Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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SPOTLIGHT: The Martians are coming! The Martians are coming!
An ‘Out of This World’ event on Oct. 25 will help to support educa tional programs at the David Sar noff Library. If the Martians returned to central New Jersey for an anniversary, what would you do? “A lot of water has gone over the Grover’s Mill dam since their last visit,” says…
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Gun rights in New Jersey
Mike Malinics of Ewing Over the past 5 years we have all become aware of the senseless violence and terrorism that has happened in gun free zones across the United States.After learning about each of these horrible events, I remembered thinking, “That’s a real tragedy, but I am glad those kinds of things don’t…
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Mebntal health coverage protected
Debra Wentz of NJ Association of Mental Health Agencies Congress’ passage of the $700 billion financial markets bill with the inclusion of mental health/addiction parity will have a significant impact on the health of not only the economy, but also the lives of children and adults who have mental illnesses, addictions or co-occurring disorders.…
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Canadian visitor thanks Princeton’s post office
Daniel Ngai of Burnaby, British Columbia One day last month, Lixiao, my daughter-in-law, took my wife and me to the post office on Palmer Square to mail a shoulder bag to Hong Kong. The clerk behind a small window was an elderly man named Ron. After explaining to us about the rates, he handed…
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Stark difference in VP candidates
Rev. Robert Moore of Coalition for Peace Action I was struck by the stark difference between Sen. Biden and Gov. Palin in the Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate, particularly regarding their responses to the question on nuclear weapons issues. Gov. Palin said that dangerous regimes must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons, and that…
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IN THE KITCHEN: Cooking can be a joyous art when learned at Ezekiel’s Table
Marcia Willsie in the kitchen of her 300-year-old home: ‘My vision for Ezekiel’s Table is that people will get reconnected with the soulful´ness of cooking together.’ Photo courtesy of Ezekiel’s Table
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Feliz cumpleanos! Latin American women to mark 25th
Feliz cumpleanos to the Latin American Women’s Group of Princeton! Members will be celebrating the group’s 25th anniversary Saturday with a banquet at Mercer Oaks Country Club, During the fall of 1983, three Latin American women — the late Irene Wynne from Venezuela, with Cristina Naithani from El Salvador and Marta Vega from…
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SCENES: Something old, something new: Historical Society of Princeton celebrates antiques and arts fair
Staff photos by Frank Wojciechowski By CHRISTIAN KIRKPATRICK Special Writer Browsing the booths at the Princeton Fall Antiques and Fine Arts Show is a little like leafing through the pages of a glossy antiques magazine. Except that the Chippendale highboys, Federalist card tables and stunning 19th-century quilts are real and right there in front…
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GET ORGANIZED! Papers, papers: What to do …
By SUZANNE NEILSON Special to The Packet Face it: There are certain issues in life that absolutely must be addressed, and one of these is our important documents and papers. It is essential that your affairs be in order and easily accessible, both to spare you time and frustration and to ensure that your…
