Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • SPOTLIGHT: Helping hands: Church & Dwight backs up employee support for Crisis Ministry

    SPOTLIGHT: Helping hands: Church & Dwight backs up employee support for Crisis Ministry

    By JANET HUGHES Special to The Packet     Elizabeth Ferguson wears Burberry glasses. That’s the first thing I noticed about her. The second was her lovely, sincere smile, along with that dark, fashionably ruffled wavy hair which looked effortless to maintain. Her kind eyes and soft- spoken manner would make any living soul comfortable when…

  • COAH plan deadline should be extended

    Jim Waltman of Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association     The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association recently wrote Governor Jon Corzine a letter, excerpted below and signed by municipal officials and prominent environmental groups:    ”Dear Governor Corzine:    ”We respectfully request that you use your executive authority to postpone the required date for submission of municipal Housing and Fair…

  • Riverside Elementary thanks Princeton

    The Do Something Club at Riverside School     We would like to thank the residents of Princeton for the generous donations to UNICEF that Riverside Elementary School students collected on Halloween. With your donations we have raised a total of $1830.46. This money will be sent around the world to children that need the five…

  • Happy Holidays? Not on the roads

    C. Marshall of Princeton     The holidays are here. Sadly, they are often stressful times for many of us. This may more true than ever in a time of economic distress.    Tuesday night, as I was driving home from the Seminary Library at about 6 p.m., from Chambers to Paul Robeson Place, I was involved…

  • An object lesson on Proposition 8

    Shawn Fennell of Princeton University     My name is Shawn Fennell, and I am a junior at Princeton University. Along with senior Christopher Simpson, I am organizing an on-campus protest against the passage of Proposition 8 in California. We felt it would be something about which the local press should be given a heads up.…

  • Legislature still resists paper ballot trail

    Stephanie Harris of Coalition for Peace Action    Reports and worries about the reliability and security of electronic touchscreen voting machines (DRE’s) rose to a crescendo before the November election, but now that the dust has settled, the Legislature is once again at work to delay implementation of the Voter Verified Paper Ballot law of…

  • Auto company bailout must have conditions

    Kevin P. Moroney of Montgomery     When Toyota was building hybrids, the Big Three automakers were lobbying Congress to ignore every progressive advance in automotive technology. They opposed every attempt to increase fuel economy standards, did not innovate on flex fuels, even opposed safety issues as “too expensive,” Instead of spending money on making their…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Of pies and sweeteners, now that the holidays are upon us

    By FAITH BAHADURIAN Special Writer     I’ve been on a pie quest — and I’ve found a pecan pie at Whole Foods that is a winner. Not only is the crust flaky and the pecans on top well browned and crunchy, but the pie is not too sweet, for a change. So many people tell…

  • ‘Midsummer Magic’: Princeton Festival previews 2009 season

        Richard Tang Yuk, artistic director of the Princeton Festival, unveiled the 2009 Festival Season at “Salsa Sensations,” the festival’s preseason fundraiser, which took place Nov. 15 at The Nassau Club in Princeton.     The season will run from Saturday, June 13, through Sunday, June 28. The theme is “Midsummer Magic.”     Now entering “its…