Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • PRINCETON: PCDO announces new slate of officers

       The Princeton Community Democratic Organization ( PCDO) has announced a new slate of officer for 2009, headed by David Cohen, a Princeton architect with expertise in green building, as president. Mr. Cohen previously served for two years as PCDO treasurer.    The selections were made at the PCDO’s annual reorganization meeting and pot-luck dinner on Sunday,…

  • Legislature should pass 911 Lifeline law

    Chip Meara, Mercer Council on Alcoholism & Drug Addiction     Youth use of alcohol in New Jersey is a pervasive and critical public health problem. The problem is epidemic by any public health standard. Given their age and inexperience, many youth consume alcohol in ways that are very dangerous and result in serious medical issues…

  • NJ food banks need our help

    Jean Quinn of Provident Bank    New Jersey’s food banks need our help. Higher food costs, rising unemployment and other financial hardships caused by the current economic climate are leading a greater number of people than usual to seek assistance from food distribution programs.    Although the holiday season has ended, when more people are compelled…

  • A pre-Valentine’s event is appreciated

    Therese Ledwith Fay of Princeton     Plaid skirt and UGGS, bifocals and an ipod.    A generation skipped between them but together they laughed and created. Saturday’s annual Valentine Card Making event at The Arts Council of Princeton may have sounded like “kids stuff” but within the beautiful new sunshine filled space, three generations shared not…

  • AROUND TOWN: A high note for Trinity Choir

    AROUND TOWN: A high note for Trinity Choir

    At Trinity Church, Mary Cate Pittman and Emily Shea ‘make a joyful noise.’ Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Environmental Commission still opposes Hillier plan

    Princeton Environmental Commission     For the record, the Princeton Environmental Commission (PEC) did not approve J. Robert Hillier’s revised proposal for the Lowe tract on Bunn Drive as your Feb. 6 page-one headline and article indicated. In fact, the PEC remains fundamentally — and officially — opposed to building anything on this tract of environmentally…

  • Irresponsible delay on WW redevelopment

    Andrew Blelloch of West Windsor     Your article titled “WW council seeks redevelopment plan input” raises a high level of concern that every resident should be aware of. When our representative in Congress has asked the West Windsor Township for a list of “shovel-ready” projects by Feb. 23, to delay approval of the redevelopment plan…

  • AROUND TOWN: A high note for Trinity Choir

    AROUND TOWN: A high note for Trinity Choir

        Next stop, Carnegie Hall?     On Wednesday in Manhattan, 50 singers from the Choir of Trinity Church, Princeton, will join their counterparts from the Choir of Trinity Church, New Haven, to sing a performance of a masterwork by Frank Josef Haydn, the Mass in Time of War (1796), with the American Classical Orchestra (ACO)…