Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Saying thanks to Mayor Marchand

    Liz Hosny of Princeton     One of the many great things about living in Princeton has been the ubiquitous presence of Mayor Phyllis Marchand and her husband. Getting to know them has been such a pleasure.    Being present at so many township events, a lot of social events supporting local efforts and the day-to-day responsibility…

  • Dinky station move would benefit Princeton

    Kristin Appelget of Princeton University     Jim Manganaro’s letter (“Dinky move would burden Princeton community,” Nov. 6) makes no mention of the benefits to the community in the university’s development plan, including expanded access to the arts, a new Dinky station integrated with the Wawa, other new retail in the area, a vibrant public square…

  • Princeton’s cool places are in Philadelphia

    John Cocking of Princeton     Before I moved to Princeton in 2004, I asked my doctor at Kaiser Santa Clara, Calif., a Princeton graduate, where the cool places in Princeton were. He said he and his brother who attended Villanova went to Philadelphia or New York.    How true. With city government hostile to humans —…

  • Salvation Army needs bell-ringers

    Tricia Pellegrini of The Salvation Army-NJ     The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle campaign begins Nov. 21. Particularly in these times of economic uncertainty, volunteers are desperately needed for four-hour shifts throughout New Jersey. In recent years, The Salvation Army has lost high-visibility kettle locations which makes it even more important than ever to have…

  • Princeton candidate reflects on election

    Dudley Sipprelle of Princeton     Congratulations to the Princeton Democratic organization for its get-out-the-vote effort in last Tuesday’s general election. Voter registration and turn-out were records for Princeton Borough. Together with local enthusiasm for the mantra of “change”, the outcome was an Obama tsunami that swept away opposition candidates up and down the ballot—myself included.…

  • Open letter to Steve Goldin

    Mike Baxter of West Windsor     How about this for an idea? Propose and build something beautiful for the town in which you and your family live. Build that gorgeous space you showed us so often in the early presentations. I think you’ll agree the five to eight floor condo complexes with a 50-foot wide,…

  • MADD urges safe holiday driving

    Mindy Lazar of MADD NJ    As we approach the upcoming holiday season, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, New Jersey, along with Mothers Against Drunk Driving locations nationwide, is once again launching our Holiday Crackdown Campaign. This campaign runs from the day before Thanksgiving through New Years Day.    As we are all aware, the holiday season…

  • About those Autumn leaves

    Stephen Hiltner of Friends of Princeton Open Space     Of all the contrasts in perspective between children and adults, none is more striking this time of year than in how we view autumn leaves. For children, leaves are a crisp sound underfoot, a source of beauty in color and flight, a gift from above to…

  • A post-election poem

    Ted Peck of West Windsor     Here is a poem I wrote, based on the lead article in the Nov. 7 edition of The Princeton Packet. Please note the message spelled out by the initial letters of each line.    On Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the    Black people of Princeton celebrated!    A special sense of…