Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • 101 scholarship fund thanks supporters

    Anne Fahey, Carol Golden, Pat Pannell, Sandy Tait of Princeton     101: (formerly known as PRSF) held its annual fundraiser, “Get Up & Dance”, on Friday Jan. 30 at the Cloister Inn in Princeton, to raise scholarship money for PHS seniors looking to further their education after graduation, but in need of extra financial assistance…

  • 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…

  • Tribute to Women 2009 will honor 12

    Tribute to Women 2009. Front row, from left: Karen Jezierny, chair; honorees Elizabeth Johnson and Deborah Poritz. Back row, from left: Honorees Judith McCartin Scheide, Mia Cahill, Denise Wood, Janet Smith Dickerson, Meredith Moore, and Cynthia Ricker.Missing from photo: Bridgette Heller, honorary chair, and honorees Harriet Bryan, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, and Susan Nettesheim.     Twelve women…

  • Former WW mayor wrong about planning board

    Michael Karp of W. Windsor Township Planning Board     As an unpaid volunteer member of the West Windsor Township Planning Board, I am distressed with the outright inaccuracies and distortions reflected by former Mayor Carole Carson regarding the Board’s review of the draft redevelopment plan sent to us by the Township Council. All three sessions…

  • WW redevelopment must be bike-friendly

    Ken Carlson, WW Bicycle & Pedestrian Alliance     The latest version of the Princeton Junction Redevelopment Plan is not bicycle and pedestrian friendly. The plan, which was hastily approved by the West Windsor Township Planning Board on Thursday, January 29, lacks bike lanes and a pedestrian-friendly promenade, among other issues.    The plan’s goals, as written…

  • Princeton Borough PD misconduct

    Roger Martindell, Princeton Borough Council     Recent public disclosure of the Princeton Borough Police Department’s internal affairs logs shows a steep increase in misconduct charges against borough police and paints a picture of substantial conflict within police ranks. The disclosure raises an oversight question: how does the borough’s governing body intend to oversee borough police…

  • No media dithering on economy, please

    Kate O’Connor and Martin Sheehan of Princeton     It is disingenuous to suggest that jobs are being lost because our political parties are dithering. The confidence of the American people, and thus the seeds of our economic recovery, is being undermined and eroded due to the alarmist, exaggerated doom and gloom, catastrophic results message being…

  • COUNTERPOINT: Frank Schaeffer’s ‘Crazy for God’: Faith and power go head to head in family memoir

    By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor “The public image of the leaders of the religious right I met with so many times … contrasted with who they really were. In public, they maintained an image that was usually quite smooth. In private, they ranged from unreconstructed bigot reactionaries like Jerry Falwell, to Dr. (James) Dobson, the…

  • Officials disrespect WW residents

    Carole Carson of West Windsor     Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh’s and Marvin Gardner’s comments in the Feb. 6 article “WW council seeks redevelopment input” show an amazing disrespect for West Windsor residents.    Mayor Hsueh says he is surprised that the township council wants to vote for the redevelopment plan in March. How could he be surprised…