times, it is tempting to change our shopping patterns, abandon our more expensive local merchants and become devoted customers of the discount stores on Route 1.    While this might seem rational, it may actually not be in our self-interest. Apart from being the home of…

  • Borough PD needs council oversight

    Roger Martindell, Princeton Borough Council     Long ago, elected officials too frequently involved themselves in law enforcement issues for political purposes. To prevent such abuse, state law and local ordinances established a strict boundary between politicians and police. The pendulum has swung too far. Now, elected officials tend to avoid even reasonable oversight of local…