Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Join Sunday’s Race for the Cure
Rochelle Hammer of Plainsboro Join Race for the Cure To the editor: People at all levels of athletic ability are welcome to join the Komen Central & South Jersey Affiliate 2008 New Jersey Race for the Cure, Sunday, Oct. 5 at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson. Select the women or men’s 5K (3.1…
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Princeton’s next Green Home and Garden Tour
Anne Waldron Neumann of Princeton The Princeton Environmental Commission is planning another free Green Home and Garden Tour this year. The self-guided tour will be Saturday, Nov. 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will feature area homes, gardens, and commercial buildings that exemplify different aspects of environmental sustainability. Last year’s tour just…
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Bicyclists should wear helmets
Chris Scherer of West Windsor The Packet recently ran a photo on the front page showing a woman without a helmet riding her bike. She was riding with a child (presumably her son) on a trail-a-bike attached to her bike. Fortunately, the child was wearing a helmet. It is the law in New Jersey…
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W. Windsor needs redevelopment
J. Gary Fox of West Windsor As a resident of West Windsor for 26 years, I have followed closely the long delayed redevelopment plan. I have attended both the Intercap meetings and the township meetings. I find that the same individuals over and over again write and speak out to prevent any action by…
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Opposing Intercap plan for W. Windsor
Farrell Delman of West Windsor The Intercap redevelopment plan currently before council, like the Hillier plan before, not only fails to address the shared vision of a majority on council, as represented in council resolutions 2007-R116 and 2007-R238, with respect to the overall scale (e.g., number of homes proposed) but also fails to follow…
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Barring press, public from township meeting
Dudley Sipprelle of Princeton The report in The Packet’s Sept. 26 edition that a meeting of public officials and interested citizens on public premises to discuss as transcendent a community topic of interest as the future of Route 206 was adjourned because of a reporter’s presence should not come as a surprise. Here again…
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Poverty and the presidency
Marcus Perkins of Princeton I would like to raise an important consideration in the upcoming presidential election. While it is readily evident that our country’s economy is struggling and we are still dealing with an ongoing military standoff abroad, the United States and the rest of the world cannot afford to forget the issue…
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BIBLIOPHILIA!
The Friends of the Princeton Public Library Annual Book Sale, which will take place Oct. 3 through 5, will feature books of special interest from the libraries of James Harford, author and authority on the history of the Russian space program; James Hillier, physicist and inventor, and playwright William McCleery. An especially strong selection of…
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IN VINO VERITAS: Developing one’s ‘nose’
By LESLIE CRAMER Special Writer Most wine tastings are given by local wine merchants or clubs and are often educational in nature; meaning they are workshop-like and led by a speaker, some sort of professional in the field. Liquor and wine wholesale distributors, liquor store/wine shops, usually hold them, and restaurants may, too, when…
