Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Princeton’s deer kill outrage

    Edith Laznovsky of Princeton     Princeton residents should be outraged that in this time of financial crisis officials will once again liberally spend hundreds of thousands of hard-earned tax dollars on ex-mayor Phyllis Marchand’s apparent obsession with slaughtering the remaining deer in the township.    This winter marks the ninth year of her bloody and controversial…

  • Princeton’s deer kill outrage

    Edith Laznovsky of Princeton     Princeton residents should be outraged that in this time of financial crisis officials will once again liberally spend hundreds of thousands of hard-earned tax dollars on ex-mayor Phyllis Marchand’s apparent obsession with slaughtering the remaining deer in the township.    This winter marks the ninth year of her bloody and controversial…

  • Princeton University should pay more

    Helmut Schwab of Princeton     We sincerely appreciate the Borough Council’s effort to arrive at a new budget without tax increase. What can be done? More income, building on the garage’s proceeds? But how about the Merwick property? Why can’t the building of housing, especially for the elderly, close to town, proceed more swiftly?    How…

  • Mr. Obama shouldn’t pander to left wing

    Marv Ostberg of Princeton     Recently I was encouraged by President-elect Barack Obama’s recognition of the complexity of Guantanamo. He has promised to close it, but he stated that he understands there are many dangerous persons confined there.    We cannot simply open the gates, apologize and say goodbye. In many cases these people are no…

  • Cans, clothes, coins and a thank-you

    Charlie and Shelly Yedin of Change for America     On behalf of the volunteers of Princeton Area Change for America, we would like to thank the community for its generous support of our “Cans, Clothes and Coins” event this past Saturday at the Albert E. Hinds Library Plaza in Princeton.    Despite the snowy weather, hundreds…

  • NJ needs EMS volunteers

    Sue Van Orden of Lincoln Park     A new year, coupled with the troubled economy, has many New Jerseyans reexamining their future and reevaluating priorities. People today endeavor to spend their time more productively and make a difference.    One sure way to positively impact many lives, including your own, is to join your local volunteer…

  • The case for school boards

    Harry Delgado of NJ School Boards Association To the editor:     Few people question the need for their local planning board or their town council. Yet some people believe school boards somehow represent an archaic form of government –that they don’t matter, and might even be expendable.    Heaven forbid. In this age when state and…

  • LIFESTYLE: Book Notes: ‘Stuff of Thought’ is thought-provoking

    In his latest book, Steven Pinker explores ‘the other side of the linkage, meaning,’ which includes meanings of words and how meanings change within social settings. By Joan Ruddiman Special Writer     Though it’s always tempting to reach for the “fluff,” a reading challenge can help us keep our edge. Though Steven Pinker, a Johnstone…

  • PRINCETON AREA: SPOTLIGHT: In 1909, well, a lot of interesting stuff happened

    By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor     William Howard Taft (R), a “trust-buster” and peace advocate, becomes the 27th president of the United States (1909-1913) — and at 5 feet, 11 inches, 340 pounds, the portliest by far. Fact check: President Taft never got stuck in the White House bathtub, as folklore has it.     John…