Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • We’re brainwashed against firearms

    Mike Malinics of Ewing     We’ve been brainwashed. There are a lot of people in New Jersey with open minds and open eyes, but the majority of us have been mentally conditioned to be afraid of guns. The media in general have done an excellent job of demonizing firearms and the law-abiding citizens who own…

  • Bank bailout a great swindle

    Joe Melillo of Lawrence     The handover of more than a trillion dollars of taxpayer funds to the former chief executive officer of the Goldman Sachs investment bank, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, is the greatest swindle of all time. His assignment is to distribute these multi-billion dollar handouts to the very same financial institutions that…

  • Municipalities must cut energy costs

    Kevin P. Moroney of Montgomery     Local elected officials are going to be faced with very difficult choices in the months to come. The unprecedented global financial situation is going to put enormous strain on the resources of all the local communities. It is therefore imperative that we make smart, sustainable choices as we need…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Giving thanks for the season’s local farmers’ markets

    By Pat Tanner Special Writer     We devotees of local seasonal farmers markets can rejoice! A coalition of likeminded individuals and organizations is indulging our newly found reliance on — in my case, addiction to — everything local. They are mounting special pre- Thanksgiving markets where we can load up on holiday staples, including eggs,…

  • AROUND TOWN

    AROUND TOWN

    Compiled by Michael Redmond Here comes 35th YWCA Crafters’ Marketplace!      YWCA Princeton’s 35th annual Crafters’ Marketplace — “the” holiday craft show, many would say — will return to Princeton’s John Witherspoon Middle School on Saturday, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 23, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.     The popular juried show features artisans…

  • LOOSE ENDS: This doc’s a cutting-edge dude

    LOOSE ENDS: This doc’s a cutting-edge dude

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     One might say I was not cut out for the job. It had nothing to do with the fact that I had to be at my post at 5:45 a.m. or that I had to go without my coffee. The real challenge was that I was forbidden to be…

  • AROUND TOWN

    AROUND TOWN

    Kristen Lahner, left, and Judy Klitgaard of Linens by Ghislaine, featured this year at Crafters’ Marketplace, sponsored by the YWCA Princeton.

  • LOOSE ENDS: This doc’s a cutting-edge dude

    LOOSE ENDS: This doc’s a cutting-edge dude

    Dr. John Seybert, anesthesiologist with University Medical Center at Princeton, etching one of his remarkable pumpkins. The image replicates the architect’s drawing of the new facility that UMCP is building in Plainsboro. Princeton HealthCare System/Gilbert Derry

  • SCENES: ‘An Evening in Tangier’: UMCP Auxiliary ‘arrests the usual suspects,’ a la ‘Casablanca’

    By Christian Kirkpatrick Special Writer     When the bleak November chill descends, almost everyone would like a holiday in a bright, colorful clime.     That simple truth inspired “An Evening in Tangier.” This year’s “A November Night” gala, which was sponsored by the Auxiliary of the University Medical Center at Princeton, took nearly 300 guests…