Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • 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)…

  • LOOSE ENDS: Three cheers for the First Grandma!

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     Only one key person was missing from the occasion, noted Princeton University Sociology Professor Robert Wuthnow.     The Feb. 4 event, sponsored by the Princeton University Department of Sociology and the university’s Center for African American Studies, was the installation of the class photo of Michelle Obama, Princeton University…

  • AROUND TOWN: A high note for Trinity Choir

    AROUND TOWN: A high note for Trinity Choir

    At Trinity Church in Princeton, music director Tom Whittemore rehearses the girls of the church’s choir, which is participating in a concert of music by Franz Josef Haydn Wednesday in New York City. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Valley Road School should be saved

    Jim Firestone of Princeton     The Princeton Regional Board of Education is now seriously considering boarding up and knocking down the older portion of Valley Road School. The decision may come soon. They say it is a liability and that it is not worth saving, architecturally.    A group of citizens called, Adaptive Re-use Committee (ARC)…

  • Don’t dictate municipal consolidation

    William G. Dressel Jr., NJ League of Municipalities     Assemblyman Reed Gusciora has sponsored two bills in the legislature, which would circumvent a Commission established by the legislature just two years ago and supersede the will of the only people directly affected by the bills. The first (A-3490) specifically directs the consolidation of several municipalities…

  • Don’t legalize medical marijuana

    Geetha Arulmohan, Mercer Council on Alcoholism & Drug Addiction     Heroin is derived from raw opium gum produced by the opium poppy. It is converted into morphine in refineries and was used as sedative and soporific for years.    Methamphetamine is a stimulant and an appetite suppressant. It is used to treat attention deficit disorder with…

  • NAMI Mercer thanks all for ‘Night Out’

    Dr. William Hayes & Sally Osmer of NAMI Mercer     On Jan. 11, nearly 200 people gathered at The College of New Jersey for Night Out with NAMI, the inaugural event of NAMI Mercer’s 25th anniversary year. In his keynote address, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes, urged families to support their loved ones with mental…

  • It’s no time to buy more open space

    Denis Cummings of Montgomery     I read with great interest “The State We’re In” column in the Jan. 27 issue of The Princeton Packet. While I do not disagree with author Michele Byers that we need and derive value from open space, this seems an odd time to urge additional spending on open space. We…