Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Consumer fairness and auto repair
Laurie Ehlbeck of NFIB and Fred Gruel of AAA-NJ The New Jersey Assembly recently passed legislation — The Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act — allowing consumers to have their vehicles repaired where and by whom they please. Currently, vehicles that are equipped with computers — even those with expired warranties — are…
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Land use reform needs tax reform
Alison Miller of West Windsor Land use reform without tax reform? It isn’t going to happen. And it shouldn’t. Smart growth requires reform of New Jersey’s land use regulations so that the present single-use suburban sprawl pattern of development will be replaced with dense, mixed use centers. This change is frequently touted as a…
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Let’s try buying local in 2009
Meg Cox Leone of Princeton It’s sad to watch as established Princeton-area retailers close their doors one by one, victims of the growing economic recession. The downturn is expected to deepen in the coming year and chances are good that more shops will go out of business. I urge people to become very conscious…
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Holiday thanks from Elm Court
Rhona W. Porter, Social Worker, Elm Court I want to thank the greater Princeton Community for making the holiday season at Elm Court such a joyous time. The season always begins with the Stony Brook Garden Club providing gorgeous wreaths and table decorations for Elm Court. Couple this with our enormous Christmas tree decorated…
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PRINCETON AREA: SPOTLIGHT: To bead or not to bead: Crafters add personal touches by creating original jewelry designs
A necklace from Artful Beads in Pennington. ‘Most people bead because it’s a way of having a piece that no one else has,’ says Doris Figueroa, owner of the Place to Bead in Princeton. Packet Photo
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LIFESTYLE: IN THE KITCHEN: An ecstasy of onions à la française
By Faith Bahadurian Special Writer I am not nearly the soup lover that many of my friends are, but I’ve had a long love affair with onion soup. Soupe à l’Oignon Gratinée was one of the first things I made from Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in the late 1960s. I…
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PRINCETON: SPOTLIGHT: Return to Ishiagu: Princetonian revisits Nigerian village that war had forced him to flee
By Robert P. Criso Special to The Packet I left Nigeria in 1967, rescued by soldiers during a civil war and lucky to get out alive. My last image of the country was watching the lights along the Niger Delta fade as the evacuation ship pulled out to sea. Forty-one years later, I…
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PRINCETON AREA: MILITARY
Navy Capt. Patrick J. Keenan, son of Margaret and Patrick Keenan of Princeton, recently assumed duties and responsibilities of U.S. Navy director of Ocean Engineering and supervisor of Salvage and Diving aboard Navy Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard, D. C. Capt. Keenan is a qualified engineering duty officer. His previous commands include…
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PRINCETON AREA: Considering retirement?
The Princeton Senior Resource Center is offering “Engaged Retirement,” a multi-session retirement planning course to help people who are approaching retirement make the most of this stage of life, beginning Saturday, Jan. 10, and continuing Jan. 24 and 31, and Feb. 7, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., at the Suzanne Patterson Building, located behind…
