Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Parking enforcement officers should walk

    Luke Visconti of Princeton Let parking officers walk To the editor:     With regard to your story, “Boro car purchase takes detour” (Feb. 27) parking enforcement personnel should walk. Because walking is slower than driving, offices for supervisors should be eliminated and they can walk and write tickets, too. While they’re walking, they can pick…

  • AROUND TOWN: What I learned from Rumpole — and his creator

    By William S. Greenberg Special to The Packet     Sir John Mortimer, who passed away in January, leaves a great legal and literary legacy. A barrister who championed civil rights, a adept playwright and a versatile author of commentary and fiction, Sir John was far more than the creator of “Rumpole of the Bailey.”    …

  • LOOSE ENDS: Could Princeton be going to the dogs?

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     According to a couple of Princetonians who spoke at the Princeton Future Forum on Feb. 14, Y2K was as threatening as Mickey Mouse when compared to the disasters that Princeton could face in the near future.     The most ominous of them all is almost too horrible to contemplate…

  • Hillier 55+ housing changes are encouraging

    Sarah Hollister of Princeton    For those not attending the Princeton Regional Planning Board meeting on Feb. 19, the news about Robert Hillier’s proposal for age-restricted housing on Bunn Drive is encouraging.    First, Hillier’s concept plan, scaled back from his version of Nov. 2007, is elegant and eco-sensitive.    Next, it was happily reported that Hillier…

  • Princeton Environmental Commission defended

    Grace Sinden of Princeton     As a member for many years, through 2007, of the Princeton Environmental Commission, I was dismayed at the harsh tone in the Packet’s Feb. 17 column: “The unintended commission of news.” This criticism of the commission was likely based on a disconnect between the needs of its decision-making process on…

  • Unfair attack on WW Planning Board

    Janet Lerner of West Windsor     Ms. Carole Carson’s remarks alleging that disrespect was exhibited by Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh and Chairman Marvin Gardner of the West Windsor Township Planning Board towards WW residents are probably more true in reverse than as stated. As stated, it appears to be a vicious attack upon two highly respected…

  • New officers for UMCP Auxiliary

    New officers for UMCP Auxiliary

    The Auxiliary of University Medical Center at Princeton has elected new officers. At the recent annual meeting, immediate past president Pat Newman of Princeton, left, hands the gavel to incoming president Leslie Seybert of Montgomery, center, while president-elect Vanessa Gronczewski of Montgomery looks on. Proceeds from Auxiliary events benefit a variety of projects planned for…

  • New officers for UMCP Auxiliary
  • WW Mayor Hsueh deserves praise

    Paul Eland of West Windsor     I have heard some criticism of Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s management skills regarding running our Township of West Windsor during the last 8 years. I strongly beg to differ with that opinion. Three key examples below exhibit the tested/superior skills by of Mayor Hsueh. And there are more.    • Obtaining an…